We constantly screw that part up. :( ~Karl

Gingy Burticus the earth is obviously flat how do you think they got it from Russia to Romania in such a short amount of time 🙄

christopher dean when ?

Gingy Burticus ,อ

"How did this happen, Drill Sergeant?"

@@ilikeyourname4807 you shot it all the ammo private

ThePhantom710 yup

ThePhantom710 better than nothing

ThePhantom710 haha

ThePhantom710 true!

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Then clean it Boom A headshot machine

Milkwater *R O A S T E D*

That's a great point. ~Karl

Hello Matt G

bloozism Turns it into a fully bolt actionated gun that accepts 30 caliber magazine clips with a black assault rifle paint and a recoil disabling military-spec stock

Cool right?

Well I've seen an ak get that muddy and still work, and I've seen an ak get that muddy and not work. Every single gun has its story. An individual ar can be more resilient than a best ak, and an individual ak can be better than the best ar. Those things are different with every gun depending on micro production flaws, age of the gun etc.

Makes you wonder how many people, who claim the AK will never jam, have ever tried to mud test an AK, or let alone ever fired an AK.

Every Day Citizen ok now mud test your xbox sir

Very funny, you didn't think of a better joke? Not Russian replica Kalashnikov produced not in the Soviet Union, much worse quality, they can not be compared with the Soviet.

Very funny, you didn't think of a better joke? Not Russian replica Kalashnikov produced not in the Soviet Union, much worse quality, they can not be compared with the Soviet.

@@user-leshiy99rus You got any proof of that or are just fanboying 2 year old comments.

Лев Чумаков it works the same mechanically. And nobody would do that to a legit Russian AKM because they are cool and nice to have. The AK pattern is reliable when you leave it without a cleaning kit for 20 years and fire 1000s upon 1000s of rounds. Not when you bring it against the elements (sand, mud, etc). That’s for an AR.

Romanian AA is very different in reliability with the Russian, believe me I shot for service in the Russian army, not one or even 2 thousand rounds

Exactly dude doesn’t matter the gun you put bullshit in it then obviously it’s gunna malfunction

Will having a grip help?

@@madstan8948 You say it doesn't matter the gun but to be fair the AR passes this test with flying colors.

lol either you copied and pasted this orrrrr you are just a hater

Actually there are, and I am specifically talking about the ones considered "AKMs" There's one or mwybe two for all countries in the eastern bloc, and one with a lot of variations for China, then there are a shitton of poorly riveted badly done AK clones in Merika.

Remember the AK meltdown video where they used another Romanian AK, then made another with the Russian one?

Thauã Aguirre no, it is a conspiracy to bring dishonor to the glorious motherland.

Aks where made just to be cheap and made as quickly as possible. Any serious firearms designer that had the support would go milled. Why even fuck with rivet's and canted sight's and crap. Make it a solid block of metal. Way better base for quality control as well

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Adamz678 do a video on it than

Adamz678 ù

I got an original Izhevsk akm, just got a new barrel but still a soviet barrel but I don't know if mine would pass this test (of course I don't live in the U.S.)

Adamz678 where’s the video

1,000 Kalashnikovs may fall into the mud, but not 1,000,000,00000000000000000 Kalashnikovs

Moss Foster That extra line isn't for you, it's for Karl. He wanted him to wait before throwing it in so he can get a better view

What do you mean by old misconception?

Stef Literally. It is an old misconception, since at least the 1960s, that the Kalashnikov action is virtually incapable of failure. Karl and Ian had scores of people assuming the Kalashnikov here would fly through this test with no problems. It clearly has serious problems, but as Karl notes, it will continue to function in a manual fashion. This puts it miles ahead of most other military arms they have tested so far. but is far less than what many were claiming would be the case.

Eustace Stritchers dude that's no ak47 and this is not russian riffle lol

Eustace Stritchers I think you mean counterfeit gun, unreliable gun

Four Four what about a Russian-made rifle would make it more likely to pass this test?

damn right lol.

look at the difference between the AR and the AK, the Ak has a thicker mud poured in.

***** the mud was thinner in that video.

watch how smooth the mud is in the other and look how gunky it is in this one.

***** "Thicker the mud the harder it is to get into what really matters" that is bullshit, if i use a sandy mud like the M16 did, the AK would run fine, the AK is built to survive abit of mud but the shit they put into the AK would wreck an M16...

At first: "AK best rifle cheap to make" After: "Used too cheap AK" ok?

