The urban guerilla can do better than an M16 though. To me, urban warfare is aesthetically defined by weapons other than the rifle. SMGs like the MAC-10 or the Scorpion, shotguns, Pistols (the extended-mag Glock looks kind of goofy but I have a huge soft-spot for it). If we're talking pure aesthetics, of course. There's no image of urban warfare more romantic than a drive-by spray-down of some unprepared operators by a couple guys wearing hoodies driving a shitty 2000s car with a MAC-10
Ewwww. Mattel plastic versus steel milled from a single block as God intended?
Every AK after the 50s was stamped from sheet metal as it was always meant to be tho
I thought the cutout above the mag well meant this was a milled model?
Ya, the one in the photo is an early variant, milled. However, the Soviets always wanted an all-stamped receiver from the beginning of its inceptual phase to cut down on costs and simply construction. It wasn't easy to get right, so as a compromise until they got the stamping technique right, the first prototype and early production models were milled. Very few of these were produced in any significant number as they were still considered prototypical. Soviet military procurement was big on pushing out anything that worked first and foremost, then incrementally upgrading. By the mid-50s, the all stamped, strengthened AKM was in full production, replacing the milled AK-47s, especially as the latter was no longer compatible with other equipment. Subsequent AKs, like the 74, were all stamped and continue to be to this day.
You prefer that black plastic finish shit to the gorgeous wood on the AK? But why?
The AK is a beautiful artisan tool that reminds me of a nice wooden handled hammer or saw someone physically handmade for you in the toolshed while the M16 is plastic capitalist garbage tool you get at home depot.
Like it could just be cause I grew up in the US and it shaped my subconscious to some extent, but the AK just seems kind of clunky. I like how the barrel is distinct from the stock, I like the weird sights.
I'm not really struggling with this session, but I recognize individual human differences in aesthetic taste
The M-16 is, in addition to being more aesthetic, more ergonomically friendly for a first time learner.
the ak12's newest iteration is actually the best because it synthesises the ak silhouette with the ar15's modern look.
I looked up what a handguard is and the handguard is one of the best parts.
