Kalashnikov Rifle Still Ascendant
AK-47 turns 60, and still a popular choice
"While hospitalized with wounds after a German shell hit his tank in the 1941 battle of Bryansk, Kalashnikov decided to design an automatic rifle combining the best features of the American M1 and the German StG44.
“Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer,” said Kalashnikov, frail but sharp at 87. “I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery.”
"...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their AKs into axes..."
"While hospitalized with wounds after a German shell hit his tank in the 1941 battle of Bryansk, Kalashnikov decided to design an automatic rifle combining the best features of the American M1 and the German StG44.
“Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer,” said Kalashnikov, frail but sharp at 87. “I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery.”
"...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their AKs into axes..."
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