Comments on: Guns of the Cold War: AK-74 Rifle https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/guns-of-the-cold-war-ak-47-rifle/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: tsbhoa.p.jr https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/guns-of-the-cold-war-ak-47-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-81492 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:35:33 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=28431#comment-81492 In reply to Nicks87.

yeah, no. haha it wasn’t to tie up medic resources.
but i don’t think they developed a new caliber for afghanistan due to anything we were doing.

]]> By: Nicks87 https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/guns-of-the-cold-war-ak-47-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-81485 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:26:01 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=28431#comment-81485 “The success of the new “sub-caliber” American rifle round inspired the Soviet leadership to put the development of a new infantry rifle at the top of the priority list.”

Not sure how accurate that statement is…

“Success” isnt the right word.

It was my understanding that the reason for the new round was the belief that a wounded comrade that is still alive, kicking and screaming for help is a much bigger problem than a dead comrade that you can leave on the field until it is safe to retrieve the body. The difference of killing philosophy was on display during the Vietnam war and probably had a factor in the decision to produce a similar cartridge that produced similar results.

Good write up otherwise.

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