What is the AK-47 of autos?

>Soviet car
>reliable
Try again

P71

>reliable

im laughing sovietly

Redblock Volvo

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our current-day ak-47 shitbox
ak-47 brands
ak-47 engine
ak-47 truck
ak-47 landbarge
ak-47 wagons
Probably the civic of the 1940s for ak-47 shitboxes for the masses.
I'm going to propose the ak-47 of larger sports cars with the older miatas being the ak-47 of smaller sports cars.

the panther body is a mosin nagant
>used to be way cheaper
>solid and dependable, but abilities are severely overrated by word of mouth and memes
>misinformation about cop chips/finnish barrels galore
>need a 2x4 to open the bolt/prop the hood open

Mercedes w201 an W124

shit forgot
>old as absolute fuck

Older American truck with much v8 or an inline 6

definable the hilux/landcruiser 70.

Really, if you want to answer the question of "what is the AK-47 of ____" just look at what terrorists use. This gives us toyota trucks and the casio F91.

Mercedes diesel from the 70s or 80s. Completely stupid and apocalypse proof, dirt cheap.

First person to say "Miata" is a literal homosexual

Some say mazda rotary engines aren't that reliable

>rotary

American trucks

Iron Duke

This:

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A ford or Chevy pickup truck. Unironically.

I can vouch for GM.

My family has bought alot of GM trucks and we love them. Our 2004 suburban lasted to 260k miles despite towing our boat. my dads first car he bought was a 1992 c1500 its still running strong at 210k. my 2002 avalanche drives like its new at 158k miles. Cannot go wrong with a GM truck

E30

>cheap
tell that to the fucking average american buying century shit for >$600

I was going to disagree because it's an entirely shit engine with power and NVH that Briggs and Stratton does better with but...
>reliable
>(relatively) easy to repair
>durable
>simple
>cheap

Not wrong.

lada niva
it can also be made in a shed as well

Ranger

70 series landcruiser (not cheap new though)

This is the Kalashnikov of motorcycles

objectively correct

Toyta Hilux

objectively incorrect

xr7 cougar 1980

AK reliability is a meme
And no, just because the M16/M4/AR-15 is the jammimatic doesn’t make the AK more reliable. That is a bad frame of reference.

None of these are true though; plus you can get an AR15 for way cheaper than an AK these days. 300 dollars or for a decent cheap AR15.

Found the obnoxious ARfag.
Fuck off back to /arg/ with your mud tests.
I’ll take the fact that there are examples of AKs in Africa being used by poachers that are from the earliest batches and examples being dug up from riverbeds in Vietnam and Cambodia being used as my evidence.

You can hand it to an idiot and have it still work.

You have us on the price though.
We’re being absolutely raped on the price-quality ratio.
Fuckinfg cast parts and shit.

>AK
>cheap

What is this? 2010?

Nice stories. Didn't realise this was 2005.

Also fun fact; an AR15 could do the same an could do it better due to the tighter tolerances, typically better quality parts used, etc.

Fuck you. If someone could make a damn dust cover that wasn’t retarded for the AK then it would beat the AR at those fucking tests...

The quality of parts is only because of massive aftermarket.
Why the massive aftermarket?
Because it’s common here, because there are lots of people who like it.

It’s like being smug that a Civic is more reliable than, say, a 1958 International Harvester truck because it has had more people working to refine it.

The truck can still be fixed with a hammer, a beer, and some cursing.

No, it's not an aftermarket; Stoner's design always called for high quality and chromed parts. The AK is a loose whore of a rifle that's a bigger garbage rod than any other intermediate cartridge rifle out there. And it wouldn't beat it with rust and nonsense like that because while an AK may be loose and ill fitting to run for a few rounds, you'd just get some rust on the contact surfaces of the AR and the inside of the barrel, oh wait, chromed parts.

Face it, the AK superrifle shit is a meme driven by poorly educated noguns and repeated ad nauseam.

You can fix an ar15 with a hammer and some parts; you try taking a hammer to an AK's gas system.

Did you even read my post? I said the AR is jammomatic. Just because that rifle is shit doesn’t make the AK reliable.

Fucking retards and their autism, I swear.

I built my own.
And I have. More than once.
I also beat an FAL receiver back into shape after I bent it.
I do fucky shit with my guns (at least the parts kits)
>not having a chromed barrel, has tube, and bolt/BCG
>ISHYGDDT

It's not a jammomatic. If you gave an AK bad barrels, shit magazines and told troops they didn't have to clean it, that shit would be fucking up just as bad. Looser tolerances can only get you so far.

Any answer other than Toyota Trucks is objectively incorrect

>cheap
>mass produced
>easy to find parts for
>minimalistic
>good utility
>rugged
>impressive reliability
>commonly used in combat zones

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How the hell do you bend a FAL receiver? Those things are fucking solid.

I’m just saying, the AK reliability meme is dumb, because most people compare it to the AR-15, which isn’t a good metric of reliability.

Don't talk shit, the nugget earned its meme status. It's my favorite of my guns to shoot.

>because most people compare it to the AR-15, which isn’t a good metric of reliability.
How about you give us an example of a reliable rifle then?

AK-47s don't catch fire from relatively low test fire.

The AK of sports cars is probably the Viper. Slightly more obscure, more powerful, and more complicated than the Vette (read, AR), but better in the hands of a good marksman can be superior in every way.

>hammered on gas block/sight block/fucked up barrel pin/bad rivets/deliberately not cleaning it
I’m on my third 500rnd case (just cases, this doesn’t include miscellaneous boxes of ammo) without it getting a cleaning.
I made a receiver wrench from an old lawnmower blade.
When I realized I didn’t have the equipment to take the old gas block off to fit the mowerblade over the block to get it in place, I carefully chucked it up in a vice and torqued on the barrel that way.
I then unfucked and hand filed it to fit the BCG and shit, and it actually works quite nicely now.

