Converted it from the hunter version on the 4th of July... yes I did use the proper number of domestic parts, and yes it only fires one shot for one pull of the trigger...
Posted on 07/06/2007 2:24:48 PM PDT by Eurotwit
He didn’t recover quickly from his wounds. He began work on the thing late in the war, and didn’t finish the design until 1947. Of course he saw the M1 and the StG44. Of course he took into account what he could learn from observing those weapons and from accounts of their field performance.
The beauty of the AK47 design is that the damned thing works. It doesn’t have to be kept spotless. It doesn’t take a natural -born mechanic to keep it in working order in the field. And it doesn’t need to be real accurate since most infantry combat either is at point-blank range, or involves firing in the general direction of an imperfectly spotted enemy.
Hey dfwgator,
I saw you beat Mexico in the Gold Cup.
Good going.
Good luck to Freddy Adu and the boys in the u-20 world cup in Canada!
Beat those darned Brazilians. :-)
Cheers.
The M-1 was designed in 1924 and was standard US Army issue by 1936. Why wouldn’t he be able to get one? We had open trade routes to Russia in 41. Kalashnikov has consistently denied that his design was based on the German StG44.
Well, he can always set up the Kalashnikov Peace Prize fund for future generations...
The Russians are the masters of the simple solution. I read that German rifles froze up during the siege of Stalingrad because their gun oil turned into glue at the low temperatures. The Russians mixed gasoline into their gun oil and the problem was solved.
Kalashnikov was against the 5.4mm round, stating that it had less stopping power as the original 7.62mm. He was over ruled by the Soviet designers who thought why should the US adopt a 5.56mm round if it is too small. It turns out in Iraq the 5.56mm is too small. The soldier may be able to carry more 5.56mm versus the larger 7.62mm round, but if it takes three direct hits to drop the target versus one hit from a 7.62mm, the advantage of carrying more smaller rounds become moot.
Converted it from the hunter version on the 4th of July... yes I did use the proper number of domestic parts, and yes it only fires one shot for one pull of the trigger...
Eugene Stoner the inventor of the M16 was also a WWII vet. He served with the Marines in the Pacific theatre. He also designed the Stoner weapon system, an earlier version of the M16. He died in 1997 and is buried at Quantico, VA.
“The weapon of choice for our enemies....of course he doesn’t lose sleep.”
Right, I am sure he was working on weapon design in the early 1940’s worrying about the Americans, and I am just as sure he had a single ounce of control over what was done with this weapon once it went into production over all of the last 60 years, with all the licensee countries.
“”The Kalashnikov rifle is a symbol of the creative genius of our people,” President Vladimir Putin said in a statement read to Kalashnikov at the ceremony in the Central Russian Army Museum. “
Almost anything I have ever seen from the soviet union was shoddy, but their small arms program in the 40’s and 50’s was simply stunning in the number, simplicity, and reliability of the weapons that were offered. I own a several examples of these and the only one I am not enamoored of is the SVT-40.
What is the base model for that rifle? I have a VEPR K in 5.45x39mm I love it. There is almost no recoil what so ever. It also has never had a single feed/eject issue in the 3 years I’ve had it.
Just making a comparison about Russia & USSR in respect to weapons exports to our enemies.....why would they lose sleep?
It is an effective weapon and in demand for the terrorist or communist regimes which Russia continues to support.
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