Rainbow Dash felt pain blossom in her chest. It was the unmistakable feeling of getting shot (again). Her eyes darted around in search of the shooter but a second bullet struck her chest by the time she found him. Neither bullet had succeeded in punching through her coat, though they did succeed in breaking some of the ribs in her chest.
Gasping from pain, she locked eyes with a griffon. He was fifty meters(roughly) away, on the ground, in the opposite direction of Scootaloo. Armed with a carbine, he was still aiming at her. The two of them stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity before the sound of a third gunshot sounded.
*BANG*
A bullet to the neck was definitely something that would end your career in the military and so, the griffon fell to the ground. It wasn't Rainbow who had fired the shot. Once again, she followed the sound and was surprised to discover that it was Scootaloo who had fired the shot! The little orange filly's rifle was pointing at where the griffon used to be and the barrel was clearly smoking.
The little squirt had saved her!
Now, it was her turn. Raising her revolver again, she took aim at the grey dressed minotaur. The minotaur in question would definitely be a difficult target to hit. While he was standing still, being sideways on made his profile much smaller. To add to that, using a handgun at this range would be quite the challenge.
"No!" screamed Scootaloo.
The revolver went off.
-X-X-X-
I watched as the little tyke's shot tore through the neck of a griffon. As he collapsed, my eyes came to focus on a cyan pony. The presence of this pony surprised me, to say. For one thing, he/she was wearing the most brightly colored uniform I had ever seen. There is no way a cyan uniform can blend in with anything here. And what's with the wings? They cannot be real.
But more importantly, he/she was aiming a pistol at me!
"No!" screamed Scootaloo.
And then, a bullet struck me in the upper arm (right one), followed by the sound of a gunshot (a pitiful sounding one by the way). While it barely felt like anything, it was still enough incentive to dive behind rubble for cover. Even with this much armor on, there were still a good amount of body parts exposed to fire. Looking at my arm, I found a small hole present in the arm protector's cover but I doubted the kevlar was damaged.
Logan had also decided that taking cover was a good idea while the little tyke was still standing in the open. "Is she supposed to be shooting at us?" I asked her.
"Stop shooting!" Scootaloo screamed.
"Get over here!" came a female voice where the gunshot came from. Well, at least we now know the horse is a she, not that it affects the situation in any way.
I ejected the round in my rifle and leaned it against my cover, being wary of the massive optic (unlike in video games and movies, these tend to be delicate).
"What are you doing?!" I heard Logan say.
I raised both hands out of cover and started to stand back up. Let's hope that this works.
-X-X-X-
"Get over here!" Rainbow Dash screamed. Why was Scootaloo standing there? Right now, she had every chance to escape from those two minotaurs!
Then, two gloved hands appeared out from the top of where the grey minotaur was hiding. She instantly took aim, ready to shoot again. Three rounds left. Three rounds that were also known to be useless against minotaurs...
Wait, why'd that minotaur take cover when she fired?
Minotaurs were known for being aggressive and relished the idea of this war. It was part of why this war had waged such a long time. Whenever a minotaur came under fire (except from artillery), they would shoot back right away. For them, this wasn't a war but a fun game. On another note, Scootaloo was armed so why didn't she just shoot the two of them?
When he completely stood up out of cover, her hoof tensed. Was he a minotaur? Sure, he was bipedal and had the same general shape of a minotaur but his more minor features told a different story (like the lack of fur). The most disconcerting feature was his uniform. Minotaurs didn't wear uniforms. None whatsoever. They believe that their muscular features were to be on display unless armor was being worn (usually reserved for high-ranking officers). The helmet was another good sign. Their horns made it impossible to wear a helmet (a practical one).
Then he spoke. "Holster your weapon!" he yelled.
She paused at his demand. "And why should I?" she yelled back in response but as those words left her mouth, she realized something very important. Where was the other one? The one dressed in black, where was he hiding? Her head darted around in search for him but had no success.
The whatever-he-was started grinning. "You've realized it, haven't you?"
She scowled as she holstered the revolver. He dropped his hands but they soon came back up, rifle in hand. Upon seeing the massive rifle, her hoof wandered towards her revolver. "They're on our side," Scootaloo said as the two of them started approaching her.
As the two of them closed the distance with her, she watched as the whatever-he-was load a single round into that rifle of his. "So why the hell did you shoot at me?" he demanded.
"Why the hell were you chasing the squirt?" she immediately responded.
Scootaloo groaned. "I'm not a filly anymore!" she exclaimed before she started to point (with her rifle) in the direction they were running towards. "And he wasn't chasing me! Don't you hear the gunfire coming from that direction?!"
"Oh."
Scootaloo facepalmed (hoofed?). "Wait, why didn't you shoot him with your rifle?" she asked.
"..."
"You're out of ammo, aren't you?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"How did you survive the entirety of this war?" Scootaloo finally said. When there was no response from the cyan pegasus, she reached into her webbed gear and pulled out several en bloc clips and a couple speedloaders.
Rainbow Dash took the ammo and tried to reload her Harpy Model 6 with the three round clips but found that they weren't feeding into her rifle. "Are these the old three round clips?" Scootaloo looked at her with a deadpanned expression. "The Army was supposed to have stopped using these months ago!"
