Re: U.S. troops prefer AK-47

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Jim Dauven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

# Second the AK-47 doesn't have the rails for all that fancy
# night sights, lazer sights, optical sights that the current versions
# of M-16's and M-4's do.  US troops like the trick sights
# better than the crappy AK-sights.

And probably with good reason.  Studies during the ACR trialsd of the 
1980s indicated that a simple solution to improve hit probability was to 
issue optical sights.  It is far easier for the average person to hit a 
target when the aiming reticle and the target are on the same optical 
plane.

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