Talk:AK Gallery

Um...This seems a little too broad, what are the Dragunov and AS Val doing on a page about AK variants? I doubt even the average non-gunny moviegoer is going to look at an SVD and think it's an AK, though the average journalist might. Evil Tim 05:44, 27 March 2012 (CDT)

I totally get and respect what you are saying. As always, if you think it truly doesn't belong here, please remove it. Personally, I think it can help to identify the gun. As I said below, this page is NOT intended to be a lesson about the history of these guns, but to be a tool to help identify them. As always I defer to the knowledge and experience of my elders. :-) --Zackmann08 10:28, 27 March 2012 (CDT)

RPD, AN-94, SVD/Tiger

RPD, AN-94 and SVD/Tiger is not versions of AK! Please, READ MORE!!! You can find info for example in Wikipedia. --Flexo 07:08, 27 March 2012 (CDT)

As well as VSS Vintorez, AS Val, AEK-971, Sa. Vz. 58. Bednardos 15:53, 27 March 2012 (EET)

The page is for "the average movie-goer" though. How about setting up a separate "Often Mistaken for AKs" section. --Funkychinaman 08:44, 27 March 2012 (CDT)

ALL good points. Like Funkychinaman said, this is for the average movie goes and is to help IDENTIFY the guns. NOT a history lesson in which guns are a direct variant of another, though we can certainly mention on the page that the RPD (for example) is NOT a version of the AK, but simply resembles the gun. --Zackmann08 10:15, 27 March 2012 (CDT)

I still do think we should have one section for actual AKs and derivatives, and another for similar weapons often mistaken for AKs. I know we're not supposed to be a weapons encyclopedia, but we can at least acknowledge that we know they're not related. --Funkychinaman 11:20, 27 March 2012 (CDT)