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Piet · 12-28-2013, 01:04 PM

Read an article today in the local paper, that claims that the AK47 was responsible for more deaths than any other rifle.
In Africa this was the available weapon for the "terrorists / freedom fighters" Surely the weapon could fire under severe situations and was usually severely neglected and misused. Some of the captured weapons was damaged to the extend that one could not believe it could still fire.
With the South African Defence Force using the R1 (FN 7.62mm) in the savannah bushveld where shots of 80 to 150 meters were possible, one did feel much more comfortable with the heavy but accurate R1. Small trees or bushes were no threat for the heavy bullet just ripped through it.

12-28-2013, 01:04 PM	#16
Piet User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Africa Posts: 143 Thanks: 155 Thanked 35 Times in 22 Posts	Read an article today in the local paper, that claims that the AK47 was responsible for more deaths than any other rifle. In Africa this was the available weapon for the "terrorists / freedom fighters" Surely the weapon could fire under severe situations and was usually severely neglected and misused. Some of the captured weapons was damaged to the extend that one could not believe it could still fire. With the South African Defence Force using the R1 (FN 7.62mm) in the savannah bushveld where shots of 80 to 150 meters were possible, one did feel much more comfortable with the heavy but accurate R1. Small trees or bushes were no threat for the heavy bullet just ripped through it.