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Well AK-47 though the best due to its ruggedness but my personal favourite is the M-16 with a view finder and a grenade launcher. Sure has some fire power and can blow things up thanks to the grenade launcher that is attached to it.
gernade launcher can also be attached with Ak-47. Some of SSGs used Ak-47 with gernade launcher in Lal Masjid operation...i have those pics but i am unable to attach them due to some problem but i copied those pictures from Webmaster gallery(pictures of lal Masjid) moreover i saw in Geo News after Karachi bomb blast two ranger soldiers are holding Ak-47 with assult scope. so i am sure that gernade launcher and assult scope can also be attached with AK-47..
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Guys, one aspect you are not emphasising is the cost. The AK is shipped for I believe $100 per weapon ( wholesale, govt. to govt). Any western rifle. G-3, M-16 or FN is , I believe, in excess of $1000 a piece. This is the main reason why the AK is so popular.
I talked to a Pakistani army officer about its selection of the G-3. He said that at the time the chinese were offerring the AK for free. But they still chose the G-3.
The AK is primarily an assault weapon. That means it is designed to put down massive firepower to keep the heads of the enemy down ( 'win the fire fight' in military terms) as the infantry 'assault' enemy positions. Accuracy is not important. The fully automatic function creates a mindset in the soldier of putting down large amounts of inaccurate fire.
In the British army ( and I am sure other armies) the standard issue rifle (FN) was deliberately doctored to cancel the fully automatic function, it could only fire single shots. This is more effective and more accurate. I have seen many reports of the Iraqi resistance being described as the 'gang that can't shoot straight'. You and I have seen endless TV footage of arabs firing from the hip on fully automatic, these people are totally useless. If you fired like that at any training establishment they would send you back to basic training.
A friend of mine talked to a British army soldier who was in Afghanistan, and he described the Afghans as hopeless shots.
Take my advice, for general infantry use, the AK goes in the bin. Any modern rifle with an optical sight is worth 10 AK's.
This is a quote from an expert who was using an armalite with an optical eyesite; ' I can't remember the last time I missed at 600 metres'.
How far can you shoot with an AK?
If the Taliban had even G-3's with optical eyesights, the war in Afghanistan would change overnight.
My two cents.
The other thing is, Nato;s are getting most of their kills by bombing the taliban.
Most fire fights are fought from long range, even if they hit with m16, there isa very low change of doing critical damage.
Taliban is not short of men power, they can get 10 ak-47s n 10 men to sum up the 10=1 ratio.
The only thing with ak-47 is the aim, but in other fields its better, it can do more damage, it will work in any condition. Major problem with m16 is that it jams a lot.
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