What The Military Issue Rifle Is In Each Country Of The World

[longknife]

Different strokes, different folks. Different guns, different countries. Here's a map showing the military issue rifle for each country in the world. You'll see familiar M4s, AK-47s, AK-74s, some M16s and tinkles of other weaponry. Judging by the map's choice of colors, it seems to group weapons that are of a similar family together by color.

To be sure, there are more guns used by the military than just these but this map gives a general gist of each military's standardization. Here's a rundown of what some of these guns look like, courtesy of Wikipedia:

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[Moonglow]

Mexico gets the worst weapon.

 

[MikeK]

I have no actual experience or familiarity with either weapon, but based on all I've read, heard (from experienced shooters), and seen in TV documentaries, I believe the AK-47 is a much better military rifle than the M-16, mainly because of its superior reliability and mechanical simplicity. I have always regarded the M-16 as an unnecessarily technical, consequently expensive example of Military Industrial Complex redundancy.

 

[Bloodrock44]

I have no actual experience or familiarity with either weapon, but based on all I've read, heard (from experienced shooters), and seen in TV documentaries, I believe the AK-47 is a much better military rifle than the M-16, mainly because of its superior reliability and mechanical simplicity. I have always regarded the M-16 as an unnecessarily technical, consequently expensive example of Military Industrial Complex redundancy.

Having fired both weapons I can only say that the AK is a piece of shit and inaccurate as hell. The M-16 is not at all "technical" or expensive and is many times more accurate. Even though the AK is notoriously reliable I never had an M-16 fail me when it counted.