The reason the US supplies old M-16s to the ANA has nothing to do with making it hard to get ammo for if the rifle falls into enemy hands. 5.56 NATO rounds are as ubiquitous as 7.62x39mm ammo. The reason is that the US has plenty of old M-16s, and doesn't have plenty of old AKs.
Why can't they have something like a cantonment areas (to protect army men and their families) under their own protection/ making it their own responsibility to protect their family members living in the cantonment areas; they might even push themselves to do better. Sole purpose of such a thing would help reducing the desertion percentage.
10:38 The reason they showed this not functioning properly is to show that the M16 isnt as good as the AK. However you will notice that the front of his weapon has something called a blank firing adapter. This is meant to plug the front of the barrel so that the pressure can cycle the gun, however when it is not secured properly the weapon will not cycle as shown.
Wildly inaccurate, the M16 is a highly reliable weapon when maintained properly, however the ANA were second class soldiers, it’s also lighter, much more customisable, easier to control,more ergonomic and the Americans had a lot of M16s they could supply to the ANA. The myth of the invincible AK is false it still requires some maintenance just far less, making it suitable for conscripts and guerrilla armies, not saying the AK is bad just the M16 series is also a great weapon
I don't blame the ANA for disliking the M16. It wasn't made for multi enviroment service. It was crap from the beginning and it was expensive. During the Vietnam war when it was introduced it failed horrendously. The reason they want the AK is because it was made for multi enviromental use. The Russians where excelent in making cheap, versetaile and effective equipment. The AK-47 can be filled with sand and work. It can be filled with water and work. It can be filled with dirt and work. It can be filled with snow and work. It requires little to no cleaning. But scince the ANA allready does clean their weapons they would have no problem having an effective gun. The reason USA's government doesn't want to give the ANA AK's or any other weapon is because USA government is arrogant. They would never want to admit that an Russian weapon (wich has been their enemy for almost 10 gernerations) is better than their own. I say, give the ANA working equipment. For not only training wins a war.
The US is not going to purchase a foreign made rifle to arm the Afghans, when they already have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of old M-16s that they can provide.
@@undocumentedspot hey mate my last trip was Back in December 2019 The army was way organized compare to what we see in media specialist the commondo they call it "Qate khas or Qete 02" these soldiers didn't run away they were ordered to lay down your weapons most of them cried the humiliation was too much they had the pride to be wearing that uniform unfortunately the west broke the deal with Taliban. These soldiers are sold out. Never take America as Allie the future is always disappointing.
@@undocumentedspot yes mate I haven't sleep or eat properly past couple days. America did coup on afghan government. Now Taliban are the good guys funny how the US switch sides
I think the problem the US tried to model their army on US army. someone said poor nation cannot afford a US army. they should have asked help from another poor nation with good fighting experience. it should have been a light force that doesn't count on a lot of air cover.
True. The M16 was designed I think to fight in places like Europe and Arctic regions like Northern Canada, Alaska and Norway to fight the Russians. I'm Filipino and our army uses the M16 which is okay because the M16 suits us. The M16 doesn't suit the Afghans though. NATO should supply the Afghan Army with Bulgarian, Romanian and Polish AKs.
i heard from some people (not military experts) that u would rather wound your enemy than killing him. The wounded require treatment time and resources. the dead only require a body bag. i don´t know if i agree with this. lightly wounded may recover and be back in business again, but those who lose legs and arms won´t.
If the ANA kept using M16A2 they would dead killed by the Taliban using AK-47, AKM, Type 56, or AK-74. The ANA need mortars like the M224 or M252. The ANA need artillery I suggest they buy it from the Chinese. They should buy the Type 63 MLRS, PHL-03 MLRS, PLZ-45, and WAC-21 / Type WA 021 field artillery. The Afghan Nation air force need multirole fighter like the JF-17 Thunder. The Afghan military need better training and equipments.
