User blog comment:JoeRamirez/Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Weapons Wishlist./@comment-3062440-20110713032405/@comment-356904-20110714142531

Because if you call it an -74 or anything else you'll have people endlessly going "don't you mean the AK-47?"

Most people have heard of the AK-47, whereas the G11 and most of the newer AK variants are relative unknowns.