Quote Originally Posted by E36_Ace
Not necessarly true, when the 5.56 penetrates its target it tumbles and shatters leaving the target with a shit load of lead throughout the point of impact and around it. So dont completely bag on the 5.56 saying that its small and wouldnt do anything, thats the mistake that the vietcong made in the Vietnam conflict when the M16 A1 first came out, and they obvioulsy thought wrong. So essencially the 5.56 is tearing shit up, and the 7.62 is knocking shit down and punching a decent sized hole in its target.
You can get the 5.56 in the ak100 series. The even smaller 5.45 round found in the ak-74 tumbles as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Frög
The AK 47 was made in 47, and we are comparing it to the latest model AR's? We should be comparing it to later AK variants then..
x2 on that.