Also, considering the diverse terrains that a soldier could be fighting in (Jungle in VN or, and much more particularly important, Desert!) all kinds of gunk can find its way into the chamber and cause a failure to go into battery. We've all seen the occasions when a particular brand of ammo won't chamber in a pistol and we smack the back of the slide lightly to close the breach - that's pretty much what the FA is on an AR. Civilians don't think about this sort of thing (they all need to take a look at Ski over at AK Operators Union and check some of their torture tests!)
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Guns of my enemies, I know them only because the field is littered with them.I would never, ever put one on my rifle.
AKs don't need 'em.[ducks for cover from a hail of tiny, tiny little boolets]
I had a round of Tulammo that wouldn't go into battery. You simply stomp the back of the charging handle for the forward assist on an AK. After firing, I had to kick it the opposite direction to extract the casing.I would never, ever put one on my rifle.
AKs don't need 'em.
As others have said, forward assist on an AR is cheap insurance. Most modern propellants burn cleaner than their predecessors, so YMMV.
AK's have one, it's the back of the bolt carrier charging handle. M1 Garand has one, it's the back of the charging handle on the OP rod, the same on the M1A, and Mini 14.I would never, ever put one on my rifle.
AKs don't need 'em.
Those guns don't have one because the charging handle functions as such as well.
The AR needed the redundancy that all of them already had.
Maloy
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