- 15 Jun 2009 08:27
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Zerogouki is god.
I felt a need to post on this thread after reading alot of the usual banter for why the AK-47 supposedly edges out the the M-16 by its supporters, but his post eliminated that urge.
Anyone who's actually fired both guns (and their variants) knows that both weapons are built with two fundamentally different design priorities (with tactics and combat doctrines to follow them) in mind.
The AK-47 was designed as a mini-machine gun first, rifle second. The M-16 was designed for the exact opposite. The M-16's lack of stopping power and penetration compared to the AK-47's caliber is contrasted by its lack of kickback and lighter design. Besides, in the following decades since both weapons have been introduced i'd definitely say the M-16 has won out in terms of its "room for development" and all the pimped out tech kits and customizations the US (and its allies) have produced for it.
I felt a need to post on this thread after reading alot of the usual banter for why the AK-47 supposedly edges out the the M-16 by its supporters, but his post eliminated that urge.
Anyone who's actually fired both guns (and their variants) knows that both weapons are built with two fundamentally different design priorities (with tactics and combat doctrines to follow them) in mind.
The AK-47 was designed as a mini-machine gun first, rifle second. The M-16 was designed for the exact opposite. The M-16's lack of stopping power and penetration compared to the AK-47's caliber is contrasted by its lack of kickback and lighter design. Besides, in the following decades since both weapons have been introduced i'd definitely say the M-16 has won out in terms of its "room for development" and all the pimped out tech kits and customizations the US (and its allies) have produced for it.
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