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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Nobody that has shot both weapons says the AK is better.
The AK is inferior in all aspects, except maybe as a club.
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I've fired both. Both had their strong points.
The AK-47 was really designed for a tech poor or poorly trained conscript. Easy to lead and fire, can be heavily abused and still fired. I never found it to be a really accurate weapon, but makes up for it with sheer range and killing power. Easy to dissassemble and clean. But is a pretty heavy weapon to cart around with reloads.
The M-16 to me was pretty accurate even in the days before things like optic sights. It was pretty lightweight. It's springs and small cartridge really made it pretty accurate in burst and single. Really wasn't to me a great in field weapon because of the nature of how its cleaned and how finicky it was when it got dirty. It didn't have the same kind of shoot through killing power as the AK-47.
Now give me an FNC1A1 any day, and I was always happy.