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Old 06-28-2012, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
That's mainly due to doctrinal differences. The Soviet doctrine places a lot less emphasis on marksmanship and more on massed automatic suppressive fire, and this is clearly displayed in the lower accuracy of the AK type weaponry and ammunition - there's simply no requirement for accurate weapons, just the ability to put a LOT of rounds down range.
Most armies teach suppressive fire over markship, let see if I remember this right

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crawl and observe IE find the enemy
Win the fire fight - IE more round outgoing than incoming
close in and destory
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