User blog comment:USMC Lance/Whats the better rifle: M16 or AK47?/@comment-1476628-20111018213459/@comment-356904-20111018213640

Except then someone on another patrol would get jumpy on hearing Kalashnikov fire and then you're lookin' at a blue-on-blue.

So the choice is keep the black rifle, and wait for it to jam, or nick the half timbered gun and get shot by your own side.