{"id":5140,"date":"2018-11-01T18:06:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/qa-23-kalashnikov-questions-w-larry-vickers\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:58:02","slug":"qa-23-kalashnikov-questions-w-larry-vickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/qa-23-kalashnikov-questions-w-larry-vickers\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A #23: Kalashnikov Questions w\/ Larry Vickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qmj0XOMNjR8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vickersguide.com\/kalashnikov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.vickersguide.com\/kalashnikov\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Larry&#8217;s training class schedule:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vickerstactical.com\/training-class.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.vickerstactical.com\/training-class.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s questions:<\/p>\n<p>02:15 &#8211; AK as replacement for PPSh?<\/p>\n<p>03:52 &#8211; Benefits of an AK over a M4?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>05:52 &#8211; What you learned during the process of authoring it together that you didn&#8217;t know before hand that you found fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>07:46 &#8211; Opinion on the IWI Ace?<\/p>\n<p>09:40 &#8211; 5.45 vs 7.62<\/p>\n<p>11:28 &#8211; Does the AK still has a place as a &#8220;front-line&#8221; service rifle in comparison to the AR-15 family and the various other new generation assault rifles and carbines? <\/p>\n<p>12:52 &#8211; Of all the countries that made AKM variants, which is actually the best?<\/p>\n<p>14:51 &#8211; Has Russia ever attempted to replace the AK platform?<\/p>\n<p>15:47 &#8211; Best AK muzzle device?<\/p>\n<p>17:01 &#8211; Most significant changes\/improvements made to the AK platform over the last decade? <\/p>\n<p>19:08 &#8211; Followup, what about the siderail optics?<\/p>\n<p>21:10 &#8211; What is your favorite offshoot of the Kalashnikov family?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>22:08 &#8211; Reasons for continued use of 5.45mm?<\/p>\n<p>24:32 &#8211; If you were part of the original development of the AK, what would you change from the beginning with the foresight of future development? <\/p>\n<p>26:29 &#8211; AK-specific Vickers Tactical training in 2019?<\/p>\n<p>27:16 &#8211; Underfolder, sidefolder, AR tube adapter, which one and why?<\/p>\n<p>28:33 &#8211; Thoughts on the AK prototypes with a recoil reduction counterweight? <\/p>\n<p>30:48 &#8211; How does the Russian GP-25 40mm grenade launcher compare to western 40mm launchers like the M203.<\/p>\n<p>31:41 &#8211; What do the Russians think about our military rifle? <\/p>\n<p>33:05 &#8211; What made the AK platform superior to the SKS?<\/p>\n<p>35:10 &#8211; Where do you think the AK\u2019s reputation for poor accuracy came from? <\/p>\n<p>37:40 &#8211; Thoughts on the AN-94?<\/p>\n<p>39:46 &#8211; Was AK production done with technical aid or reverse engineering?<\/p>\n<p>41:52 &#8211; Unique unique features on the prototypes that never made it to production?<\/p>\n<p>42:39 &#8211; If I want to own everything within 300m, what&#8217;s my optimal barrel length (accuracy\/velocity) for a 7.62 or 5.45 gun?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPO Box 87647<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.vickersguide.com\/kalashnikov\/ Larry&#8217;s training class schedule: https:\/\/www.vickerstactical.com\/training-class.html Today&#8217;s questions: 02:15 &#8211; AK as replacement for PPSh? 03:52 &#8211; Benefits of an AK over a M4?\u00a0 05:52 &#8211; What you learned during the process of authoring it together that you didn&#8217;t know before hand that you found fascinating. 07:46 &#8211; Opinion on the IWI Ace? 09:40 &#8211;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/qa-23-kalashnikov-questions-w-larry-vickers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q&#038;A #23: Kalashnikov Questions w\/ Larry Vickers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14039,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/14039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}