New guns jamming in combat!

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

AK 47s FOR EVERYBODY!!!!, seriously only reason y america wont use the ak 47 is because russia will say "o so now u r using OUR weapons" then all the flaming will begin, america has THE best technology in the world for their airplanes etc, their guns r so high tech... yet they still jam by some lousy sand and dirt, while a gun made in the late 40's early 50's still better then those guns today, if america switched to ak47 anmd used their technology god knows wut kind of crazy high powered gun they wud have,

Actually, the AK-47 was an engineering compromise suited to Russian conditions. It was deliberately built "crudely" - big heavy bolt, wide tolerances ... etc. The nice thing is that it stops them from jamming, but the tolerances kill off long-range accuracy.