Would not work on Muslim women. They are already there. 
Posted on 05/26/2011 6:45:31 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Colt on the Outs as Defense Department Opens Bids for Combat Rifles
Published May 25, 2011 | Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- For nearly a decade, Colt Defense went without a lobbyist. The legendary gun maker based in West Hartford, Conn., had an exclusive deal to provide combat rifles to the U.S. military and didn't need a hired gun looking out for the company's interests in Washington.
Times have changed. After buying more than 700,000 Colt M4 carbines, the Defense Department has started a search for the rifle's successor, giving Colt's competitors the long-awaited chance to break the company's grip on the market. So Colt turned to Roger Smith, a former deputy assistant Navy secretary-turned-lobbyist, to be the company's voice in D.C. His fee is $120,000 a year.
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As long as the tests are fair a modernised GI rifle is going to walk away with it.
An AK is great for shoving into a peasants hand to kill other peasants.
That may be true, but the AK has claimed thousands upon thousands of lives of Americans in uniform. And sadly, still is...
You can’t keep the enemy at rifle range forever. Once the enemy is up close it doesn’t matter what firearm they carry. We are probably lucky that the AK became so ubiquitous or we would have a much higher death toll.
A fair test?
Hackworth: “One of the bulldozers uncovered the decomposing body of an enemy soldier, complete with AK-47. I happened to be standing right there, looking down into the hole and pulled the AK out of the bog. ‘Watch this, guys,’ I said, ‘and I will show you how a real infantry weapon works.’ I pulled the bolt back and fired 30 rounds — the AK could have been cleaned that day rather than buried in glug for a year or so. That was the kind of weapon our soldiers needed, not the confidence-sapping M-16.”
Would not work on Muslim women. They are already there.
There was a poster here years ago who served in Sinai Desert with 101st. ABN DIV. Peacekeeping force. He worked with the regular Egyptian Army. He said their weapons maintenance was non-existent. I suspect their training as well was poor.
There are better weapons, there are worse weapons. If not maintained properly, no weapon is good. They all require it. Wish they didn't. Spent many, many hours cleaning weapons after hunting, shooting, and work.
Nice story. A ak-47 has steel bolt, milled steel (unlined) barrel, and a steel piston assembly that is not a sealed unit. After a year sitting in water it would have been a piece of rust assuming the bullets would even fire after being submerged for a year.
The m4 is basically a 400m carbine. The DoD wants the new rifle to be 600meter capable apparently. That definitly rules out the much vaunted super rifle known as the AK. It also rules out any piston shooting a .223/5.56 and some pistons rifles altogher.
I own a Colt MT 6700. HB. Very accurate. Although I don't have access to range over 200 meters. Semi-auto of course. But would have no problem "bugging out" with it.
Never have liked those short barrels. Phone booth guns. Perhaps for urban SWAT or certain elite force utilization. But not on battlefield and certainly not from what I know of 'Stan by pics and talks with friends that were there.
6.5 Grendel from an 18" barrel is still supersonic at 1000meters. That will get the job done.
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