The grey dressed whatever-he-was started laughing. "You think that's how it works?" he said in between laughs. "They still have to get rid of the ones still in inventory!"
Grumbling, Rainbow Dash stripped the rounds from the clips and loaded them into her rifle one-by-one. "So where's your friend hiding?" she asked. To answer her question, she felt a light tap on her shoulder...
-X-X-X-
Applejack rooted through her gear in search of a grenade as gunfire ate away at her cover (a brick wall). "Nothin." She poked her double barrel shotgun out of cover and fired two shots blindly. Now that she thought about it, going off on her own two kilometers outside the base to hunt down enemy soldiers was not the best of plans.
Surprisingly, the gunfire stopped. "What in tarnation?" Applejack said to herself. She peeked out from behind her cover. Every griffon and minotaur that were harassing her now laid in the streets, oozing from multiple gunshot wounds.
"Are you just going to stand there?!" screamed a male voice that she definitely didn't recognize.
Turning to face the speaker, she found herself looking at a... Something. That "something" resembled a minotaur but lacked a lot of their features. What really caught her eye was the uniform it was wearing. No minotaur she'd ever met had ever worn clothing like this one did. Also, it's uniform was in the strangest color she had ever seen.
And it was armed with the strangest rifle she had ever seen. The rifle didn't have an ounce of wood on it (all rifles had wood on it, even griffon and minotaur ones) and had a very long ribbed magazine coming out of it. The rifle's buttstock was an especially strange sight for her eyes. It was hollow!
-X-X-X-
I stopped running. "Hold up!" I yelled out. The two ponies in front of me skidded (literally, not sure how they did that) to a halt.
"What?!" Rainbow Dash demanded. I looked to our left. The sound of gunfire was coming from that direction. "So what?!"
"Do those gunshots sound familiar to you?" I asked her.
"No!" she immediately replied, clearly aggravated. Then, her attitude disappeared as she realized the impact of my words. "Wait, I've never heard of a gunshot like that before!"
"But I have!" I yelled before running off in that direction. It was the sound of an AK74.
Damn... thank goodness that long range shooting with a revolver is not the easiest of things... sure it can be done, but it ain't easy
*reads authors notes*
Really? never knew that
also... the M2 is surprisingly long lived when it comes to firearms, isn't it?
M2s from the 60's. I believe it. The 50. Cal has not change in function sense world war two.
AK47, that's not a gun you want to hear because in this day and age it ain't used by the good guys...
Also you you want to talk about long lived weapons, the AK47 was made in 1947. That's actually why it was called the AK47, because of the year it was made in.
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My favorite two long lived guns are the 1911 and the Lee Enfield, both of which are still used to this day.
On another note: AK74. Seventy-four. Not 47/Forty Seven
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Oh whoops
Well, was wondering when someone with an Assault Rifle was going to show.
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I dont see why people hate the AK series, I wouldn't want to go to war with one but they're great rifles to have some fun with. I got myself a Romanian AKM a few years back. I just don't like how the receiver flexes where it meets the barrel. Its why I wouldn't go to war with one. It guarantees inaccurate fire when even shooting short bursts. Now a Galil I would though, the receiver is stronger at the barrel lug so it doesn't flex like the AK does.
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Personally, I have never fired an AK, but they are durable as hell:
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I mean the rifle is not without it's faults but it was designed for durability, versatility, and dependability; I mean look at all of the weapons that are based on the AK pattern.
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Ah yeah those Romanian ones are some of the lower end AKs. I have seen some that really make me question their QA testing over there. I own an Armiry USA AKM, kit built and a US civilian legal trigger assembly. This one does not flex as much as the Romanian versions and has given me very accurate groups out to 250m with iron sights. I got the Krebs rear aperture aftermarket sight cause I like it better. But I would take mine into combat. I know that mine is a very reliable and robust system. Also cost me a pretty decent sum as well...
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I get that a lot of the U.S. produced AK's have less flex but even the Russian spec ones have enough to screw rapid fire groupings at even 50 yards. I will say though that the only real issue with my Romanian is the trigger pack. If I fire it too fast I can cause the bolt to slip the catch too early and cause a double feed.
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Oh they are durable no doubt. But so is an M14 or an FN FAL, and both of those shoot bigger rounds more accurately. My main issue is the receiver flex at the barrel, and the drop off range of the 7.62x39. Its not as bad with the 5.5 of the 74's but its still there. And I'm not one of those guys who's gonna say buy an AR fuck the AK, Hell Id rather take a wood stock M1 Garand into combat. At least with 30-06 you don't have to worry about them getting back up.
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Yeah, but then again they say that if you want accuracy don't spray and pray, use quick short bursts
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A 10mm 1911? While I like 1911s, I have to say that it would be impractical. While it might be hypocritical to say since I own a .500 S&W(hunting) and a Desert Eagle (also hunting), it wouldn't have much use. For self defense, it does have power but has sharper recoil than a .45 and the muzzle blast at night might be a bit much. For bear/moose defense, it might be on the weaker end (stick with .44 mag or up).
