AKMS-ish spec rifle with the AKMS muzzle brake, one of the older vertical foregrips (yes, the Eastern Bloc got these too) from before RIS caught on and an RPK drum on FA for 100 rounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXUlLIeNT6A
Again, not at all doubting what you said about the weapons as they were back when, just showing that the AK improved just like everything else did in the intervening time. :D
Agree that weapons are more evolved (you left out the rate ruducer used in the AKM and recent AK- series weapons) but completely against firing while standing. If you’ve ever been in the presence of literally thousands of rounds fired in the space of seconds, standing - or just being above cover - is death.
Anybody who has survived combat knows that getting down is vital and if you’re in range of artillery, mortars, or rockets, digging down below ground level is also vital.
Why would anyone emphasize firing while standing? All that does is make you a lot more likely to have your name engraved on a wall somewhere.
We won’t be fighting non-aiming primitives forever..