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MAGWAY DIVISION- The Shwe Nyar Myae People’s Defense Force, based in Pakokku Township, reportedly launched a campaign to purchase automatic rifles.
This campaign, starting on December 25, 2023, would end on January 25, 2024. “Rifles to Take Back the City” is a one-month campaign selling raffle tickets for prices such as a ruby ring worth more than 40 million MMK, an iPhone 14 Pro Max, a watch, a watercolor painting, and many other items, according to the official of Shwe Nyar Myae Force.
He said that in the 10 days since the start of the campaign, only 9 percent of the target has been reached. As the People Defense Force was organized under the NUG Ministry of Defense, the Shwe Nyar Myae PDF force still needed automatic guns to conquer the city.
In the Spring Revolution, the members of the Shwe Nyar Myae PDF fought against the military council with whatever weapons they could find. The formation of a PDF unit started in early May 2022 with around 20 people. During the initial fights against the military council, the PDF members could only afford self-made semi-auto guns.
As the weapons were not balanced, many of the PDF members were injured, and there were some casualties. But now it’s time to take over the junta camp, and the PDFs are already preparing for the city capture battles.
However, self-propelled guns are scarce in central Myanmar (Anyar Region), and the price of each self-propelled gun is 250 to 300 million kyats.
The expected target of the campaign is 1,500 million Myanmar kyats, and one raffle ticket costs 20,000 kyats, or the equivalent of 300 Thai baht, 20 US dollars, 20,000 Korean won, 2000 Japanese yen, 20 Singapore dollars, 20 Australian dollars, 20 pounds, or 40 Malaysian ringgit.