10:10 The AR is a good rifle and can be made at a cheap cost. The AK is also great rifle (I own two), but for the ANA to buy AKs they would have to get them from Izhmash (Russia) or Arsenal (Bulgaria) both ex soviet states or else face lawsuits from Izhmash. The AR is a good rifle, but needs to be cleaned and maintained well. It is more accurate then AKs out of the box and looks more professional.
Odd question: Are you really in Zimbabwe? I agree, but the AR has proven itself time after time. I was kinda angry when the soldier listed the rifle as a failure in Iraq or Nam. It was user fails in Nam and not really the rifle. The rifle is just another tool. Its the caliber the makes a real difference in Afghanistan. The USSR knows from experience that the 5.45 AK 74 (5.56 US M16) is better then a 7.62x39 (AK 47).
Such a poor prepared Army with no command ethics. Taliban use expressions and hand gestures in communication. I have watch the videos of their special units these are puppies to them. Secondly US have gave them second grade weapons which are really hard to assemble Taliban is equipped with Russian ones with latest versions
Us Filipinos use the M16 rifle for the Philippine Army which is good since the M16 suits us. It doesn't suit the Afghans though. Maybe NATO should give the Afghan Army old Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian AKs or buy some Chinese AKs (Norinco Type 56) from China and give them to the Afghans.
Table top war games may look childish. Ha, it's clear Al Jazeera didn't catch up on it's facts. That is basically how every army in the world preps for missions and patrols. Even the US Army and British and Taliban use that.
famousgirl9x9 Most briefings from co's don't come from a table top! They're done on the ground with mock up compounds in 3D to give the men that are taking part in a raid to give you a feel for the ground and surrounding buildings
258 thousand live in longar provinc we need full military operation to fight side by side an get some hoorah free them an there town back to good poeple
we afghans have been using Kalashnikovs for 34 years..why the fuck would they give them m-16 wich is completely new for them? every afghan men and woman boy and girl know how to use a kalashnikov makes no sense to me giving them m-16 give them something they are familiar with makes more sense to me..
Why don't the ANA just buy Type 56 (AK clone) from China? Or even better, they can buy the Type 81 (indigenous assault rifle from China combining internal mechanisms of the SKS and AK 47/AKM)? Would Izhmash then complain? I mean, if one believes the numerous youtube videos made by people praising the quality of Type 56 rifles they bought from Chinese manufacturers Norinco and PolyTech, these are reliable weapons, on par with or even surpassing the Izhmash product.
When US troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, will the country's own forces be able to hold the line against the Taliban and al-Qaeda? hahaha... NO !! Al-Qaeda will be recognized as the sole representative of the people of Afghanistan !!!
i look at thsi video. so much training ,so much weapons but what happened at last?? to fight need a wil power, taliban had and have thsi wil power, i strong ly believed or believe that any soldirers no need to do hard traing about jumping or anything else, they need traing about tactical mneuvar during combat and that is solely important. recruit peopel from har dcore of patriotic peopel and train them about tactical combat ,ambush an dself defence during combat and thats enough, i am not amilitery man and i dont understand militery terms but i must have soem idea so i said that
But Alexander could not conquer all the pashtuns they kept fighting guerilla war. the children of alexander and his army still live today in nuristan province they have they own language nuristani and they were first converted to islam in 1896 when Abdul Rahman Conquered Nuristan. Before 1890`s it was called kafiristan "land of infidels"
akala mo mas maganda mga gamit ng ANA? lahat ng gamit nila eh galing sa utang,baun na baun ang Afghanistan Government ng utang sa USA yung saatin ay binibili sa USA,sakanila utang lang.
The M16 sucks! NATO should have bought the Maadi AK-47 from Egypt. The Maadi AK-47 I'm talking about the one that have UltiMAK ACR2-SL rail system and M4 buttstock. The ANA Maadi AK-47 could have attachment like the holographic sight, reflex sight, Kobra sight, Flash light, AN/PEQ-2, AN/PEQ-5, AN/PEQ-6, forward hand grip, thermal sight, night vision stock, AN/PEQ-15, & ACOG. If the ANA want to change buttstock they could change to Magpul CTR folding stock,or caa cbs stock.
