Original sentence: (*Ak-47 magazines are much heavier than M14 and M16 magazines)
Edited sentence: (*Ak-47 magazines are much heavier than M14 & M16 magazines).Complaints were also registered from the combat troops forced to use the M16, who averred that presuming they could get the rifle to work at all, two and three hits were required to drop one enemy soldier, whereas a single hit from a 7.62 NATO round dropped an enemy every time.The dispute continues today