Reduced Accuracy if the Ak's

Army Musician · 2006-06-05, 13:32

When I was on work-ex with band of the Army Air Corps, we spent 2 days in field and we had an ex-sas training us and he says that the AK's don't have a single shot capability like the M16A2 and the L85A2 and what happens is, once fire it just goes straight up in the air. Like so:

solodude23 · 2006-06-05, 13:36

You are going to have to upload the image using something like http://imageshack.us You can't just list the directory from which you want the image to show on a web page. (Unless your uploading it, that is)

Tinkerbell · 2006-06-05, 14:33

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Originally Posted by Army Musician

When I was on work-ex with band of the Army Air Corps, we spent 2 days in field and we had an ex-sas training us and he says that the AK's don't have a single shot capability like the M16A2 and the L85A2 and what happens is, once fire it just goes straight up in the air. Like so:

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AK's have single shot capability, hell, EVERY AK does. most assualt rifles do. the only guns i know dont are the HMGs, like the browning .50 cal, the PKM, he M249 doesnt, but the RPK does.

Army Musician · 2006-06-05, 15:02

What I have said about the AK's was said to me by an a soldier from the SAS

~~Gaz~~ · 2006-06-05, 15:05

I think most Kalashnikov varients are auto/semi (single shot) settings. The newer copies have 3 round bursts I believe.

Oh, and you're HIRED as our new imaging consultant

~~the.ultimate.maverick~~ · 2006-06-05, 15:07

AKs do have single shot, its the bottom choice on fire selector.

The idea of people firing into the air is more when they use burst of full auto and the users are untrained in usage. People that train foreign forces often see that the 'hard b***tards' fire on full auto and end up spraying the sky yes. But a trained user can use an AK on burst without too many problems at all - if they couldn't why would they be in such wide spread usage.

SiN|ScarFace · 2006-06-05, 15:34

Nice to see people believe everything they are told even when its against common sense.

Rhino · 2006-06-05, 15:39

ye the reason why AK's where made was cos the russians got pissed off with the germans automatic weapons in WW2 when they only really had balt rifles. So they made the AK-47. When designing the AK they made it so that it was as accruate as a bault rifle, But at the same time had the automatic function. So in singal shot mode it was very accruate and could take somone out, when in full auto mode it was really only for close combat and covering fire ect.

[k]MuffinMaster · 2006-06-05, 16:08

Kalashnikov took into accout that most fighting occured in a distance up to 300m..
so he didn't see much sense in making the AK-47 more acurate above this distance.

Army Musician · 2006-06-05, 16:49

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Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Gaz

Oh, and you're HIRED as our new imaging consultant

What do you mean new image consultant, Thats just a quick sketch in paint thats all

2006-06-05, 13:32	#1
Army Musician Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,038 United Kingdom Location: Monmouthshire	Reduced Accuracy if the Ak's When I was on work-ex with band of the Army Air Corps, we spent 2 days in field and we had an ex-sas training us and he says that the AK's don't have a single shot capability like the M16A2 and the L85A2 and what happens is, once fire it just goes straight up in the air. Like so:

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2006-06-05, 13:36	#2
solodude23 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,165 United States of America Location: Tacoma, Washington	You are going to have to upload the image using something like http://imageshack.us You can't just list the directory from which you want the image to show on a web page. (Unless your uploading it, that is)

2006-06-05, 15:02	#4
Army Musician Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,038 United Kingdom Location: Monmouthshire	What I have said about the AK's was said to me by an a soldier from the SAS

2006-06-05, 15:05	#5
~~Gaz~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,016 United Kingdom Location: UK Blog Entries: 2	I think most Kalashnikov varients are auto/semi (single shot) settings. The newer copies have 3 round bursts I believe. Oh, and you're HIRED as our new imaging consultant

2006-06-05, 15:07	#6
~~the.ultimate.maverick~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,229	AKs do have single shot, its the bottom choice on fire selector. The idea of people firing into the air is more when they use burst of full auto and the users are untrained in usage. People that train foreign forces often see that the 'hard b***tards' fire on full auto and end up spraying the sky yes. But a trained user can use an AK on burst without too many problems at all - if they couldn't why would they be in such wide spread usage.

2006-06-05, 15:34	#7
SiN\|ScarFace Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,818 United States of America Location: Murica	Nice to see people believe everything they are told even when its against common sense.

2006-06-05, 15:39	#8
Rhino Retired PR Developer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 47,448 United Kingdom Location: Somerset - UK Blog Entries: 45	ye the reason why AK's where made was cos the russians got pissed off with the germans automatic weapons in WW2 when they only really had balt rifles. So they made the AK-47. When designing the AK they made it so that it was as accruate as a bault rifle, But at the same time had the automatic function. So in singal shot mode it was very accruate and could take somone out, when in full auto mode it was really only for close combat and covering fire ect.

2006-06-05, 16:08	#9
[k]MuffinMaster Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 172 Location: Wiesbaden	Kalashnikov took into accout that most fighting occured in a distance up to 300m.. so he didn't see much sense in making the AK-47 more acurate above this distance.