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**tussinelde** · 02-04-2008, 01:43 AM

Originally posted by Geronimo

Given that the AK-47 and it's derivatives are so decisively superior I wonder why NATO doesn't adopt it or a NATO knock off as their standard infantry weapon? If the weapon is clearly superior then any considerations of cost to convert would seem to be secondary. Well, it isn't superior, for one. It's superior in that it's much cheaper and doesn't require as much cleaning. It isn't as accurate, and has one mother of a recoil(which, of course, affects accuracy).

It was designed for unlettered peasants, and it shows in the users.

02-04-2008, 01:43 AM	#8
tussinelde Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 311 Senior Member	Originally posted by Geronimo Given that the AK-47 and it's derivatives are so decisively superior I wonder why NATO doesn't adopt it or a NATO knock off as their standard infantry weapon? If the weapon is clearly superior then any considerations of cost to convert would seem to be secondary. Well, it isn't superior, for one. It's superior in that it's much cheaper and doesn't require as much cleaning. It isn't as accurate, and has one mother of a recoil(which, of course, affects accuracy). It was designed for unlettered peasants, and it shows in the users.
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