Let’s see. Stg/AK:
Top gas tube - check.
Pistol grip - check.
Detachable mag - check.
Garand:
Top gas tube - No.
Pistol grip - No.
Detachable mag - No.
Sorry no sale. the AK’s basic design was ripped off with German help.
http://transsylvaniaphoenix.blogspot.com/2009/02/michail-kalashnikov-admits-german-help.html
So what you’re saying is that no firearm before the Stg-44 had a detachable magazine, or a pistol grip, or a gas tube above the barrel?
By your logic then, the M-16 is a copy of the AK-47.
Top gas tube - check
Pistol grip - check
Detachable mag -check
The fact that the M-16 is direct impingement and has a rotating bolt mean nothing apparently.
Look at the way the AK bolt locks to the front trunnion. Compare that to the way the M1 Garand bolt locks. I have one of each right here in my den. Well actually a Polish PMKMS but the same thing.
And yes, I was aware that Schmeisser assisted Kalashnikov after WWII. It doesn’t change the fact that the AK-47 is NOT a copy of the Stg-44. Externally they look similar, but the mechanics inside are totally different.
>>>Sorry no sale. the AKs basic design was ripped off with German help.<<<
Check out AVS-36, SVT-38 and 40.
All are earlier Soviet designs predating STG. A number were captured by the Germans earlier in a War and were put into service being Germany’s first automatic rifles.