Posted on 11/26/2001 3:39:53 PM PST by Godebert
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The AK-47 was to the Russian empire what the short sword was to the Roman Empire. It dwelt at the centurion's right hand. It was the cutting edge of a cynical philosophy that disguised conquest under the bogus banner of liberation. It was so simple that even the most undeveloped nations could fabricate it from Russian plans with Russian guidance and a few lathes and stamping machines. You could probably build one in your basement if you wanted. Crude, derivative, simple, powerful, robust, tough as hell.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14195-2001Nov25.html
Yours had an extra - in it.
One, the PPSH fired the 7.62 Tokarev round, not a nine millimetre.
Two, i think the idea that the M-16 was adopoted in response to the AK, is I believe, not intirely correct.
Hunter is a vet (not combat, with the Old Gaurd 69-70)who writes mystery/action novels, often involving sniping/snipers. Goes into a lot of detail, and seems to know what he's talking about, but then I don't know anything about sniping. A real firearms pedant would point out that just about all "AK-47s" are actually AKMs.
Interesting story-did you know Col. Robert Brown,ed. of SOF magazine and NRA Director actually infiltrated Afghanistan during the Soviet war for the purpose of "capturing" the first samples of this ammunition? He returned with several cases of 5.45MM for "examination" by Pentagon officials.
Excellent read! Where did the Washington ComPost find this guy? Just to help out, the correct link is on the photo at the right.You see as well the ever-present PK machine gun on its bipod, the former squad automatic weapon of the Soviet army; it looks like it was designed by drunken plumbers in an Odessa hotel room while waiting for the hookers to arrive.
I also liked his commentary about Osama and the Krinkov...Osama trying to say, "I am SO COOL, you mortals can't touch me."
In Point of Impact, the scene set in North Carolina, with the hero playing King of the Mountain, was beyond cool...
That's just about what I was wondering. How did a flaming gun-nut article make it into the Post?!?!
I didn't like them at first but they are a really good rifle. 91/30,M-44,M-39 all first rate.
Oh yeah,the 12.7 is nothing to sneeze at!
Ever since watching "Enemy at the Gates"...I've wanted to get a Moisin. I'd like to find one of the Finnish rehabs. Those Finns gave the Russians hell with their own design. Simo Haya, the Finnish sniper killed 505 Russian soldiers using nothing more than iron sights on a Moisin Nagant-28.
...It has no elegance whatsoever, and no wit. Its cleverness lies in its contempt for cleverness. It's a tractor of a rifle, a serious piece of work.
I got to take my Kalashnikov up to the hills last week and fire off a few hundred rounds. It was the first time I fired my beloved AK in over three years. I like to shoot a few rounds without hearing protection because I love the KLAACCKK!!! KLAACCKK!!! sound that it makes as the piston slams against the receiver. It is a beautiful, durable rifle. You can clean it with everything from WD-40 to brake cleaner to gasoline, or not clean it at all, and it will never fail to shoot. I've shot thousands of rounds through mine (a Chinese production) and have never had it jammed. It has been left in the rain and functioned perfectly.
When the excrement hits the fan, that's the one thing I want in my reach more than anything else.
I didn't pick my screen name for nothing!
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