Actually, Eugene Stoner, the designer of AR-15, met Kalashnikov in person, and as they tested each other's creations, appreciated AK as a fine and reliable weapon. But he's not to be trusted, I get your point all right.

Let's do a competition between AK made out of steel plate and old Polish or Soviet AK milled in solid block of steel. One made out of steel block is more reliable, it's all about methods of production. Oh and remeber, you can basicly throw away half of components, use as shitty ammunition as you want and it'll still fire :)

98TheSzymon Russian AKs arn't more reliable than any other mass produced military AK. The age of AKs being the most reliable rifle is over.

Modern AKs mayby aren't most reliable rifles, but old Soviet still are. I saw myself the difference between AK from 1954 and AKM from 1978. Sergant from my country's army demonstrated that to Canadian troops stationed here. He throw them to mud, stood on them for about 10 minutes. Then he took AKs from mud, ol' AK was shooting without problems, modernised version jammed. This weapon was designed to be used by people with IQ similar to potato, so first version is the most reliable rifle, alongside some Browning's hunting rifles

That is the most awesome thing I've seen all week. :D ~Ian

DaveTE15 Wow thats scary how authoritarian that is

Hahaha, I love how people think that's all because of the authoritarian Putin regime... By the way, that TV show is from the private TV channel, widely known among the Russian speaking audience as a major nonsense producer (e.g. Egyptian pyramids built by aliens to communicate back with their homeland, Hitler losing in WW2 because the Holy Lance got stolen from him and similar mambo jambo). Next time please have your facts straight ;)

Please do not reply to the above Kremlin asslickers (who are hilariously automatically on the defensive) in any way or form - these guys might be getting paid for any attention and shitstorms they can generate on the web. Ignore and carry on. Thanks.

DaveTE15 hahahaha, thanks for making my day - keep on living in your delusional world, that you might be naively calling "democracy". It is really funny how everyone with a non-CNN like opinion goes under the "Kremlin asslicker" category - this is as pathetic as it could be, no arguments, just pointless insults... By the way, almost forgot... eat shit, you brainless fuckwit! :3

People who actually know the real AK**

People who watched that Nicolas Cage movie and think they know everything about guns*

да постреляй из ак-12 что вы взяли ак-47 или из ак-74м когда я служил вдв России мы сетими автоматоми делали что хотели , почему этот автомат не стрелял , газа отвод довно не чистили у нас также было с АКМ .

основная хрень взяли румынский ак :) они бы ещё китайский взяли или с какого нибудь сарая в азии

Thystaff Thywill except when they did the same thing to the ar lol

+Project Pete Yes, we agree - this test is extreme, to say the least. ~Karl

+lalilulelo1989 Especially when they own rifles that were previously dismissed as jam-o-matics yet proven to be pretty damn reliable when you're in a world of shit.

Who is the great prophet of the AK? The fanboys will be looking for a new leader.

The AK isn't branded by "indestructible", and besides, this was a more-than-average test. It doesn't have a dust cover, as it's bolt is basically a dust cover, but overall is cheap, easy to clean and operates within -20 to 50 degrees celsius. Unless you not throw it, but submerge into mud, quicksand or some kind of gooey puddle it'll run just fine.

General Steven D. Lee 5683 the Russian AK blessed by the corpse of Vladimir socialist let's murder millions of our own people glorious leader Lenin himself

worldfamousGI The United States is different - the people murder themselves! Freedom!

Miloš Golubović I bet you live in a nice, white, country.

no it can theirs just a lot of room inside it for shit

+BigMek456 it was still shooting, manualy but it was working. AR wouldnt even get a round off.

Christopher Penta much lie so solid argument very true

no one says the ak can't malfunction if they do they know nothing about guns. lol the point is the ak is more likely to work

Christopher Penta Just seen that video too. Another myth busted.

Ukraine invasion made a lot of these stories come to light

true soviet mud never jams kalashnikov

not like the worthless m16 right mate?

Incorrect.

Аминь, брат!)))

Obviously used a fake Chinese AK-47 Kalashnikov reliability is not esprima and is recognized around the world,let them experience dirt his M-16.

