Yeah I mentioned that to my dad. (I'm developing a slight gun/MilTech special interest bc he and i can discuss it without fighting)
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It's a thing about the specific environment of for-profit contracting. They wanted to have the "best" rifle to present
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They optimized for stuff like making it super lightweight and compact while also firing as powerful a round as possible
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It's less easy to immediately demonstrate how reliable a weapon is, and all of those features made the M16 more failure prone
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The AK47 shoots less far and is heavier and is therefore harder to aim but it turns out in the jungle that matters less
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So many battles being fought at super close range when one group surprises another and everyone is covered in mud
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All that matters is that the gun always works
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This is a thing about old-school manufacture, the wood and steel parts of the AK have a lot of tolerance to them
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The lightweight modern materials of the M16 are much more precision-tooled and stuff doesn't fit together right if slightly off
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That's something people notice a lot about older products designed to last vs newer products designed not to
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Soldiers in Vietnam complained a ton about the lightweight aluminum receiver (the part that takes the most force) in the M16
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And how finicky it was and how any minor defect could make your gun jam at the worst time
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There was also shit about how the M16 was so precisely machined to try to make it last longer without maintenance by keeping dirt out
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