What ? !!! Why would we want the Iraqi Army to have a weapon they have to clean when they have used idiot-proof weapons for the past 30+ years. These are not soldiers used to cleaning their weapon once to ten times a day, let alone once a month. Ak47's are basically soldier proof. I am sure some of the older, abused ones should be replaced, but M16/M4's? WHY?
I see this as a political move set to benefit the various AR platform makers and 5.56 ammo makers more then the Iraqi Army. The Iraqi's need to learn a completely different style of combat with an M16 over the AK. The Ak is a full auto weapon while the M16 is not. The M16 is good in the hands of well trained American Troops since our troops are taught to aim and not "pray and spray."
After the amount of AK's and the tons upon tons of 7.62x39 ammo that we purchased for the Iraqi Army and police in the past 5 years.