***** I wouldn't trust that filthy 14 to much. They picked a very good brand of rifle with a gas system 2 inches longer than standard issue. It was used to train recruits and that suggests a very controlled range. They used the best lube they could find and used a lot of it. It actually has been cleaned and parts have broken and been replaced (several extractors for example). The language of the article is hyperbolic claiming it contaminates other things by proximity. Really? I think the author might be overstating things a bit. Oh, also it was cleaned. The author claims it was cleaned "once and only once" at 26,245. Then he goes on to say it was cleaned at 28,905 round point. He's a liar or is using some weasel terms. With that kind of writing I can't trust any of the other findings which is to bad. Unfortunately, I find a lot of this stuff when reading up on the AR15 series. I would much rather hear something like: "This rifle sucked when it was introduced and people died because of defects in the design, production and deployment. The military looked at this and fixed a lot of the immediate issues so it would function. After that it worked well enough but has proven hard to tweak without causing serious issues. As of now it's achieved a good level of performance and will continue to see use in military and civilian circles for years to come."

Actually I'm less interested in the rifle and more interested in the history. As I mentioned earlier I do believe they have improved greatly over the years but I would like to think our system could have produced a better weapon. The point about the changes in powder are true but since the rifle was produced by a system that used contractors the design should have accounted for that. The FN-FAL has an adjustable gas system to site but one example. Ditching direct gas impingement have having an adjustable gas system could have helped a lot. A bolt handle would have been a nice idea too.

MavHunter20XX I can see piston systems in AR causing issues. The rifle was built with direct impingement in mind. To me that just shows how deep the flaw in the design actually runs. Also it could indicate some shitty engineering on the part of designers. Both are neither here nor there as we've gone into the realm of near pure opinion. I've been discussing this issue with my much more knowledgeable brother and he pointed out some successful DI rifles. So the problem may be with the AR in particular. Though he felt the issue was more the combination of DI with the 5.56 mm cartridge. The Swedes had a DI rifle in 6.5 Swede that didn't have the same issues for example. Granted 6.5 Swede is a nice cartridge. The adjustable gas system would need a bit of training but that isn't much to ask. Especially if that bit of training offers a real improvement in performance which is yet to be determined with a purely hypothetical AR.

+maksim tsionskiy It wouldn't have made a difference but we knew we'd hear that claim even before we posted the video. ~Karl

+InRangeTV shure. bicycle and truck wouldn't have made a difference in any tests...

+InRangeTV if you really going to make real test then test authentic ak and not cheap varient. we also don't know who built this one and what was quality of work

+maksim tsionskiy What exactly would be different in an expensive AK that would cause it to perform differently? ~Ian

+Forgotten Weapons what is the difference between ford pinto and toyota? may be quality. think about it

In Vietnam, we have to cover guns with plastic when swimming.

That is in fact a Romanian AK, not a Russian or Yugoslavian AK like what Americans were encountering in Vietnam. Yes, there is a difference between them. The Romanian AK is to Soviet Block weapons what the M-16 is to American weapons, unreliable, poorly engineered, and just plain bad. The AK-47s in Vietnam were impossible to jam. Just ask the Vietnam veterans.

@@nathanapplegate5374 lawl

@@nathanapplegate5374 "iT's nOt a ReAl rUsSiAn aK"

It is what it is. :) ~Karl

Also that the AK was cheap enough for you to just get a new one...

+semiautoriflelover1 Exactly!! People too easily jump into the stereotypes, it just shows they have no understanding of firearms.

Daniel Bartleson You think a AR is good? bitch please, try an FNC, AUG, or even some more modern AK. (newer AKM, AK74, AK12)

That's something a communist would say.

Andy Freeman Communism is just as good as capitalism.

Some Weeb That's why China is becoming capitalist. Regulated capitalism works, it leads to economic growth and allows people to rise and fall based on individual merit. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than communism.

Daniel Bartleson Capitalism is better for the country, but for the people, it's just as good, or slightly better than communism.

+Oliver Karuna I guess that they are celebretanig now. Happy new, sixty-seventh, year of AK. The most mass produced fighting tool, that still kickin.

+DevilMatt777 All the European AK variants are pretty cool.

they do testing similarly what Russians do in more realistic way.

+Oliver Karuna If AR was so damn proven bad ass reliable rifle ! Why its not the #1 selling rifle in the world? lmao i will tell you why because AK is far betterm more reliable much easier to maintain, it doesnt need cleaning ever week, just hose it down and use some motor oil to lube it and it will run forever! I don't think the AR will. Also both rifles and proven to have pros and cons! If you like AR go get AR , don't hate on AK like little bitch just because these guys tested some cheap ass romanian wasr and it failed to feed or eject!

DevilMatt777 Oh no shit cheap! you obviously don't know how the back market in Europe works! Because in Europe its not like usa that you can actually go and buy from the store! And Its very far from been cheap.