RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov

[Curios]

The AK 46 is the direct copy of StG 44 that got improved by the said Schmeiser guy in the times when he was held captive in Ural mountains. The rest is soviet propaganda.
Or you are believer and believe that young uneducated tankist sergant that fought in the war somehow managed to invent the said design as hobby while fighting the war and being wounded twice, while at the same time the same design was used by germans 3 years earlier.

Hugo Schmeisser on the other hand invented not only one single gun but whole bunch of them like most of the famous inventers.

you have obviously strong hate to all russian and soviet

invent something better than kalashnikov and then you can say something

now - gtfo

For your edification and additional evidence, I present to you ...

the Tupolev Tu-4

Oh, and let's face it. It's like cars now all looking alike, whether they're a $100,000 Lexus or a $30,000 Hyundai. There's only so many ways to bend metal in an aerodynamic shape.

It's common acknowledged that the LOOK of the AK series was influenced by the MP44 and StG 44, as was the usage of the 7.62 based upon the 7.92 that the German gun used. Internal mechanics were different, though. And it fit into something that the Soviet era thought.

Cheap, able to be mass produced, and you didn't have to be trained (well) to use the thing - simply pray and spray. And that's, of course, the downside of the AK. You get 3 - 5 inch groups at 100 yards - whereas with the M-16 you get 1-3 inch groups at the same distance.

Practice shows that on usual engagement range the difference is none existent. I like the M4 too, Colt 933 to be accurate and that's what i'm using for airsoft games, but the reality shows the AK is pretty much on par with M-4. The difference can be abused only by the specially trained commandos at best - and it's not a fact too.

For regular soldier on the field the important thing is that your weapon can shoot when you need it too shoot. Second is to be able to maintain it easily. Actually hitting someone between those two points.

But well, we're talking about the great engineer passing out. It's a shame to see him go. I only hope that we'll see more beautiful pieces of engineering, even if made for killing purpose. (Since we're man and the man are liking the war until stuck at one).

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