>> >> No, that well-worn Kalash was handed to me by its owner most likely, or one
>> of his comrades. People who live with these things every day, and sometimes get to
>> use them in anger, can get pretty casual about the way they handle them.
Been there (or similair), done that.
The Kalash is known to be a pretty peasant-proof weapon, and can survive abuse which other stuff can't - hence the contempt the original bullpup attracted due to its propensity for jamming and stovepiping.
And as a 'put down heavy fire in the general direction of, like a hosepipe...' weapon, the Kalash is probably the best of the bunch.
Hence its popularity with drug dealers, terrorist groups and other similar nasty chaps.
They still pop up often in cash-in-transit heists and factional fighting on this side, and there's a whole arsenal of them floating about in Mozambique, where they can be bought for close to tuppence if you know where to look.
Remember the Wonga Coup, involving Thatcher, Archer and other pillars of the brit upper crust - they flew in to Zimbabwe to pick up a few hundred, with 5000 rnds per weapon...
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