Mud Test: Mattel Death Trap! (The Vietnam Era AR15/M16)

“The AK12 would work fine. A Russian AK wouldn’t fail like this! But the AR15 got guys killed in Vietnam! etc, etc, etc...“ Hand wringing, consternation and ridiculous comments like these have been streaming in non stop since our AR15 and AKM mud test videos were released a 1 year ago. The AK and Vz58 videos have even been used in Russian and Ukrainian media propaganda. There seems to be a very significant gulf of misunderstanding in that these tests test the mechanical design of the weapon in a sp