michael adams wrote:


Let's get of this tiresome little detail in life, shall we chaps?. The
bigger question surely is if the M-16 is prone to jam in the sands of
Iraq, how long to un-jam?. Is the AK-47 prone to such un-god sanctioned
'jamming'?..

I recently read "Steel My Soldiers' Hearts" by Col. David Hackworth.
It's an account of his time as a battalion commander in Viet Nam
during 1969.

While preparing the ground for a new base, a bulldozer uncovered
a buried corpse still holding an AK-47. Col. Hackworth, after
first checking to see that the barrel was not plugged, proceeded
to pull back the bolt and fire off the entire clip into the air.
Even after being buried in the mud for months, the weapon worked
flawlessly!