what is the difference between the ak47 & the akm rifles?
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The ak47 is the same thing but the akm has improved production design.  \n\nso... same gun, but made a different way.
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First the weapon is secondary to the person behind it, Second there are many different shooting situations so no one rifle will fill all needs ie.. overpenetration, range, application, I own 2 one very expensive one very inexpensive I can get sub minute of angle groups from both.\n\nThe Heckler & Koch PSG - 1 is considered the rolls royce of sub MOA guns.\n\nand the Dragunov is a very inaccurate POS.\nIf you are over 18 and need more info I will give you some good links.
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The best rifle?  Probably not, but it is an excellent choice.  I have a Ruger #1 in .458 Winchester Mag.  I love it.  Is it better than my Steyr Mannlicher Pro Hunter?  My Remington 700 .25-06?  Well, the .458 is a better hog gun than the .25-06, but not a better deer gun.  And the Steyr (in .30-06 Springfield) is a better all around rifle.  \n\nSo you see, it is a matter of matching your gun to the game.\n\nHappy hunting!\n\nH
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The Ak47 was used by th soviets, and most breakaway contries in that region were the old soviet union. It is also the most widly produced, durable, inexpensive weapon there is. Just look at it like this, i have used one. i poured a handful of sand right into the chamber with it open. fired, no problem.
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None that I know of make direct comparisons/contrasts.\n\nI can help you out a lot more than TheWiseOne, as his answer contains many inaccuracies.\n\nContrary to what the WiseOne stated, the M1 Garand was adopted as the standard US Army infantry rifle in 1936 and was standard issue when we entered the war.  The USMC still had a predominance of '03 Springfields, as they didn't receive new equipment until after the Army.  I find it odd that the WiseOne denigrates the Springfield for being "obviously dated and had been used in World War I.".  That's funny, because the standard infantry rifle the Germans used during WWII, the K98k, was simply a newer, shorter version of the Gewehr 98, the Model 1898 Mauser rifle, developed before and used during WWI (the Springfield used the same action as the Mauser by the way).  Both were fine bolt-action weapons, but couldn't compare with the M1 because of their slow rate of fire (the US was the only army in WWII to have a semi-automatic rifle as it's standard infantry weapon).\n\nThe primary sub-machine gun of the US Army during WWII was the M1928A1, M1, and M1A1 versions of the Thompson sub-machine gun.  A fairly heavy weapon, accurate at short ranges, and it had a lot of stopping power due to the fact it was chambered for the .45ACP round.  From 1944 onwards it was slowly phased out and replaced by the M3 Grease Gun.  It was cheaper and far simpler to mass produce than the Thompson.  Contrary to what the WiseOne states, both used 30 round box magazines (although 20 round was available for the Thompson).  The German MP-40 (the famed Schmeisser, although Schmeisser had no part in it's design) was chambered for 9MM Parabellum.  It was lighter and had a slightly lower cyclic rate than the Thompson (but a bit higher than the M3).\n\nComparing the MP-44 and the BAR is like comparing apples and oranges.  The MP-44 is the ancestor of the modern assault rifle, and was used as such.  The BAR is analagous to the M249 SAW that the US Army currently uses.  The MP-44 was a good weapon, with decent accuracy and range, and a cyclic rate high enough to provide fairly heavy firepower.  Very useful in urban fighting.\n\nThe BAR was a great weapon, heavy, but provided very good, accurate firepower for platoons.\n\nI don't know what "tiny Walther pistols" WiseOne is speaking about.  The standard German sidearms of WWII were the Parabellum-Pistole (popularly known as the Luger) and the Walther P-38.  Both were chambered for the 9MM Parabellum round, and both were fairly accurate.  The P-38 was easier and cheaper to make, and more tolerant of various environmental conditions.  The M1911A1 Colt .45 was a fairly good pistol, not particularly accurate, but the .45 ACP round provided good stopping power, and it was fairly reliable.\n\nThe German MG-42 was an excellent weapon, the best of its' class during the war.  It was the basis for the postwar design of the US M-60 machine gun.  I don't know what the WiseOne is speaking of when he mentions "and other lamer machine guns" when speaking of the US.  The primary US light machine gun was the .30 Browning.  It's sustained fire rate wasn't as good as the MG-42, but nevertheless the air-cooled version was a more than competent, if not very good weapon.  The standard heavy machine gun of the US was the Browning M2 .50.  This was an excellent weapon, best in it's class, and is still in use today by many countries. The M2 was just as accurate as the MG-42, and had greater power and ranger. Then again, pretty much any weapon designed by John Browning turned out to be excellent.\n\nThis following statement is absolutely wrong:\n\n"American planes were better than German planes by the time we entered the war, as the RAF killed off many of their better planes."\n\nThe best American fighters of the war at the time of our entry were the P-40 and F4F.  Neither one was anywhere near as good as the
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nWhile I agree that the Remington has a better action than the Savage, the Remington (or any other blackpowder rifle) is not built to withstand, or proof to withstand, the pressures generated by smokeless powder. The ignition and burning qualities of black powder and smokeless powder are quite different. To attempt to fire smokeless powder in any firearm designated as a blackpowder muzzle loading rifle is to court disaster.