Bismillah, Inshaa'Allah, Education Training, Ammunition, Money, Food, you have or you can sustain the BOYs in UNIFORM, how long that will last, Their superiors LEAVE, great training and experience for the others, Solong the GOVERNMENT Fails, Quick and EAST recruitment to the other SIDE,
This aged well 😂
The reason the US supplies old M-16s to the ANA has nothing to do with making it hard to get ammo for if the rifle falls into enemy hands. 5.56 NATO rounds are as ubiquitous as 7.62x39mm ammo. The reason is that the US has plenty of old M-16s, and doesn't have plenty of old AKs.
there would be no "Afghan Army," if they had a drug test
wasgoodintech Haha True
What drugs do they use in Afghanistan?
love ANA our pride
They are nothing but cowards don't even protect their own families
Why can't they have something like a cantonment areas (to protect army men and their families) under their own protection/ making it their own responsibility to protect their family members living in the cantonment areas; they might even push themselves to do better. Sole purpose of such a thing would help reducing the desertion percentage.
10:38 The reason they showed this not functioning properly is to show that the M16 isnt as good as the AK. However you will notice that the front of his weapon has something called a blank firing adapter. This is meant to plug the front of the barrel so that the pressure can cycle the gun, however when it is not secured properly the weapon will not cycle as shown.
Wildly inaccurate, the M16 is a highly reliable weapon when maintained properly, however the ANA were second class soldiers, it’s also lighter, much more customisable, easier to control,more ergonomic and the Americans had a lot of M16s they could supply to the ANA. The myth of the invincible AK is false it still requires some maintenance just far less, making it suitable for conscripts and guerrilla armies, not saying the AK is bad just the M16 series is also a great weapon
I salute the afganistan army from usmc 🇺🇸
I don't blame the ANA for disliking the M16. It wasn't made for multi enviroment service. It was crap from the beginning and it was expensive. During the Vietnam war when it was introduced it failed horrendously.
The reason they want the AK is because it was made for multi enviromental use.
The Russians where excelent in making cheap, versetaile and effective equipment. The AK-47 can be filled with sand and work. It can be filled with water and work. It can be filled with dirt and work. It can be filled with snow and work.
It requires little to no cleaning. But scince the ANA allready does clean their weapons they would have no problem having an effective gun.
The reason USA's government doesn't want to give the ANA AK's or any other weapon is because USA government is arrogant. They would never want to admit that an Russian weapon (wich has been their enemy for almost 10 gernerations) is better than their own.
I say, give the ANA working equipment. For not only training wins a war.
The US is not going to purchase a foreign made rifle to arm the Afghans, when they already have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of old M-16s that they can provide.
the same thing happened during the soviet war. after the soviet withdrawl, the soldiers
joined the mujaheeden
hope victory for afganistan army from india...
😁😁😁😁😁
Wow I'm impressed I was in afghanistan in 2007 compare then to now a very big change wish ANA best of luck
Sorry your comment from 8 years ago. but curious what do you think now? something you could've anticipated?
@@undocumentedspot hey mate my last trip was Back in December 2019
The army was way organized compare to what we see in media specialist the commondo they call it
"Qate khas or Qete 02" these soldiers didn't run away they were ordered to lay down your weapons most of them cried the humiliation was too much they had the pride to be wearing that uniform unfortunately the west broke the deal with Taliban. These soldiers are sold out. Never take America as Allie the future is always disappointing.
@@imranafg thanks for sharing. It's really sad what's happening. Even more sad when it's due to betrayal.
@@undocumentedspot yes mate I haven't sleep or eat properly past couple days. America did coup on afghan government. Now Taliban are the good guys funny how the US switch sides
@@imranafg wait so it was set up?
great army,they are really tough
I think the problem the US tried to model their army on US army. someone said poor nation cannot afford a US army. they should have asked help from another poor nation with good fighting experience. it should have been a light force that doesn't count on a lot of air cover.
