Talk:AK-47/@comment-74.75.122.176-20110806012642/@comment-129.188.33.25-20111118075840

extremely accurate? you know nothing then...

the AK-47 IRL is not accurate beyond 400 metres (440 yd) on semi-automatic or 300 metres (330 yd) on full automatic.

the whole Idea behind the AK-47 was to be mass produced and engagements were not to be beyond 300 yards (since this was org. made around WWII that was what the stragitgy was back then.)

the M14's 7.62 NATO round has more of a charge/gunpowder and can go futher. as it was made for longer ranges than the AK-47 was. 460 m (500 yd) (stock) or 800+ m (875+ yd) (with optics)

the M4 on the other hand has a longer range but it's a smaller round so it doesn't drop as much when compaired to the AK-47's and M14's heavyer round. 500 meters for a point target and 600 meters for an area target

and as for "exlude it from the AR family" I kinda think of Battle Rifles as more of a sub-family of ARs as they are just not ment for CQC but they are ment for longer ranges than "normal" ARs

the AK-47's populatery is mainly because it is reliable and requires low maint. and is cheaper to boot.(prob. cuz they made so many of them during the cold war.....)