They are made in croatia because springfield bought the right to the XD from the croatians.
I believe some of their other guns are made in other countries as well.
I sold a 1911 .45 they made from Brazil.
AR tend to be more acurate, more versatile, More modular, the change of calibers is down right bad ass!
And what i have is an AK 74 and for some reason there is a shortage of surplus 5.45x39 ammo the whole reason i bought the AK in the first place.
That AK will always be the same cailber, useful for only large gunfights or zombies..
An AR can be used for hunting or plinking. I intend to have uppers in 308, 5.7x28, 9mm, 5.56, 5.45x39 and different length barrels.
A much better and more versatile weapon overall. Who needs an AK when you can do all that with one gun?
Also I would take the accuracy of my XDM over any glock any day of the week