It’s funny, I spent months pissing off DOG, oilcan, and Arcticfox about it before they got their asses sent to jail for pissing off BLM.

Depends on which AK you have; some of that warsaw pact plywood burns really easily.

How about not moving goalposts then?

It was funny reading about those fags in the Star Trib, being in MN and what have you. They made a lot of great quotes.

>How about not moving goalposts then?
Not the same user from earlier, how about you give a fucking example instead of;
>b-b-but thats not a metric of reliability
What is a reliable rifle to you? A FAL? An SKS? A G3?

Maybe something like a 2003 Ford Ranger or something, even better a Tacoma

It was just a simple point I made, no need to get hung up on it. Out of those three though, only the FAL, and they also have extractor issues with extended firing.

G3 was made to be mass produced in a nuclear war type scenario, hence the stamped construction. It was only to be used for a few weeks/months before conflict stopped.

As for what I believe is reliable, I’m a pretty large fan of the Bren gun, and you can’t leave out the Garand and it’s derivatives. FAL is also up there too, but as I mentioned earlier, sustained firing is an issue. Gas-operated, magazine-fed rifles can only go so far.

You had me right up until the Bren gun.
However because you gave me a chuckle with your Lindyposting, i’ll Give you a (you)

>been fun isn’t reliable
>from the same guy arguing that the stoner rifle is reliable
Literally what are you on about?

you're on crack if you think the Bren isn't reliable
you have no business talking about guns or cars

If manual:
Rangers are great until the internal slave cylinder leaks and destroys the clutch.

There’s a notorious YouTube idiot known as LindyBeige who’s always going on about how amazing the Bren gun is as how awful the “Spandau” (MG-42) is.

Also, you stupid fucks know that the Garand is literally where the AK is derived from, right?
I mean, Kalashnikov said it himself in one of his interviews.

And i’m Not the one defending the AR.
I dislike it. I find it too finicky, having built both an AK and an AR.

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you stupid fuck realize that the Garand isn't the AK, right? I mean, you're downright retarded if you don't realize that they're not the same, even if it inspired the AK

Idc about some faggot youtuber, it doesn’t discredit decades of well regarded service. MG-42 is great too, if a bit expensive. Interchangeable barrels was a well thought out idea.

as a fellow klr650 owner i agree. its indestructible mechanically, even if the plastics break if you look at them too hard.

The Bren gun is pretty fantastic gun though.

It's different than the MG-42 though and intended for different purposes.

Actually, one could argue the Garand and AK are identical with the following sentence tacked on.
Ahem.
“But flipped upside down and given a box magazine”
They literally are a long stroke gas piston operated rifle with a rotating bolt and a massive ejection port where mud can get in which, given normal circumstances, doesn’t cause problems but fucktard jamming mud in will cause a stoppage the same as with any other gun”
Dude.
You’re trying to convince me that the roller delayed blowback rifles A La G3s were meant to be disposable and are therefore fucking awful.

Any and all credit you have was flung out the window with that sentence.
I simply assumed you were joking around because of the Bren comment and decided to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Calm down guys, don't turn this into my gun>your gun

>Motor dates back to the late 60's and before that it was the same frame but with a pushrod engine
>Designed to be maintained and repaired in third world asian shitholes
>Still making the fucking things
The fact they don't bother importing Super Cubs into the US anymore is a crime

>Any non CVT 4 cylinder Toyota or Honda sedan
>Toyota Hilux/Tacoma/Land Cruiser
>Lexus IS/GS/LS
>Mercedes W124
>Ford Crown Victoria/Mercury Grand Marquis/Lincoln Town Car
>Chevrolet Caprice

miata

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Correct

Probably Dodge.

Inherited this fucking thing. 222,000 miles with improper maintenance, 20,000 miles between services and it still ran well when I sold it. Fuel pump died after I used gas from a scam station that had sand and groundwater in it but that was a $200 repair. Weird little electrical glitches would happen periodically though.

Been a while since ive seen that sign. Was a nice dive though.

I have a C220 in this same colour. THe electrical issues are because of the biodegradable wiring harnesses breaking down over the years. Other weird quirks with mine: Drinks coolant like I drink soda. I think the hoses have gone bad and are now just leaking coolant to let it evapourate all over the engine bay, due to my noting of the cakes of moonsand like dirt sticking to the fabric liner under the hood.

I always thought these were the beginning of the unreliable Mercs, or is that the later ones?

This is what expensive suv owners call when their luxury machine gets stuck into 5 cm of snow to get pulled out.

Also an eternal car.

A beetle. the old one obviously.

In more modern terms I would say octavias or maybe a gasoline 3 cilinder japanese car.

Right at the beginning I'd say, but if you treat them right, they'll absolutely run for 300k miles or more.

ak47 is cheap and those are as expensive as it can get.

I also nominate the Hilxu

>found all over the world
>legendary for their reliability and toughness
>simple
>cheap

As long as the thing doesn't rust in half or the wiring turns to dust they're fine

fag detected

>AK-47s don't catch fire from relatively low test fire.
Neither do C5 corvettes?

This. Dad drove one. Very reliable, parts are cheap as fuck, but it was wildcard, since it's russian engineering- it will either serve you for next 40 years, or break tomorrow.
They actually are, but buying them feels like playing a casino roulette.

ahem..

Porsche 356 Replica
the AR-15 is an AC cobra replica.

AK-47 ain't cheap.
you want real cheap rifles you look at the ones that shoot 22LR. run on cheap ammo(fuel) cost cheap to buy too.

That's the SKS with a Tapco stock of automobiles