I’m not Marine, but that sound is fused into my nervous system and generates a visceral response which is a factor that I am still alive to this day.
It is that sort of noise, isn’t it? Shockingly loud, cuts through a lot of noises you wouldn’t think it could, and absolutely unforgettable once you’ve heard it.
We should all probably be thankful that Mikhail Kalashnikov didn’t care about refined, elegant or subtle engineering and was more interested in simplicity and brute force.