Posted on 02/10/2007 5:23:46 AM PST by radar101
U.S. intelligence agencies have built their own version of the famous Russian-designed AK-47 assault rifle for use by American snipers in Iraq. The snipers are firing at one form of deadly insurgent and terrorist attack, the so-called "spray and pray" method used by those who try to sow terror by emerging from hiding and firing a machine gun randomly into crowds. The special U.S. snipers have used .50-caliber long-range rifles for killing terrorists. Now, they are using the modified AK-47s to kill insurgents without a normal shot to the head. Instead, snipers are killing insurgents with shots to the heart, and creating dissension and doubt in the groups over who is behind the sniping. The 7.62 mm round used by the AK-47 differs from the 7.62 mm sniper round used in normal U.S. sniper ammunition and creates a different wound.
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Make no mistake--we are exactly that. The EOF and RoE demand it.
I like the old Moisin-Nagant a lot, once I got over the clunky look of it. I bought a Finnish M39 that has a very old receiver but a new barrel and stock. It is as accurate as the loads. Shooting old Hungarian and Romanian surplus steel-core ammo it is pretty good but with modern ammo it is very good. My son has a Moisin M44 carbine that is a blast (literally) to shoot but the barrel is shot out.
I imagine that a bolt-action rifle could be chambered for the AK round. This would result in superior accuracy.
Real "thunder god" type stuff.
Thanks for posting the website. I am going to look it over and probably make a donation or two.
Personally I bought bracelets for the Army and Marines both.
Got bracelets for my wife and kids. A few dog tags for our key chains, even one for the dog! Seriously, I think it's a great cause.
Wouldn't using the Dragunov (SVD) or one of the various derivatives of the AK-47, such as the Romanian PSL, which fire the same 7.62x54R round make more sense? The Iraqis are equipped with those as well, and while not as a accurate as US/coalition sniper rifles, have more ability to "reach out"?
More likely the 7.62x54R, since that's a Soviet design (well actually pre-soviet Russian) and which is used in many machine guns, used by both the Iraqi army and the terrorists(as is the 7.62x39 round of the AK).
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Peace-loving Islamics shot with automatic revolvers,buckshot fired from automatic assault rifles weapons. Women, children, gays, and members of minority groups to suffer most.
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