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Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer ... I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery.
-- Mikhail KalashnikovI am proud to have created a weapon that has become a symbol of resistance against tyranny.
-- Mikhail KalashnikovIt’s funny that Kalashnikov and Glock, designers of the two most used guns in the world, originally designed mundane things. Kalash with farm equipment, and Glock with shower curtains
It was made out of a Clock because all you need to do is add a little line.
Trump is a real gamer and knows AKs usually do more damage in games than their Western counterparts
I think that's to imply the AK is chambered for 7.62×39mm, which does hit harder than 5.56mm NATO.
AK-74/AKM are for 5.45x39mm, 7.62 was used for early types of AK.
Not to ‘Ackchyually’ you, but the AKM is also chambered in 7.62. The 74 was the one to bring in the intermediate cartridge.
Eugene Stoner of failing ArmaLite has a problem... his gas system is no longer "hot"
Red Dawn (1984) was about Russia invading.
Red Dawn (2012) was about
invading.It's time for Red Dawn 3: Chavistas!
Apparently there aren't many 47s left. I'm told most of the AKs in circulation are AKMs or 74s, or newer variants.
I don’t think 47s were ever issued or were quickly replaced with AKMs and 74s.
The AK47 is just a concept at this point. It's the slightly scarier "assault weapon".
I loved learning about those guns. They're simultaneously put together by some eldritch instructions, but also invincible.
Also simple and cheap to make. They say logistics win wars, and the war in Ukraine shows that ignoring nukes, peer combat will be quite conventional.
although drones are likely to be the 21st century's machine gun
Drones and a fuckload of conventional artillery. Turns out the latter has always been hyper effective against damn near any target if you can spot efficiently.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Most gun folks in this country do not recognize the superiority of gas pistons over direct impingement, but my friends overseas are saying that over the years of fighting in some of the worst conditions that it is really no contest, the gas piston is just better folks!
Outside of certain sects of Fudds I think the general gun nut consensus is that ARs and AKs have both been functionally perfected, and either is fine. Modern ARs can be beat to shit and keep cycling rounds, and modern AKs have much better accuracy than their cheap ancestors did.
“We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.”