It's a good round but you'd definitely have to get used to using it.
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Just get a rock island 1911. They are amde in a colt factory, with colt machines, with colt dies, but without the colt price
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True. But im talking rapid fire in semi, when youre getting shot at its a lot harder to time youre shots. You need the enemy dead yesterday and you end up squeezing them off quick as shit. And that flex makes you less acurate in that scenario
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That's why stuff like the M4 have burst fire modes, although going off of the description the variant of AK-74 we are dealing with it is either a AKS-74 or AKS-74U, or an AK-74 with the AK-74M Universal Upgrade Kit
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Probably. And fun fact about Burst modes, you can still fire single shots with burst on if your'e fast with your'e trigger. I did it to confuse an asshole NCO I used to have while at a range density, He couldn't figure out how I was firing Semi while in burst and flipped shit. It was hilarious.
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Also I was talking about just spamming the trigger. Burst while as I said is possible to only pop singles off, is difficult if you dont know what your'e doing, and gives you less control over your'e fire rate. So in the situations I was referring to people don't use burst because its more of a waste than spamming the trigger is.
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I can imagine, most rifles tend to have three round bursts, although the Russian AN-94s have a funky type of two-round burst which is claimed to increase armor penetration. Also looking back, the weapon that the new guy has could either be an AK-74, although I am thinking more AKS-74 or AKS-74U but another possible candidate is the Saiga MK-107 which is the civilian variant of the AK-107 because it's description is similar and it fires the exact same round as the AK-74, 5.45x39mm so they should sound awfully similar if not exactly alike but it's better thanks to it's Balanced Automatics Recoil System (BARS) and it allows for a higher rate of fire compared to the AK-74, 850 rounds per minute cyclic compared to the 600 rounds per minute on the AK-74.
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Fun fact, you can make convert most burst fire weapons to full auto if you tie the hammer down with a cord
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But then what will impact the primer?
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Now if you shave the sear off on the other hand.......................
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Whoops, meant to say disconnector
Speaking of running out the old stock....
Quite often finding the latest gear in a unit (especially a non-frontline unit) takes a while. Sometimes QUITE a while.
In 1990, my unit deployed to the Gulf War with the M16A1 and the officers had a smattering of M1911 pistols. We didn't get our M16A2s until '93.
My National Guard unit still had the M60 in 2002. When we mobilized for the war in Iraq, we had finally been issued the M240B and the M249. Most of the rank and file enlisted members had M16A2s while a select few had the M4. When we mobilized again in 2008, everybody had all the fun accessories like red dot sights, laser pointers and night vision goggles.
The venerable Browning M2 .50 cal MG has been around largely unchanged since the early 1930s and can still be found in fairly widespread service. It is slowly being replaced by an updated version that permits a barrel to be changed out in less than a minute. The barrel is different, the bolt carrier that the barrel screws into is different, and the receiver extension is different. EVERYTHING else is interchangeable.
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M2HB .50 cal MG has been around since the early 1930s. Some of the more recently manufactured examples are still in service.
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The oldest M2 Browning in Service is Serial Number 324, or in other words. The 324th M2 Browning HMG ever produced.
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Actualy it not the gun that pulls the trigger its the man that pulls the trigger
For example my uncle owns an ak47 and uses it to keep bears from killing us(we live in alaska)
Call of duty MW3 ak74u
niccee an AK
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The Kalashnikov is the most sophisticated assault rifle that was ever made, and they were made in large numbers and quantities by the Russians in anticipation of open war against the United States: a war that ultimately never came. And after the USSR collapsed; there were miles of entire warehouses filled with Soviet military Hardware across several of its neighboring countries and provinces that couldn't do anything except sit around and fall into a drunken stupor out of boredom and misery over the slow collapse of Communism. It was around this time following the end of the Cold War did the stage open up for lesser conflicts to begin in other parts of the world: conflicts that could turn a profit if somebody wanted a particular war to go in a direction for the benefit of a favorable world superpower or other...
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Oh sure...an AK model that is roughly obsolete. It’s famed ruggedness has been surpassed by newer rifles (not just AK models), it’s inaccurate, has crappy range, and doesn’t fire as fast as newer AK models (or newer rifles in general). I’d take a 6.68mm assault rifle any day of the week. At least I’d be able to hit something with it.
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Hey the 74 is better than the AKM or heavens forbid the AK47 though the AK12 is better than all the others. Also the 47 is worse than the AKM, the AKM was the improved version and it replaced the 47 within a year or two.
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An AK is still an AK. Not a fan.
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Sure, the AK-74M along with the AK-12 has a 'bad' accuracy and 'bad' effective range of 700-800 meters. And they had 'bad' maximum range of 3,150 meters. Yes, their so 'terrible' AKs.
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I said I wasn’t a fan of AK’s. Yes, modern AK’s are actually comparable to NATO weapons. I just don’t like AK’s. Or...any, Russian gun for that matter. I just don’t like the look. Never figured out why...only that it’s the look that makes me not like them.
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Me too. I just have a disdain for them innately. Maybe in a past life we got fucked in one way or another by them.
My favorite gun is AK47