Which is better American weapons or Russian weapons?

well the american M16 is the standard by which all other assault rifles are measured, the M16 platform has inspired many variants and a multitude of calibers larger than the issue 5.56mm. the M16 is realiable and accurate and despite its small size the 5.56mm cartridge can do nasty things. the current russian military rifle is the AK 74 which uses a smaller higher velocity round- the 5.45 x 39 cartridge was the russians answer to our own 5.56mm and uses a small projectile with an air space in the tip of the full metal jacket bullet to cause deformity upon impact and create a nastier wound channel. in common terms the M16 is the ferrari of weapons while the russian AKs are the volkswagons- the AK rifle in whichever version ( the 7.62x39 or the 5.45x39) will be found on battlefields for quite some time. it is cheaper to produce and can tolerate mud and sand quite well because of the looser tolerances in its design. the M16 is produced with tighter mechanical tolerances to achieve greater accuracy and good reliability, but can become messed up if too much sand and grit get into the mechanism- so it does need to be maintained by the soldiers carrying it. i would say that technically speaking the american arsenal is slightly ahead of anything the russians have designed- this goes for their small arms all the way up to jet fighters and heavy armored tanks.

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well in a sense the AK-47 is very reliable because you can put it through alot and it still fires great during vietnam the M-16 had issues jamming so they made the M16A1 which was alot better and could handle the stresses. but in all truth it depends on who is firing the weapon the conditions they are fighing in and what type of ammo is being used

Probably American.

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