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WW2 Aircraft having gun to fire backwards Guns on today's fighter aircraft are not for dog-fights.  They are there for ground attack where CAS (Close Air Support) are needed.  Today's jets are simply too fast and maneuverable to be good gunnery targets in a close in dog fight, assuming the shooter didn't take out the target with a missile at 20 miles. So supposing you did have someone on your tail and you DID have a rear firing gun.  What then?  Think of reversing your car at high speed and trying to keep the road centered in your mirror.  The slightest twitch of your jet would send any bullets off target, and twisting/turning is the best dog fight defense you can have in a gunnery dog fight.  You would need a turreted gun with tracking radar and perhaps a second crew to man it.  Too heavy a penalty for a very rare usage.  In short, rear facing guns are simply impracticable on today's fighter jets. ANOTHER REASON: It is not that...

The Rashtriya Rifles(RR), an army formation that fights insurgency in J&K since 90's, has two crossed AK-47s as its unit insignia. Despite the induction of the indigenous INSAS assualt rifle during the Kargil war in late 90's , Indian army   continued to  equip its soilders  posted in militancy affected areas  with the AK's. Today also India continues to be one of the world's largest importers of Rifles including AK-type rifles. However these  weapons(AK's) aren't from Kalashnikov factories in Russia but they are manufactured from Bulgaria. The Home Ministry till 2011, has bought over 100,000 Bulgarian-made  AK's  to equip its police and para military units. A Bulgarian manufactured AK-47 having its distinctive black plastic finish cost just Rs 22,000 in 2011.  This is significantly way cheaper than the Russian manufactured AK variant made in Izhmash factory and Rs 5000 less than even the  indigenous   IN SAS as...