The_Rev Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Was unsure whether to bump the dead pool thread or make a new one, but if ever a man changed the world then it was this guy. http://youtu.be/uEJR5lsYlrg Inventor of the AK47. His gun has almost certainly killed more people than all other guns combined, which is quite an achievement considering it didn't get invented until just after WW2 ended. When your invention makes onto the flag of a country on a different continent then you know you made a mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 The ak-47 when you absolutely positively have to kill every mother **** in the roooooooooooom .......except no substitutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 If he had anything to do with Queen I'm not **** interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) The AK-47 was a blatant ripoff of the German MP44, but he certainly produced a best-seller. AK-47: Edited December 23, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 the genius of the gun was in the way it was built not the way it looked, it used "off the shelf" parts which made it incredibly cheap whilst still beeing durable, which the german mp44 wasnt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2013 Yeah, the MP44 is basically the father of all assault rifles, but it's complexity made it a difficult weapon to rely on (and also made it hard to make regardless of it using machine pressed parts). The AK47 was stupendously simple, built with enormous tolerances so it will work even if not terribly well looked after and with very simply mechanics. It was basically built around being easy to use and maintain whilst also being a good enough weapon. It's effectively become the engine of revolution because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2013 I knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Did he ever regret his invention or was he kicking back with vodka and hoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2013 I knew that. Thought you might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2013 Did he ever regret his invention or was he kicking back with vodka and hoes? "I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists ... I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawn mower." "Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer ... I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery." "I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this." Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 the tool of choice for freedom fighters everywhere 'political power grows out of the barrel of a gun', very often that gun is an AK 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) The story which I heard was that the AK47 was designed by a committee and that it was a political decision to name it after Kalashnikov because they wanted to give the impression that it was the result of individual creativity in emulation of the West, and as a piece of PR for the soviet system. Edited December 23, 2013 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Did he ever regret his invention or was he kicking back with vodka and hoes? "I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists ... I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawn mower." "Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer ... I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery." "I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this." Wiki Sounds as if it got to him like Nobel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 The story which I heard was that the AK47 was designed by a committee and that it was a political decision to name it after Kalashnikov because they wanted to give the impression that it was the result of individual creativity in emulation of the West, and as a piece of PR for the soviet system. Seems like an odd conspiracy theory. It's an amazingly simple design, it's basically a hollow metal rectangle with a spring stuffed down one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 The story which I heard was that the AK47 was designed by a committee and that it was a political decision to name it after Kalashnikov because they wanted to give the impression that it was the result of individual creativity in emulation of the West, and as a piece of PR for the soviet system. Seems like an odd conspiracy theory. It's an amazingly simple design, it's basically a hollow metal rectangle with a spring stuffed down one side. I heard it from a Soviet historian on Radio 4 a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Why would the Soviet Union have wanted to emulate the west? I'm not saying it isn't true, I'm intrigued with how that serve the purpose of their propaganda machine as it was then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Why would the Soviet Union have wanted to emulate the west? I'm not saying it isn't true, I'm intrigued with how that serve the purpose of their propaganda machine as it was then. Really? have you not read cold war history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Why would the Soviet Union have wanted to emulate the west? I'm not saying it isn't true, I'm intrigued with how that serve the purpose of their propaganda machine as it was then. Really? have you not read cold war history? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glarmorgan Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) The AK 47 is a superb weapon which main advantage (leave the price tag aside) is its ability to operate under any conditions what so ever. I saw how it is dumped into a pit, covered in mud for 10 minutes, but after picking it out - still fired with no problem at all. Israel tried to make its own version of the AK, the Galil. It looked the same and was a part of the fighting forces for quite some time, but was abandoned for the M16 about 15 years ago. Even though the Galil was much heavier, I hated the M16. A couple of drops and you've in a "cease fire" position... Edited December 24, 2013 by Glarmorgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The AK 47 is a superb weapon which main advantage (leave the price tag aside) is its ability to operate under any conditions what so ever. I saw how it is dumped into a pit, covered in mud for 10 minutes, but after picking it out - still fired with no problem at all. Israel tried to make its own version of the AK, the Galil. It looked the same and was a part of the fighting forces for quite some time, but was abandoned for the M16 about 15 years ago. Even though the Galil was much heavier, I hated the M16. A couple of drops and you've in a "cease fire" position... Wait, are you Israeli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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