Posted on 12/09/2006 1:48:44 PM PST by VOA
After Words: Larry Kahaner, author of "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed
the Face of War," interviewed by Peter Singer
On Saturday, December 9 at 9:00 pm EASTERN: repeats Sunday,
December 10 at 6:00 pm and at 9:00 pm on BookTV (C-Span2 weekends)
Description: In his book, "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the
Face of War," author Larry Kahaner traces the rifle’s role in wars
from Vietnam to Iraq. According to the author, no tool has
spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time
in the history of warfare. Mr. Kahaner discusses the book with
Peter Singer, who directs a project on 21st Century warfare for
the Brookings Institution.
for convenience, here's a link to the Amazon.com page for the book:
AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War
by Larry Kahaner
http://www.amazon.com/AK-47-Weapon-that-Changed-Face/dp/0471726419/sr=1-1/qid=1165699910/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-4942841-0909603?ie=UTF8&s=books
2. Makes huge "clack" when taken off safety
3. Weapon/optic interface very unstable
4. Little difficult to accessorize.
Realable as hell, though. Very, very simple. Few moving parts. Simple to train with & maintain.
Here's a link to the full schedule of BookTV for Dec. 9 and 10, 2006:
http://www.booktv.org/schedule/
Beware, the books discussed range across the political spectrum, thus some
are pretty nutty lefty Bravo Sierra.
You have been warned!
(although watching some of the more radical-leftist presentation is
good "opposition research")
I'll stick with my tagline.
Should be called the MP43 and how it changed the face of war...if you know history..
As a never-served fat and spoiled civilian, about the closest I've come
to trying a modern military rifle is getting to shot an AR-15.
It was amazingly smooth and rapid-cycling even if it was just semi-auto.
AR-15,.........varmint gun.
A lot is said about the weapons by looking at the safeties:
When you take the AK off safety, you're first placed on "auto". The user has to take an extra step to get onto semi; you get the feeling it was born to spray.
Doing the same thing with the AR first puts you on semi, where the weapon was intended to reside, mainly.
They're fun.
Is there a difference between the AK ammo and .308 ammo?
Are AK's that accurate over distances?
As my sometimes tagline reads "When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47."
"Should be called the MP43 and how it changed the face of war...
if you know history.."
For the younguns in the audience:
http://www.cruffler.com/historic-february00.html
I'm just a gun enthusiast...but,
in documentaries, I've heard that A. Hitler hated the new gun; that stamped
metal just didn't meet his Nazi-style manual criteria.
And the German army simply ignored his disapproval and
quietly kept on making some of them.
***Realable as hell, though. Very, very simple. Few moving parts. Simple to train with & maintain.**
But what's best is it has that really scarry stock! oh! eek!
Mil Hist Ping
Depends on the distance. A bolt action rifle is far more accurate than an AK. The AK uses pistol ammo (7.63x39mm) that has obvious disadvantages when it comes to shooting over distance.
I would take an SKS over an AK.
OH, OH, I wan't one!
Oh wait. I've got one.
Dumb question - does anyone know why the clip was designed like a banana?
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