Cheek rest - "necessary"?

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I've been scouring the net for military pics of the VZ 58 and AK47, especially of rifles with scopes - and only one of them was of a rifle with a cheek rest:
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Every other pic, especially actual action shots of soldiers using the rifle in battle or on the field shows regular butt stocks without a cheek rest.
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So are we to say that cheek rests are unnecessary luxuries? They're only useful for sniper rifles, but not for assault rifles? What's the lesson here?

Just wondering if I should bother getting a Fab Defence butt stock with adjustable cheek rest for my 58, but I noticed the adjustment knob could catch on something.
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thanks!
 
It is necessary for consistently precise aiming. Consistently precise aiming may not be necessary in every situation.
Edit: The cheek weld is for eliminating parallax error.
 
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