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Replacing Kalashnikov Rifles Hits a Snag in Ukraine
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| January 15, 2017
| Nolan Peterson
Posted on 01/15/2017 7:04:00 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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There's money to be made at NATO.
To: Navy Patriot
Yes, rechamber them to 223 LOL
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:13:15 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: Navy Patriot
What’s the point if they’re not going to use 5.56x45 ammo?
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:16:42 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: headstamp 2
I used to have an AK chambered in 5.56. (Before the tragic boating accident on the Ohio during flood stage.)
To: Navy Patriot
“There’s money to be made at NATO.”
This will not go well. The 7.62x39mm is notoriously fickle in the AR-15/M-16 due to the bullet shape, the same issues that 5.56mm have in AKs. The Israelis worked most of it out with the Galil but that’s an AK-style.
The whole purpose of the M-16 project was to develop a lighter rifle than the M-14. The 7.62x39mm ammo is already heavier than 5.56mm. They can make the rifle lighter but that would require materials not suited for cold (aka plastic) being used by soldiers that are used to much sturdier rifles (Mosin, AK).
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:22:50 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: american_ranger
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:23:08 AM PST
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: Navy Patriot
Poland doesn’t seem to have had problems with the WZ-96 Beryl - an AK platform in 5.56x45 NATO. I suspect there is more to the story.
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:23:08 AM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Proudly deplorable since 2016. Lock Her Up!!!)
To: smokingfrog; All
The least we can do is wait until he changes his barrel, bolt and magazine!
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:29:26 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Azeem
This will not go well. The 7.62x39mm is notoriously fickle in the AR-15/M-16 due to the bullet shape, the same issues that 5.56mm have in AKs.Yes, that's why I think it's about money rather than reliability and interchangeability.
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:33:42 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Navy Patriot
Why is Ukraine adopting NATO standards? Do they believe they are going to be brought into NATO? lol
To: Azeem
They are going with 5.56x39.
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:51:44 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DesertRhino
Why is Ukraine adopting NATO standards? Do they believe they are going to be brought into NATO? lolIt's about the money for Globalist Islamonazis, just like all things Ukraine.
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:52:24 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Navy Patriot
Ukraine does not need to worry about what configuration of Kalashnikov they use. They need ATGMs. Desperately.....As demonstrated during Slavyansk, Debaltseve, etc. etc.
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posted on
01/15/2017 8:18:22 AM PST
by
donozark
(Gerard Depardieu wears DEPENDS. Not because he has to, but because he wants to.)
To: vladimir998
Thank God I was wearing a life vest. sad about all of those weapons and ammo, thousands of rounds of ammo.
To: Navy Patriot
I replaced the upper wood forestock on my AK 47 slide fire with the metal heat shields from my stock AR 15 M4orgery grips.
A little trimming and they fit perfectly.
Now I don’t worry about it catching fire.
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posted on
01/15/2017 10:01:17 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
To: Navy Patriot
"Also, the contemporary use of Kalashnikovs by worldwide terrorists and insurgent groups offers grim evidence of the widespread proliferation of Soviet weapons during and after the Cold War." Also, the contemporary use of Kalashnikovs by worldwide terrorists and insurgent groups American hunters offers grim evidence of the widespread proliferation of Soviet weapons during and after the Cold War.
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posted on
01/15/2017 11:37:18 AM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Navy Patriot
Unless I completely failed at reading the article. They are adopting an AR platform chambered for 7.62x39mm
Been there, done that. Not exactly a problem. They could just go to POF and get some.
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posted on
01/15/2017 2:31:36 PM PST
by
cidrasm
To: headstamp 2
"Yes, rechamber them to 223 LOL" Like this?
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posted on
01/15/2017 5:19:41 PM PST
by
TXnMA
( If it ain't broke, for da*ned sure -- don't ask the government to fix it!)
To: TXnMA
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posted on
01/15/2017 6:58:16 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: headstamp 2
FReepMail for you — and, it’s nice to see another Dune fan here!
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posted on
01/15/2017 7:19:07 PM PST
by
TXnMA
( If it ain't broke, for da*ned sure -- don't ask the government to fix it!)
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