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Posted by: Koolen
m16 proven worthy in battles and wars? Have you ever shot with one? Have you ever operated one in (simulated) combat? They jam the whole time and are pretty much useless with even a slight amount of sand in the valve. I consider them more accurate then the AK-47 but that's about it.
Yeah...much more accurate. It has an effective range of about 3 times that of an AK platform. I would never take one of those hunks of metal with me into combat.
AKs can jam just as often as an M16, considering that the machining on them is subpar at best, when fired rapidly they can double feed almost every other burst, yeah they're durable, but their worthless for that reason as well.
Look at it this way, in Afghanistan, troops are engaging targets something like 1000 meters to 2000 meters away, and an AK47 or AKM has an effective range of 400 meters, compared to an M16's 1500 to 3000 meters, and that's only of the Marine or soldier doesn't have a zoom optic or ACOG, which makes it much easier to engage.
In addition, the M16 platform can adopt many more optics and systems than the AK47, which is limited to a few Soviet era optics, and being able to tape two magazines together.
Finally, it is much easier to stay on target with the M16 because the 5.56 round is based on .223 civilian, which kicks like a .22LR, while it's nearly impossible to stay on target with the awful Soviet 7.62 and 5.45.
In the end, not even "jamming" can be used as a measure to discuss which is better because any self respecting soldier will clean his weapon, even Taliban run motor oil through their AKs every once in a while because they jam too. Oh, and that "dust in the valve" can be stopped by closing this thing called a "dust cover" on the right side, that has been on the weapon since the A2.