> It left the authorities having to use an angle grinder to remove the offending image. <
That’s one statue modification I can agree with. There was (of course) nothing honorable in the German invasion of Russia. If the Russians want to blot out any positive reference to the Germans, i say go for it.
And we had to get rid of the crescent from the Flight 93 memorial.
Or, some bureaucrat who has a sense of historical accuracy!
The AK-47 was, in fact, the Soviet answer to the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44), which the German forces used from 1944.
Determined to find an equally effective weapon, the Soviet Union launched a competition, which was won by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Having been wounded at the Battle of Bryansk, Kalashnikov began designing weapons. But the AK47 (notice the 47) didn't come into service until 1947 and while the AK was not a exact copy of the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44), ALL of the requirements for a assault rifle found in the StG44 were produced in the AK47. The StG44 was a game changer!
Of course the Russians don't want to admit that the StG44 was the inspiration for their AK47!
Governments are the same everywhere.
Huge Mistake...or
They forgot a little Bubble
with
A dreamed AK?