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Yea I saw it... Korea should have owned the Rangers in my opinion.

I might be American, but I'm not biased by that fact, I admit when the opposing one is better than the american, KGB being one of them.

What are your guys reasons to support your opinions?

@Minty- Actually, North Koreans haven't had a conflict in over 40 years so they literally have no expericence, and even then, that was only on their soil. As for the tough terrain bit, its a peninsula, so depending on location it can be tough, but most of it is not. Whats tough about North Korea is the weather. In particularly its winter.

Of course my bias is the Rangers. Superior rifle? Did you mean assault rifle or sniper? And the US military as along with the Korean military of-course have more weapons than those that were listed in the episode. And even if its your back yard doesn't mean that you have been in every square foot of it. In north Korea, you need a pass or a political document in order to travel outside of your town, even so when one is enlisted in the military they train you in possible terrain, not the exact terrain. Which means they dont just all pile in a bus and ride to every location of their country. Even so, it was not a fair fight for giving the Koreans edge to fight in their own country. They should have picked a neutral territory to fight in to make it fair.

You think the AK class is better than the M-4? hmm I can agree with some things of the AK that I love and the AK series is a well proven series due to two factors in my opinion. The size of the bullet which i love, it being a 7.63x39. It is a devastating round at close range, can sometimes tear off a limb, though at medium to long range the AK series has no accuracy what so ever (unless you modify it, which costs money). It was designed to throw lead down range in almost the same way as if you used muskets. You get a lot people in a line and just pour on the lead. Which was kinda sad to see on the show was the room clearing, they should have gone to a firing range too to show accuracy and rate of fire for the weapons. The second thing I love about the AK, which it is well known for is its loose bolt, which allows it to work in sand and mud, but also this doesn't help with the weapons accuracy.

Now for the M4, the things that work well for it are of course its range and accuracy. The round is small, thanks to NATO. So its not as powerful, but that doesn't mean its not deadly. The 5.56 is known to go through your first enemy and hit the a*****e behind him at extreme close range. But the bullet is a high velocity which is the reason behind that. When the bullet impacts at high velocity and yaws in tissue, fragmentation creates a rapid transfer of energy which can result in dramatic wounding effects. Even though the M4 is shorter than the AK, its range is better and its a lighter weapon than the AK.

Also they took a Korean Special Forces unit, verse the rangers which is a light infantry unit. Which in not on the same level as our special forces, which include the Navy Seals and Green Berets.

Also back to the terrain, North Korea is mostly mountains and valleys, which actually, we have loads of experience in fighting in. In fact we are fighting in Afghanistan which is almost the same terrain as Korea. So I would say we have plenty of more experience in fighting in their country than they do.

yep they are cut of money wise for the most part, so they cant buy new gear. Even some of their regular army don't want to live in North Korea so they are caught trying to flee and are executed.

Oh and I was wrong about the 7.62×39mm cause it produces significant wounding in cases where the bullet tumbles and fragments in tissue, but produces relatively minor wounds in cases where the bullet exits before beginning to yaw. In the absence of yaw, the M43 load can pencil through lung tissue with relatively little injury. So in close range it doesn't do crap, at medium range its at its best.