Posted on 08/23/2021 4:31:23 PM PDT by Onthebrink
To that end, the AK-47 has been ideal for those who don’t adhere to “spit and polish” type drilling. Instead, the weapon was developed based on experiences gained when Russian soldiers – many of whom were conscripted to defend the motherland – fought for their very survival. It wasn’t uncommon for those conscripts to be deployed to the front line almost immediately, with little training and almost no instruction on weapons maintenance.
AK-74 for the win!
Not this sh!t again.
This is like the motor oil threads in the bike groups I belong to.
A weapon designed to be given to drunk, illiterate Russian conscripts. Of course it’s reliable.
Now toss in 9 yr olds in Africa.
Yes it’s reliable.
Killed millions...
Oh boy....you opened a can of worms dude. Lol
“Of all the weapons in the vast Soviet arsenal nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947, more commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It’s the world’s most popular assault rifle, a weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple nine pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood, it doesn’t break, jam, or overheat. It will shoot whether it’s covered in mud or filled with sand. It’s so easy even a child could use it, and they do.”
~ Yuri Orlov
Lord of War
For a 'head scratcher' like this, we need a REAL expert! Somebody call Captain Obvious!
;^)
If we are limiting it to Ruskie guns, Mosin > AK except up close in a pray and spray.
All the brand new M-4s liberated in Afbidenstan will be tossed on the heap as soon they dont get a good daily scrubbing. They will search back to where they dropped their 50 year old AK and pick it up and start fighting with it.
pps-43 for room clearing.
The classic Youtube InRange mud test series
AK47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX73uXs3xGU
Mosin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrV3Wq59mz0
M16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyXndCxn9K4&t=609s
Doubtful.
Yeah, the AK-47 is reliable but that doesn't make it the best choice. It also lacks accuracy and shoots a mediocre round (the 5.56 is too but it's better than the 7.62x39). From the pictures it looks like the Taliban are ditching their AK's as quick as they can get their hands on U.S. weapons.
Given access to U.S. weaponry, hardly any forces will choose russian stuff of any kind.
Or spilling Popeyes chicken and grape soda and corn nuts all over it after it was in a crack house fire
Reliable? Yes. You can throw it in mud, pick it up and wipe it off and it fires.
But accurate? Absolutely positively NOT! A 4 shot burst is as wide a pattern as a 12 guage with bird shot.
That being said I would LOVE to add one to my collection!
That's what got me interested in building an AK, almost 20 years ago: saw a video of some guy with an AMD65 parts gun, filling the thing up with sand, and firing it. Even with all of that crap inside, it still worked (mostly ;^)...
I used to own one (semi-auto) and consider it an excellent rifle at 100 yards. I had no problem getting good accuracy and it NEVER jammed. I fired a lot of Russian-made (cheap) ammo through it. It has the ballistics of a .30-30 Winchester which is far superior to 5.56 rifles.
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