Expensive my dude

Huges admendment caused this

@Somnio RPD sucks ass from what I've heard.

The semi-auto conversions for civilian use are finicky

Original Full-auto RPDs are incredibly reliable and they're still used today in heavy combat around the world even though they were designed in 1945

The RPK replaced the RPD in the 60s only so that standard infantry and machine gunners could interchange magazines so no one person ran out of ammo unless the entire squad ran out of ammo

Darwin award

jesus fuck

What the hell, why did the guy tried to shoot his hand 3 times?

yeah, I cringed multiple times

then was like 'oh okay, he's not going to... no wait, he's doing it again'

"It's okay, if you block the barrel, the bullet doesn't come out, see? Just like in cartoons. Let me do it again. Third time... OH FUCK!"

So have you guys heard about this? http://www.ladbible.com/news/news-china-has-developed-a-star-wars-style-laser-gun-20180703

pew pew

"Invisible", except if you have night goggles.

Never mind if the window you want to shoot through blocks IR.

@Achlys @Baraban The IMI Galil is a milled AK-47 variant chambered in 5.56. Milled guns are very heavy compared to thin stamped guns. The high weight of the gun along with soft-shooting 5.56 made it have a negligent amount of recoil and it was very successfully used as a Squad Automatic Weapon. The reason that the IDF moved away from the Galil was simply because it was outdated. It was too heavy for standard infantry to carry for long durations of time, it didn't have picatinny rails to mount optics and accessories with ease, it used proprietary Galil magazines rather than standard NATO M16 magazines. It is a very beautiful and reliable weapon, but outdated for contemporary military use.

They moved to the m16... which is older

And the Galil was in service for like 5 years

the original M16 did not have picatinny rails. New M16s are considered one of the most modular infantry rifles in the world, you can customize one to pretty much do whatever your mission needs it to do, no matter what that mission is.

That's M4

Not M16

M4's are pretty great, though I'd probably prefer a Tavor

And I never heard anyone says M4 is better than a Tavor

I never got to try a Tavor though

Bullpups are rear-heavy and slower to reload

Sure but they are also smaller

an M4 is more practical for everything I think

Never heard anyone complains about them

I never heard of anyone in the IDF who prefers an M4

that's really interesting

I'm pretty sure a lot of it is kind of like a dick measuring thing

People prefer to have a Tavor for the same reason you might prefer a more expensive suit

It's something to brag about

whatever fits in your hand and whatever gets the job done

it doesnt matter

Well the Tavor is also smaller...

It's not fun walking around with a big rifle

Also try walking around with your Galil inside your house while aiming it, the size is going to make it a bit harder