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A
fascinating documentary
about the world's premier assault rifles of the Vietnam war era. Shows
interviews with Russian and US weapons experts, and soldier's accounts of their
experience of the M-16 in combat. Technical data and range tests
show each weapon's strengths and weaknesses on the battlefield. And a unique interview with the late Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalshnikov.Since 1965, about 8
million M-16/M4 rifles have been manufactured world-wide. The only two
countries who still use it as their standard service rifle today are the USA and
Canada (where it is known as the C7 and C8. Canada
manufactures the weapon under license.)



Since it has been
manufactured by dozens of countries since it's introduction in the laste
1940's, no one will ever really know just how many AK-47's have been manufactured. Estimates
of the number of AK's manufactured vary from 50 to 100 million - making the AK by far the most prolific weapon
ever made.



The AK-47 and its
later variant, the AK-74 (which fires a 5.45 caliber round) -and the far more
common sheet-metal receiver variant, the AKM - have been manufactured by 27
nations around the world, including Russia, China, all of the former Warsaw
pact nations, Ethiopia, Phillipines, Nigeria, and even Israel (as the Galil).





More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_AK-47_and_M16