True fact

Just now I'm reading aloud an entertaining thread on the Straight Dope message board about practicality of scavenging ammunition on a battlefield--what's entertaining are the impassioned opinions on the merits or lack thereof of the AK-47 (e.g., "The AK series does not have sloppy tolerances. It intentionally has larger clearances than are seen in the AR series ... The AK is legendarily reliable partly because its clearances make it tolerant of debris that would foul "tighter" guns ... the id...