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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Not when you are on the receiving end and they will be around for some time after they are no longer effective for a modern military.
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Oh yes. If wikipedia is accurate, the AK-47 alone, has had 75 million produced. Compare that to the Mosin-Nagant 37 million produced. The Mosin has been so plentiful in supply, as to be one of the cheapest bolt guns you can buy that fires a full sized cartridge. It's usually priced in todays market at about 160 to 200 dollars depending on condition. So comparatively, Kalashnikov's must be falling out of trees.
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Originally Posted by MH
RIP AK
Great rifle in its time but out dated today and also a bit over glorified .  |
I must point out that the age of a firearm does not dictate obsolescence. For example some would say that 1911 handgun (you know, the handgun that has been around since before WW1) is obsolete, but how now the
on a limited basis. Or the Browning M2 machine gun. Designed in 1933, and has never left service. Both of these examples predate any kalashnikov rifle.
So i would submit that while the AK may not be "all that and a bag of chips", and it may not be the best selective fire rifle in an intermediate cartridge, it does what it was designed to do well enough.