AK Upgrades: Why & How to Bring Your AK Into the 21st Century

By Will Dabbs MD

Jack spent more than 20 years in the Queen’s service, much of it with the SAS. As a private military contractor (PMC) in Iraq, he made $500 a day pulling security for journalists, transient diplomats and civilian contractors making up the enormous logistical tail demanded of modern war. The work was grueling and dangerous.

On this particular day, it was journalists. Their armored Land Rover made poor time through the typically insane Iraqi traffic, but Jack could read the terrain, the roads and the people. His first inkling that something was wrong was when he noticed a taxi swerving madly and approaching rapidly from the rear. The windows were down, and a pair of AK barrels peeked tepidly out of the right side.

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