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To: HoldFast

Kalashnikov is reported to have copied the Wehrmacht's original, selective-fire, rifle—the StG 44. (The REAL assault-weapon).

12 posted on 11/26/2006 3:11:54 PM PST by Eclectica (Ask your MD about Evolution. Please!)

To: Eclectica

Kalashnikov only copied the concept of a medium-power, select-fire arm from the Germans. The AK design was all Russian. A superb design, IMHO.

22 posted on 11/26/2006 3:36:03 PM PST by Sender ("Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything." -Mark Twain)

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