Like Taliban
this aged well
True. The M16 was designed I think to fight in places like Europe and Arctic regions like Northern Canada, Alaska and Norway to fight the Russians.
I'm Filipino and our army uses the M16 which is okay because the M16 suits us. The M16 doesn't suit the Afghans though.
NATO should supply the Afghan Army with Bulgarian, Romanian and Polish AKs.
I think you are right!
Thump up for Afghan Army against wild terrorists!
In Asia you can often see friends holding hands.
i heard from some people (not military experts) that u would rather wound your enemy than killing him. The wounded require treatment time and resources. the dead only require a body bag. i don´t know if i agree with this. lightly wounded may recover and be back in business again, but those who lose legs and arms won´t.
If the ANA kept using M16A2 they would dead killed by the Taliban using AK-47, AKM, Type 56, or AK-74. The ANA need mortars like the M224 or M252. The ANA need artillery I suggest they buy it from the Chinese. They should buy the Type 63 MLRS, PHL-03 MLRS, PLZ-45, and WAC-21 / Type WA 021 field artillery. The Afghan Nation air force need multirole fighter like the JF-17 Thunder. The Afghan military need better training and equipments.
their indian masters wont allow them to buy chinese or pakistani weapons
They are supplies by Russian gear.
10:10 The AR is a good rifle and can be made at a cheap cost. The AK is also great rifle (I own two), but for the ANA to buy AKs they would have to get them from Izhmash (Russia) or Arsenal (Bulgaria) both ex soviet states or else face lawsuits from Izhmash. The AR is a good rifle, but needs to be cleaned and maintained well. It is more accurate then AKs out of the box and looks more professional.
Odd question: Are you really in Zimbabwe? I agree, but the AR has proven itself time after time. I was kinda angry when the soldier listed the rifle as a failure in Iraq or Nam. It was user fails in Nam and not really the rifle. The rifle is just another tool. Its the caliber the makes a real difference in Afghanistan. The USSR knows from experience that the 5.45 AK 74 (5.56 US M16) is better then a 7.62x39 (AK 47).
Such a poor prepared Army with no command ethics. Taliban use expressions and hand gestures in communication. I have watch the videos of their special units these are puppies to them. Secondly US have gave them second grade weapons which are really hard to assemble Taliban is equipped with Russian ones with latest versions
But it may be possible that the m-16 they have received are very old maybe they were used in the first golf war who knows
Afghan army are the best good job
There are many country's in Afghanistan that are not part of NATO, he should have said ISAF.
We watch this video and wonder why the Afghan government fell in 11 days, lol.
5:20 why are they holding hands??lol
nytillidie333 to keep in line lol ,,,,,,,,,,holding hands lol
Us Filipinos use the M16 rifle for the Philippine Army which is good since the M16 suits us.
It doesn't suit the Afghans though. Maybe NATO should give the Afghan Army old Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian AKs or buy some Chinese AKs (Norinco Type 56) from China and give them to the Afghans.
Id love the ANA to do well, but I really think they don't stand a chance against the Tailban.
ANA troop didn't asking the Question to trainer when training it's a huge mistake for the army or in any line
NATO should supply the Afghan Army with Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian AKs.
Yeah this is not the west man, things are a little different out there.
Table top war games may look childish. Ha, it's clear Al Jazeera didn't catch up on it's facts. That is basically how every army in the world preps for missions and patrols. Even the US Army and British and Taliban use that.
famousgirl9x9 Most briefings from co's don't come from a table top! They're done on the ground with mock up compounds in 3D to give the men that are taking part in a raid to give you a feel for the ground and surrounding buildings
I understand that true frienship but... it seems a little weird to me.
258 thousand live in longar provinc we need full military operation to fight side by side an get some hoorah free them an there town back to good poeple
Yeah i am form the future.. These guys are going to surrender
They dont want to buy from ex Soviet states! But yeah your right!
