A Soviet Union AKM rifle (bottom) is compared to a United States M-16A1 rifle. The AKM bullet has 123 grains of gun powder in it and has a velocity of 2400 feet-per-second. The bullet for the M-16A1 is 25 percent smaller and its velocity is 35 percent faster

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A Soviet Union AKM rifle (bottom) is compared to a United States M-16A1 rifle. The AKM bullet has 123 grains of gun powder in it and has a velocity of 2400 feet-per-second. The bullet for the M-16A1 is 25 percent smaller and its velocity is 35 percent faster

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

State: Okinawa

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bobby Bethune

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1980
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The U.S. National Archives
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