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The pistol of choice is the US Colt M1911 .45 cal. Good close range, lots of stopping power. The rifle would be between (@ close range) a AK-47, Russian, 7.65x59mm and a US M16 Colt 5.56mm.  For long range it would be a browning .50 cal machine gun. US made.
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The caliber of a cartridge is measure from the diameter of the barrel. In this case from land to land. The 9mm equates to a .38 inch (38 caliber) and the 45 acp is .45 inches. So the .45 inch is bigger than the .38 inch bullet. \n\nThe 45 ACP travels at a much slower speed than the 9mm but has more muzzle energy.
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both have their good points but they are really different in design. the AK is built to require very little care and still shoot. it is not overly accurate and had perhaps the worst safety selector in the world. the thing is awkward and very noisy. the magazine requires an odd rocking motion to install or remove which can cause problems. the curvature of the mag and the length of the larger ones can cause problems as well. but the damn thing will always shoot and its easy to maintain. the M16 is designed as a more precise weapon. it requires more care and cleaning but is also fairly easy to maintain. its more user friendly to fire and points better. the round is somewhat less powerful at longer ranges but its also lighter so you can carry more ammo. today it and its clones are perhaps the most issued rifle in the world but there's still millions of AKs around. personally i would not feel underarmed with either for the most part but i prefer the M16 as the better of the two
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As with any "what is the best" it depends what you want to do.\n\nIf you just want to punch holes in things and you aren't bothered by what the holes do then a 223/5.56x45 will be cheaper to feed than any of the alternatives. The most common of those is the AR-15 and it's many clones... of which I have four.\n\nThe G36 is certainly a more modern and a better design than the AR-15. Sorry to all the old soldiers out there, but it's not a 'great' design, it just works OK.\n\nYou might like to take a look at a Sig556 too. \n\nIf you want to make more noise and have a round that will stop deer reliably then have a look at a 7.62,  the FN-FAL is the world favorite quality 7.62x51 battle rifle, the Sig550 and the Galil (I forget the variant today) are also very good. \n\nI'd go with H&K or Sig.
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Both the XM8 and the OICW have been scraped. The problem of these to models of weapons was really cost vs. benefits. Simply put, the benefits of putting these models of weapons into production just wasn't enough to make up for the cost. All of the benefits of these models can be replicated by add-ons to the current weapons platform, the M4A4. However, The SCAR has recently been put into service as an SF weapons platform. Major selling point was the ability to convert from 5.56 to 7.62. Thats all i know hope it helps. HOOOAAAHHH!
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Over all in combat the AK, it can take a hell of a lot of abuse. Trust me here, I have used both.  The M-16 A2 does well but can not handle the same environment.
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Lee-Enfield P17. originally the standard issue for the british, but when the US entered the war, there was a shortage of Springfield rifles, the standard American military rifle, so our troops were issued P17s. They ended up as the most common issue.\n\nadded note: the standard issue german rifle was a Gewehr 98 Rifle, originally manufactured in1898. Source for this was a google search\n\nBoth of these are bolt-action rifles
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It REALLY depends on cost, and if we're talking semi, or auto.  The Tippmann A-5 is about the fastest shooter you get for you money.  You also NEVER have issues with clogging with the A-5.
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I don't know where the current battle rifle is being made but I thought it was being made by the Brits. Before this current rifle they were buying there rifles of the Belgiums who produced the FN-FAL series of rifles. The current Brit rifle is probabaly one of the best rifles ever made as it is customized to each soldlier.
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The US Army is actually making the transition from the M-16 to the M-4 which is a variation of the M-16.  Both rifles are produced by Colt Manufacturing and Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc.
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http://www.surplusrifle.com/\n\nRead the info in the guns section, then go to the forums section and read through all the posts in the semi-auto section. \n\nThere are marks....letters and symbols stamped into the metal on the receiver and barrel. These will not only tell you the country of manufacture but the factory and year. Join the Surplus Rifle forums and post what you find, and pics if possible. Lots of helpful people there. \n\nFirst made by Russians, they were made by China, Albania, Yugoslavia, East Germany and probably more (never heard of Egypt making them though?)\n\nThe SKS is a great rifle capable of decent mid-range accuracy, rugged, easy to tear down and clean. DO NOT shy away from the cheap surplus ammo (OK, it's not cheap anynmore!). Ammo that is 'corrosive' just needs a quick cleaning at the range with a patch soaked in Windex, then a patch of oil. No worries, no problems, been doing it for two decades and no rust.