Kalashnikov the US gun of choice - DUPE - please kill it

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Kalashnikov the US gun of choice - DUPE - please kill it

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:01:24 PM EDT

I didn't know this guy was still alive

Kalashnikov the US gun of choice
From: Reuters
April 18, 2006
MIKHAIL Kalashnikov, designer of the world's most popular assault rifle, says that US soldiers in Iraq are using his invention in preference to their own weapons, proving that his gun is still the best.

"Even after lying in a swamp you can pick up this rifle, aim it and shoot. That's the best job description there is for a gun. Real soldiers know that and understand it," the 86-year-old gunmaker told a weekend news conference in Moscow.
"In Vietnam, American soldiers threw away their M-16 rifles and used (Kalashnikov) AK-47s from dead Vietnamese soldiers, with bullets they captured. That was because the climate is different to America, where M-16s may work properly," he said.

"Look what's happening now: every day on television we see that the Americans in Iraq have my machine guns and assault rifles in their armored vehicles. Even there American rifles don't work properly."

Some US troops in Iraq have reportedly taken to using AK-47s in preference to the standard-issue M-16.

The Cold War-era gun, renowned for its durability and easy handling, is plentiful in Iraq.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18848050-13762,00.html?from=rss

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:04:52 PM EDT

[#1]

uh oh, there is a shit storm brewing

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:05:28 PM EDT

[#2]

there's a dupe storm brewing...

ETA: i was going to be lazy, but here are the links:

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=455892

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=455917

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:05:37 PM EDT

[#3]

Nevermind I forgot to search first

DUPE

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=455917

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:05:42 PM EDT

[#4]

I thought he was into (vodka?) distillation now?

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:05:48 PM EDT

[#5]

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:06:41 PM EDT

[#6]

Sumarian sand + M-16 family = Jamomatic

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:09:09 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Sumarian sand + M-16 family = Jamomatic

Give them SIGs!

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:11:09 PM EDT

[#8]

IBTL

Posted: 4/17/2006 7:17:04 PM EDT

[#9]

IBTL

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