Originally Posted By: j_mac
If I were fighting in an urban street battle and came across a real Russian or former Warsaw pact AK, I would throw down my AR and pick up the AK. The worst possible scenario in combat is for your weapon to stop working. The enemy does not wait for you to clear a jam or clean your rifle.
A good AK will simply NOT stop shooting.
This was happening so much early in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the early battle for the insurgency, that there were orders issued against using AK's.
I wills say all AK's are not made equal, just like not all AR's are equal. Some Combloc nations have a much better quality build versus others. An East German AK is going to have much better fit, finish, and quality than a Romanian one.