The AK-47 is better than the AR-15

I am arguing that the AK-47 is a better weapon.C1: CostYou can always get expensive AK's, but on average a AK-47 is much cheaper to buy and build. AK47($361): http://www.budsgunshop.com......AR-15 $916: http://www.budsgunshop.com......AK47($339): http://www.impactguns.com......AR15 ($679): http://www.impactguns.com......So the AK-47 is half the price of an AR, and in the other example 1/3. So looking for a cheap assault weapon? Get an AK-47.C2: SimpleIt is a very simple gun to use. I have an AR, but I have seen AK-47's, and the AK is much more simple:Step to unload AK:Flick mag out, insert a new one, rack the bolt. Step to unload AR:Drop out mag, chamber check, mag check, (although those are optional one does it to prevent the common AR jams), Insert new mag, close bolt, Check bolt becaus AR's sometimes dont catch the bullet. So the AK is much more simple because in the AR you probably need to do those steps to prevent jams. (they do it a lot).C3: Reliability As you know the AK is very reliable, thats a fact, and the AR is not. This is an stablished fact, the AK is more reliable than the AR-15 platform guns. As you know we are debateing the AR, but the M-16 is the same thing other than the fact that the AR is semi-auto:It was in Vietnam, Kahaner tells us, that the AK really earned its stripes. In jungle skirmishes, whoever pumped out the most rounds in the shortest amount of time won. America countered with its own automatic, the space-age-sleek M-16. But for years that rifle was reputed to have problems. One story, plucked by Kahaner from the Vietnam memoir of Colonel David Hackworth, illustrates the issues. Hackworth came across an accidentally exposed Viet Cong gravesite, yanked out a mud-caked AK, pulled back the bolt, and fired off thirty rounds as if the gun had just been cleaned. "This was the kind of weapon our solders needed and deserved, not the M-16 that had to be hospital cleaned or it would jam," wrote Hackworth. [1]So they say it would jamC4: populariy Since that time, around 100 million AKs have been produced. The Soviets chose not to assert patent claims or charge licensing fees, allowing "wholesale production" of the weapon in countries from Bulgaria and Poland to China. [1]The AK has become the firearm of choice for at least 50 standing armies and uncounted ragtag outfits, from insurgents and terrorists to drug dealers and street gangs. [1]Yeah a gun that is that popular can't be bad.C5: SizeAK=870 mm (34 in) fixed wooden stockhttp://en.wikipedia.org...AR= barrel: 24 in, body: 20 inI dont have a source for this, but I measured my AR outside. So the size lets the AK manuvre easier inside tight spaces better than the AR-15. So in CQB, the AK has an edge.C6: rate of fireThe AR-15 is a semi-automatic gun. Don't argue otherwise because an automatic one is called an M-16. Their similar in size and such, but dont relate them to eahother in a ROF segment. (rate of fire-ROF). AK-47= 600 rounds/minSo by definiton the AK has a higher ROFbecause it's automatic. And I doubt a person could pull the AR trigger 600 times every 60 seconds. (ten times every second). SO AK has another advantage. .http://en.wikipedia.org...C7: RangeThis is a myht pople face with the AK-47. THe AR and the AK have similar effective ranges: 400 metres (AK), 400–600 m (AR). SO even though the AR can shoot 200m farther, a .223 or 5.56 nato round loses its power at about 400, source: experience. C8: Stopping power. AK rounds: 7.62 by 39 mm http://en.wikipedia.org...AR round: .223 or 5.56 nato http://en.wikipedia.org...The AR round is much smaller than the AK-47's. So the AK-47 round by definition has more stopping power. This argument is fact. No one an argue against that, the AK has more stopping power. So another advantage.I await your response :) http://www.businessweek.com... [1]