“Mastermind” MY A$$! This Soviet BASTARD COPIED BOTH the German STG-44 and the M-1 Garand to “make” “his” “Vaunted” AK-47.
Tossing parts together from various pieces seems to have worked. Imitation=flattery? I seem to remember the STG-44 reference but not the M-1. If you look at pics of the STG you can sure make out the similarity. Or am I mis-thinking again? LOL!
That is true. If we want to thank anyone UGH can’t believe I am going to say this thank “Hitler”. UGH!!!!!!!!
Few "inventions" are purely original.
One could say he copied the flintlock rifle of the 1700s with a few modifications.
But he did in fact make it. Neither the Kraut or American designers came close to this weapon for simplicity or reliability. One does not see photos of STG-44s or Garands
worldwide, in the hands of millions of fighters. Good or bad, he is the man responsible for it.