Most useless weapon of the 20th Century

Well, you're getting that. The similarities are so clear!
- designed to counter heavier Soviet tanks like the new KV-85s and later the IS series
- same engine as the Tiger and Panther, who were 10 and 23 tons lighter respectively
- underpowered, too much fuel usage when very little was available, frequent breakdowns...

 

Yeah, I'd call that pretty useless. :roll:

 

AK 47 Kalashnikov :bang:

 

Are you just being silly?

 

I'm sure you have some explanation for this. I'd like to hear it.

 

If you consider the cases of a few hundred rebellion groups, nationalist formations, and ever the entire Soviet area of influence for about thirty years, then that must have been about the most useful weapon of the 20th century.

 

And don't forget that AK-47s were issued to the Army of Northern Virginia, too.

In the novel "Guns of the South", of course...

 

My son also is a fan of Turtledove's books. Very few fictional works interest me, I prefer to stick with non-fiction in the history section.

 

Harry Turtledove is great.
It is a shame his Lizard 'landcruisers' are not described better, or we could include them in the Sci-Fi AFV section!

 

AK47 have russians army, terrorist, communist states, etc....

 

Yes, it's incredibly dangerous. It's a chea weapon, and easy to maintain; it doesn't jam, it withstands mud and dust, and it's available everywhere. Its rounds are more standard than NATO standard!

Not quite useless, is it?

 

And the Confederate States Army...

 

the sa80 its a piece of crap

 

my grand father fought in ww2 until 1944 when he was seriously wounded in july 44 just outside caen. he was a professional soldier i.e was a regimental sergeant major and had been in the army since he was 16.

dont know if it counts as a weapon but he used to say the american GI was useless.

 

That should start a nice discussion!
:roll: :kill:

 

well men from easy ompany 2dattlion 516th reg 101stairboure sed thesame about the english

 

Now, I have heard many stories of this gun.
Apparently it has a tendancy to fall apart when used.
According to the stories it has experienced (and still is experiencing) so many teething troubles, you could make entire piano keyboards out of all that ivory...

(teeth being ivory - as in elephants. Maybe I shouldn't try and explain my jokes... )

 

yeh it does fall apart and it jams im in cadets and wid a a few friends who are alsoin the cadets/marine cadets it jams like mad

 

A witless man trying to fight a battle of wits?

Sorry, my resistence was futile, I will try harder next time.

 

More than a few Americans from other units said the same thing, too. Usually after a bad experience working with or serving under the control of British forces.