I’ve been reading up on this conflict lately and many sources are attributing 3d printed guns as the source of the initial arming of the rebels. It’s interesting how that got them started and now they have successfully stolen/captured enough weapons from the military to not need the 3d printed ones anymore.
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Best article I found:
Guns Are Being 3D Printed in Myanmar
The people of Myanmar have used 3D printing extensively for things like replacing parts in their farming equipment in a more cost effective manner, so its really no surprise they’ve moved on to printing guns under their current circumstances.
nationalinterest.org
I only saw one mention of this conflict in searches.