Why did the AK-47 become so popular?

Post by troels » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 12:07 PM UTC

jandrewrogers wrote: post #48

troels wrote: post #39

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However, its operational ergonomics are atrocious I had to read that twice and I'm still not sure. You mean economics, right?

Nope, I meant ergonomics. All of the operational mechanics (safety, trigger, magazines, bolt, etc) are very poorly designed for efficient user operation. A number of AK47 clones produced by countries attempt to at least partial rectify that situation. Also, the AK47 has terrible rapid fire characteristics; even a well-trained operator will have a hard time putting bullets on target. By comparison, the M16 has a well-…

Thanks for clarifying.

Post by antocv » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:07 PM UTC

cranklin wrote: post #50

antocv wrote: post #31

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Always has to be an american guy claiming something is wrong with AK and prefers M1A who has used the guns only in his collection and perhaps shooting out in a gun-range on fine weather-days.

Wrong. Try again. I shoot rain or shine. 2 major competitive shoots a month and 1 small competitive shoot per week. I have to reload an average of 2 flats of ammo per week just to keep up with my shooting. Let me be more clear. I own 2 AK variants (owned 3) and one M1A. The M1A runs circles around the AK's... and I'm not partial to American made firearms either. Or, you can blindly trust your Hollywood action movies…

I would rather prefer to trust people who have actually been in a war (where I also was) and not a playground, and told me they preferred above all else AK74s, they had the option to use american made weapons, the colt or whatever its called, but nobodoy was really willing to risk their lives using those rifles, the jamming and difficult maintanence. I too shot with an AK74 in a war-zone. Have you done that?

The second option was Swedish made weapons, the heavier bofors especially.

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