Question by Freezing Temperature: Does the US Military train its soldiers on how to use an AK-47?
I mean, if you are in an enemy territory and for some reasons you break or lost your weapons, it would be useful to know how to use an AK-47, since it is the weapon of choice of most guerrilla fighters and terrorists.
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Answer by Right wing Cuban
Its takes less than a hour to learn to field strip it if that honestly you don’t need to train on the AK which is the beauty of it i guess,
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Condor97 says
The AK was designed so that literally anybody could figure it out with absolutely no previous weapon experience- a trade-off for its overall crappy performance. This is a major reason why so many militias field them- so that they can literally hand people a weapon and kick them out onto the street.
Mike says
My unit gave us a class on different aks' made by different countries.
Taught us how to disassemble and reassemble them.
Let us shoot em too. Pretty accurate if its on semi. Sucks if its auto. Kinda like the m4… alot lighter though…
glockthreefiftyseven says
The fundamentals of marksmanship apply to all weapons, no matter what they are. Soldiers and especially Marines are taught basic or advanced (the Marines) marksmanship, which would also apply to the AK47 as well as the M16. The only fundamental difference in shooting the two would be the sight picture, as the M16 uses aparature sights and the AK uses traditional iron sights. In the field, if there is a good possiblility you will encounter these weapons lying around, they will usually give you a familiarization class on them so that you can handle, clear, and if need be use them safely. But, it's not something you learn at boot camp. That would be something your unit carries out on it's own.
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Bobby says
Not much training needed.. a monkey could operate it an maintain it as proof in whats going on around the world. Operation wise If you can fire one automatic weapon, you can pretty much operate all…. You just need to work on your marksmanship.
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James says
An AK-47 is easy to use. It does not require any special training.
Soumya says
I think the AK is a really easy weapon to use so little or no training is necessary. Of course getting adjusted to its high-recoil low-accuracy nature may take a little time.