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It's a common myth about the Soviet Union WW2.
In WW1 Imperial Russia, they didn't march in a straight line, but unarmed troops were expected to retrieve (and use) the rifles from casualties, whether dead or just wounded. Ideally, the issue of being unarmed wouldn't come up - you wouldn't be sent out on patrol with nothing. But if, say, an attack on your section of the front happens, you might be one of the third sitting twiddling your thumbs (or rather, running other minor tasks) until a rifle is 'freed up'.