Glock knows his rifles!
The AK is iconic, unfortunate that the largest markets for it were totalitarian regimes and muzzieland, but that's more a quirk of fate thing than anything, and a bit ironic that something ingenious and durable came out of the environment he was born into, but a good product is a good product and the legacy of the man cannot be denied. I like that he laments its use by terrorists, but as he says "Where the goat is tied..."