The Americans looted Afghanistan, but did not equip Afghan forces.
I HATE wars 😢😢😢😢!
Chinese weapons are cheaper and beside China is close to Afghanistan. I know that Afghan military defense budget isn't that big.
we afghans have been using Kalashnikovs for 34 years..why the fuck would they give them m-16 wich is completely new for them? every afghan men and woman boy and girl know how to use a kalashnikov makes no sense to me giving them m-16 give them something they are familiar with makes more sense to me..
Why don't the ANA just buy Type 56 (AK clone) from China? Or even better, they can buy the Type 81 (indigenous assault rifle from China combining internal mechanisms of the SKS and AK 47/AKM)? Would Izhmash then complain? I mean, if one believes the numerous youtube videos made by people praising the quality of Type 56 rifles they bought from Chinese manufacturers Norinco and PolyTech, these are reliable weapons, on par with or even surpassing the Izhmash product.
Wsup
Us military final assault to help an move out cluster bombs
When US troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, will the country's own forces be able to hold the line against the Taliban and al-Qaeda? hahaha... NO !! Al-Qaeda will be recognized as the sole representative of the people of Afghanistan !!!
Hes Kun u see u were wrong ANA is still defending 🇦🇫 from taliban we r in 2017 now
I am from Afghanistan and at the minute of 11:00 the guy who complain about M16 now he is dead 💀 100% sure
Seriously?
amrica want to countrole the minerals of afghanistan us army already countroled many african countries gold and oil,
Throw away that crap ... Use Kalashnikov !!!
i look at thsi video. so much training ,so much weapons but what happened at last?? to fight need a wil power, taliban had and have thsi wil power, i strong ly believed or believe that any soldirers no need to do hard traing about jumping or anything else, they need traing about tactical mneuvar during combat and that is solely important. recruit peopel from har dcore of patriotic peopel and train them about tactical combat ,ambush an dself defence during combat and thats enough, i am not amilitery man and i dont understand militery terms but i must have soem idea so i said that
This is the way how to neutralize enemy's is to used national Vs national means Islam Vs islam,,, USA is the most talented in war strategy...
Just give them fucking ak 47s
But Alexander could not conquer all the pashtuns they kept fighting guerilla war. the children of alexander and his army still live today in nuristan province they have they own language nuristani and they were first converted to islam in 1896 when Abdul Rahman Conquered Nuristan. Before 1890`s it was called kafiristan "land of infidels"
Hu that at 9 min soft blanks. Staged again
akala mo mas maganda mga gamit ng ANA? lahat ng gamit nila eh galing sa utang,baun na baun ang Afghanistan Government ng utang sa USA yung saatin ay binibili sa USA,sakanila utang lang.
The M16 sucks! NATO should have bought the Maadi AK-47 from Egypt. The Maadi AK-47 I'm talking about the one that have UltiMAK ACR2-SL rail system and M4 buttstock. The ANA Maadi AK-47 could have attachment like the holographic sight, reflex sight, Kobra sight, Flash light, AN/PEQ-2, AN/PEQ-5, AN/PEQ-6, forward hand grip, thermal sight, night vision stock, AN/PEQ-15, & ACOG. If the ANA want to change buttstock they could change to Magpul CTR folding stock,or caa cbs stock.
mas baon tayo sa utang? edi sige! doon kana tumira sa Afghanistan at tignan natin.
Afghanistan is gone
Ma. ?.,,,,..R.
MM
MARCO.ANTONIO.SOLIS
Afghan army is improve to fight isis they are alive
it's the old m16 , it sucked.
M16 sucks.
for the lulz
Bismillah, Inshaa'Allah, Education Training, Ammunition, Money, Food, you have or you can sustain the BOYs in UNIFORM, how long that will last, Their superiors LEAVE, great training and experience for the others, Solong the GOVERNMENT Fails, Quick and EAST recruitment to the other SIDE,