US soldier w/ AK
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SodaPop
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I have a picture of a US soldier carrying an SA/80 also. It was on the latest issue of India Today.
RustyHammer
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I thought I saw the same thing .... but figured it was some U.S. Army version that I wasn't up on.
Not touching the .223 vs. 7.62 topic that this could stir up again!
Not touching the .223 vs. 7.62 topic that this could stir up again!
Destructo6
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I saw that, too.
I would say he was just retrieving it to be put in the confiscation stash, but it looked like he was preparing to use it.
I would say he was just retrieving it to be put in the confiscation stash, but it looked like he was preparing to use it.
Chipperman
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"i'd also grab an AK and pull the stock off of it for CQ"
Most of the ones I've seen in footage already have no stock or a collapsible one.
Most of the ones I've seen in footage already have no stock or a collapsible one.
chaim
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Could it have been a special ops guy? Sometimes Army Special Forces, who can sometimes spend an extended period of time behind enemy lines, have been known to bring weapons w/ them other than normal issue items (or they sometimes use "liberated" weapons).
I'm sure this probably wasn't "it", but just as FYI - Armalite has made some "special" M4's for Spec Ops guys searching caves in Afghanistan that shoot 7.62x39, AND takes AK47 mags! They said it was impossible to hump enough ammo to do the job, and they'd sometimes be in caves FULL of 7.62x39 ammo and AK mags.
Looks odd to say the least.
I tried to find the link again, but couldn't.
Looks odd to say the least.
I tried to find the link again, but couldn't.
Redlg155
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Sounds like something the military would do. Instead buying a cow to get cow milk they try to make a goat give cow milk.
Go figure...
Good SHooting
RED
OOOooops!
My bad... It's a STONER from Knight's Armament!
The Stoner SR47...
http://www.hk94.com/sr47rifle.php
Army's New SR-47 Rifle
U. S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has received small number of new assault rifles from the Knight's Armament Company.
SR-47 (Stoner Rifle 47)
August 5, 2002; US Special Operations Command is now using small numbers of a new rifle, the SR-47 (Stoner Rifle 47). This is, basically, an American M4 carbine chambered to fire Russian 7.62x39mm ammunition and to use Russian AK-series magazines. The first six prototypes were rushed to units in Afghanistan last March, and more may have been sent since then (but any numbers are classified). The original idea was to provide special forces a rifle that had all of the "muscle memory" of the M4 carbine (location of the safety, etc.) but which used Russian ammunition. That way, an operator deep in enemy territory could use captured ammunition and would not leave tell-tale US-caliber casings behind. This was a relatively low-priority project until troops fighting their way into Afghan cave complexes found themselves unable to carry enough 5.56mm ammunition while literally awash in 7.62x39mm ammo stored throughout the caves. The original plan had called for the rifle to use American magazines but the special operators insisted that they would rather use "battlefield pick-up magazines". The SR-47 has other changes. US troops are used to hitting the magazine catch and letting gravity remove the empty magazine for them, something that won't work with Russian magazines. So, the SR-47 has an ejector spring to push the empty magazine out once the catch is released. The barrel is free-floating, making the SR-47 the most accurate AK-47 clone in the world. The prototypes shipped so far include sound suppressors, regarded as essential for cave fighting. Theoretical design work has begun on the SR-74 to use the Russian 5.45mm ammunition and magazines, should US forces go into a country that uses that caliber.
My bad... It's a STONER from Knight's Armament!
The Stoner SR47...
http://www.hk94.com/sr47rifle.php
Army's New SR-47 Rifle
U. S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has received small number of new assault rifles from the Knight's Armament Company.
SR-47 (Stoner Rifle 47)
August 5, 2002; US Special Operations Command is now using small numbers of a new rifle, the SR-47 (Stoner Rifle 47). This is, basically, an American M4 carbine chambered to fire Russian 7.62x39mm ammunition and to use Russian AK-series magazines. The first six prototypes were rushed to units in Afghanistan last March, and more may have been sent since then (but any numbers are classified). The original idea was to provide special forces a rifle that had all of the "muscle memory" of the M4 carbine (location of the safety, etc.) but which used Russian ammunition. That way, an operator deep in enemy territory could use captured ammunition and would not leave tell-tale US-caliber casings behind. This was a relatively low-priority project until troops fighting their way into Afghan cave complexes found themselves unable to carry enough 5.56mm ammunition while literally awash in 7.62x39mm ammo stored throughout the caves. The original plan had called for the rifle to use American magazines but the special operators insisted that they would rather use "battlefield pick-up magazines". The SR-47 has other changes. US troops are used to hitting the magazine catch and letting gravity remove the empty magazine for them, something that won't work with Russian magazines. So, the SR-47 has an ejector spring to push the empty magazine out once the catch is released. The barrel is free-floating, making the SR-47 the most accurate AK-47 clone in the world. The prototypes shipped so far include sound suppressors, regarded as essential for cave fighting. Theoretical design work has begun on the SR-74 to use the Russian 5.45mm ammunition and magazines, should US forces go into a country that uses that caliber.
Destructo6
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No, I could swear the one the guy was carrying had a wood buttstock and was definately an AK.
I would like one of those Knight's ARs, though.
I would like one of those Knight's ARs, though.
SodaPop
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Some of our troops don't have uniforms on and probable picked up AKs so they'd fit in better.
BevrFevr
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I wonder how accurate that baby is?
-bevr
-bevr
SodaPop
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Probable more accurate than the beat up and worn out Afghani AKs.
Redlg155
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I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT...I WANT ONE!! 
Good Shooting
Red
Good Shooting
Red
mrstang01
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I've heard that a lot of our tankers are picking up AK's as the M4 is still in short supply, and many of them have only been issued M9's.
DMK
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Here's a link that Gewehr98 posted this for another thread. It has some more info on that Knight's 7.62x39 Stoner.
http://www.quarterbore.com/kac/sr47.html
Man, I can't believe they only made like 6 of these. They'd probably make a killing on semi-auto versions of these in the civilian market just on looks alone.
http://www.quarterbore.com/kac/sr47.html
Man, I can't believe they only made like 6 of these. They'd probably make a killing on semi-auto versions of these in the civilian market just on looks alone.
UnknownSailor
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My opinion?
Reason # 5,285 that the 1994 Crime Bill should be allowed to sunset, so we can own stuff like that again.
Woof!
Who do I have to bribe/kill to obtain one?
Reason # 5,285 that the 1994 Crime Bill should be allowed to sunset, so we can own stuff like that again.
Woof!
Who do I have to bribe/kill to obtain one?
gun-fucious
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Robarm has an AK mag fed m96 as well:
http://www.robarm.com/rav02.htm
http://www.robarm.com/rav02.htm
max popenker
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here's the picture.
obviously a posed one, just look at this "double gun" macho looking at the sand wall just ahead of him like it is a Saddam itself.
one must ask "what do you forget in this country far away from the home?".
obviously a posed one, just look at this "double gun" macho looking at the sand wall just ahead of him like it is a Saddam itself.
one must ask "what do you forget in this country far away from the home?".
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