[DesertRhino]

Reich fanboys don’t like it, but the 47 is far better in every way than the 44. I actually got a chance to handle a 44 once.
Its a shade heavier than an M1 Garand, clunky to handle, fragile, and the ergonomics suck. And the stock is simply a flat slab looking like it was cut out of a plank.
The internals are nothing like a 47.

It’s only realistic contribution was tee intermediate cartridge concept.

And in every way, the M1 Carbine was better. The US Army after the war evaluated the 44 and was very unimpressed.

[tumblindice]

Why did Schmeiser put the bolt lever on the right side of AK, instead of on the left, like the German original? Maybe for the same reason Renault models failed, killing hundreds of French following WWII, after Ferdinand Porsche was impressed into the French auto industry....... Or maybe because the Soviets recognized that their peasant conscripts would never be able to grasp the concept of `trigger discipline'. I've got three AKs and would trade them all along with an M4orgery for one 44. A good argument can be made that the M-2 was the first "assault rifle".