Yes, rechamber them to 223 LOL
What’s the point if they’re not going to use 5.56x45 ammo?
“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).
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.
Why is Ukraine adopting NATO standards? Do they believe they are going to be brought into NATO? lol
Ukraine does not need to worry about what configuration of Kalashnikov they use. They need ATGMs. Desperately.....As demonstrated during Slavyansk, Debaltseve, etc. etc.
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.
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.