one might think that Colt and Fabrique Nationale making overly complex guns that take weird ammo and fuck up all the time is just about cash flow, but there's a real strategic dimension to weapons that only work if you're the exocontact point of a massive industrial supply chain
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ARs have an infinitely simpler logistics chain in north America, to the point where AKs become the finicky exotic gun with expensive ammo, and ARs become the cheapest most reliable option with common ammo.
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Must be one of those "commoditize the complement" situations
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