Gunwing wrote:... And the AK won on reliability and damage potental but the M16 one out on Accurcey and that it is easy to make unlike the AK that needs to have wooden parts made for it.
ah, actually, the ak would be much easier to make because it´s mechanics are much simpler (and a bazillion times more reliable than those of the ar-15)
except the first ak-47s, which were made out of one massive block of steel, those took a lot of time to be produced and were quite expensive, but as soon as they switched to stamped steel, the rifle was pretty much cheap.
also, the accuracy isn´t that much worse than the m16´s, lets just say it is enough for modern day combat
Gunwing wrote:
Also the AK is twice as heavy as a M16, and has easly 4 times the recoil. On the other hand the M16 has less recoil and is easyer to control. Then agian you can't hit a person with the butt of an M16 hard enough to knock them out without breaking the M16 in half. An AK you can realy hit sombody with it and then go and shoot them when your done.
the higher recoil also means more kinetic energy, which in turn means that the bullet has much more "punch" - and that in turn has been caused by the bigger caliber (7.62x39)
Gunwing wrote:
In short both guns are pritty much on equal footing when it comes to fire arms. It's only one was made to be high tech, the other was made to be low tech.
i wouldnt actually say that the ak is "low-tech" and the m16 "high-tech".
it is true, the ak is darn simple for a rifle, but that´s also it´s biggest advantage.
the rifle is near indestructable, has a chromed (!) barrel, which basically makes it immune to rust and stuff - and it worked, wether you´ve stored it in a puddle of mud or in water, the rifle just worked.
it was quite accurate (except you´ve emptied the magazine in full auto without letting the trigger go..) had a bigger magazine than the m16 (when the americans saw the 30 round magazines, they also wanted them) and was cheaper.
and let´s not forget, everyone could use that rifle, unlike the m16.
okay, yes, probably everyone knows how to shot an m16, but how to clean it? no way - the m16 just needs a lot of care and while i dont say it´s a bad rifle, it has some serious disadvantages compared to an ak.
i already mentioned that it isn´t exactly the most reliable rifle/easiest to take care of, but also it has a smaller cartridge and is more expensive.
though i´ve got to admit that at longer ranges it is more accurate, is easier to controll and lighter - ah well, lets just stop it here, otherwise this will develop into an "m16 vs. ak-47" thread
