SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - German rifles are hot

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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ. (Post 2218620)

That's what ends up happening when designers forget the most basic rules of warfare: "keep it simple, stupid". It really is sound advice. Its why the AK-47 is the most iconic and widely used weapon ever, and also why the russian army never adopted "modern" rifles like the an-94 and instead still use the AK-74m as standard issue.

The Ak-47 is so widespread because the Soviets,numerous WARSAW pact nations and the Chinese produced them by the millions and gave them to any force who was fighting against western interests in many cases free of charge.

The primary reason that the AN-94 never entered mass production was because the Russian government at the time it was put into competition simply lacked the funding to procure them.There is also the fact that the AN-94 really does not offer a major improvement over the 74.

Same story for the M16 family nothing has yet come along that is enough of an improvement to warrant a change.Sure the M16 had a rocky start but many people ignore the fact that the aK47 had been in production for 10 years by the time it saw serious combat in Vietnam.

Hmong guerrillas in Loas are still using M16A1s produced during Vietnam but no one hears about that.Along with other weapons of course.Point being if you have to fight you will make what you have available to you work well enough.There is no "perfect" firearm they all will malfunction even AK47s even if kept in perfect condition.This is why combatants are or should be trained how to clear there weapon and identify what is causing the malfunction.

the guy in the North Hollywood shoot out the one with the Romanian AK47 with the 75 round drum magazines his stovepiped and he tossed it away because he did not know how to clear it luckily for the LAPD.

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PS the Hmong are not Communists their enemy is.