[Sherman Logan]

I have always thought the denigration of the gun for being comparatively inaccurate quite odd.

A very large percentage of those it was intended for weren’t going to be crack shots anyway. Many operating on the spray and pray principle, with no real aiming at all.

IOW, weapons and tools. An effective tool is one that works well at what it is intended to do. The AK-47 was never intended to be a precision weapon or a sniper rifle. It worked supremely well at what it was intended for. Nobody can ask more from any tool or weapon. Combining this high functionality with inexpensive construction makes it a work of true genius.

[Sherman Logan]

Acckk.

“IOW, weapons and tools.” should be “A weapon is a tool.”

[null and void]

IOW, weapons and tools. An effective tool is one that works well at what it is intended to do. The AK-47 was never intended to be a precision weapon or a sniper rifle. It worked supremely well at what it was intended for. Nobody can ask more from any tool or weapon. Combining this high functionality with inexpensive construction makes it a work of true genius.

IO,OW, it was perfectly designed to fill its need.

[LevinFan]

” o: kronos77

I have always thought the denigration of
the gun for being comparatively
inaccurate quite odd.

A very large percentage of those it was
intended for weren’t going to be crack
shots anyway. Many operating on the
spray and pray principle, with no real
aiming at all.”

The comparison of M-16 and AK often misses that. The AK was a weapon meant for peasant soldiers. The M-16 was designed for professional soldiers.
Two different missions.