It has been said if our guys had to use the AK they would still win and if their guys had something else they would still lose.
Infantry rifles no longer decide wars, and the M-16 suits our boys better.
I would like to agree...:) But then, I am indeed a provincial on these matters. A “homer”, if you will.
I think what it boils down to is training and logistics. Our military does both of those very well.
Only if you believe the pampered princes in the Beltway. The guys that have to actually go into harms way end up picking up enemy weapons after the fight picks up.
The M16/M4 can't handle battlefield conditions the same as an AK47, and they don't have the knockdown power of an AK47.
Account after account after account after account of troops engaged in heavy combat relate to picking up enemy weapons for the larger caliber.
Yet the Baghdad Bob in DC all say the accounts are unfounded.
Kind of like the idiot (CG of MARFORSYSCOM, or Deputy Commandant?) that claimed the cheap aluminum mags were better than MAGPUL mags and banned Marines from using other than issued magazines......and then the comments section of the "Marine Corps Times" went crazy asking this paper pusher when the last time he had to use any of the issued equipment with HIS life on the line.