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I figured this was coming. That article really shows off how Kalashnikov was a 100% commie red koolaid drinking party member. Not to mention a complete and total egomaniac. His rifle is great, but I never thought very highly of the guy. May he rest in peace."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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I will be drowning my sorrows in the bottom of a vodka bottle for the next few daysComment
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Go pour out a few for the home boys that can't being here with us anymore...
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."Comment
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Will dump lots of ammo in his honor next weekend. RIPComment
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Clearly the msm is confused. In a time when everything is an AK47, now the one and only has died.Fuck you. We're going to Costco.Comment
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Designer of the AR-15 assault rifle.Originally posted by kbscobravert View Post"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Homeboy ripped off Hugo Schmeisser in more ways than one, to the point where almost nothing is of his own design.Originally posted by CJ View Post
In the 1990s interview, he claimed his gun and Schmeisser's had nothing in common at all, then around 2002-2003 he said he drew "a little bit of inspiration" from it. Then in 2009 he admitted to working alongside Schmeisser:
Dude is kind of a joke. Influential nonetheless.Originally posted by lincolnboyComment
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If you're familiar with how the USSR does things, then it all makes sense. They put this "common soldier" on a pedestal as an example of how great and excellent communism is. When in fact he may for all we know have been Schmeisser's errand boy. He never spoke like a humble respectable engineer in my opinion, which is why I always thought what is attributed to him is questionable. I think it's far more likely the weapon was designed by captured German engineers and then they selected Kalashnikov as the hero for the people. Do you really think Russia would admit their countries signature weapon and really only claim to engineering fame was designed by their mortal enemies the Germans? Please.Originally posted by DOHCTR View PostHomeboy ripped off Hugo Schmeisser in more ways than one, to the point where almost nothing is of his own design.
In the 1990s interview, he claimed his gun and Schmeisser's had nothing in common at all, then around 2002-2003 he said he drew "a little bit of inspiration" from it. Then in 2009 he admitted to working alongside Schmeisser:
Dude is kind of a joke. Influential nonetheless.Last edited by CJ; 12-23-2013, 03:22 PM."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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My thoughts exactly.Originally posted by lincolnboyComment
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Famous Soviet arms builder Mihail Kalasnikov recently acknowledged he didn't worked alone at the design and development of the AK-47 assault rifle, but he benefited from the help of Hugo Schmeisser, the most prolific small arms inventor of the Third Reich. Kalashnikov and Schmeisser meet each other at the small arms factory of Izhevsk, writes Life.ru as quoted by Agerpress, the Romanian national news agency.
According to the Russian historian Aleksei Korobeinikov, Schmeisser arrived in Ijhevsk immediately after the war. The city of Suhl, Schmeisser's hometown in defeated Germany, was situated in the Soviet occupation zone. Schmeisser and another couple of dozens German small arms specialists received from the Soviet occupiers an offer they "couldn't refuse": to work at a Soviet small arms factory in the Urals. How the Soviets were making these types of "generous offers" after the war isn't a secret for anyone anymore. So as a result of the Soviet "proposal" a train with German specialists arrived at Izhevs on October 24th 1946. Together with Schmeisser and his colleagues, the train carried all the blue prints and plans the Soviets could grab from their occupation zone. Truth be told, the Western Allies did exactly the same thing.
The Russian experts are claiming that it is pretty hard to determine Hugo Schmeisser contribution to the design and development of the AK-47 assault rifle because all official documents referring to this episode are still classified (gee, I wonder why?) and Schmeisser didn't left behind any kind of memoirs or letters about his life in the Soviet Union.
Referring to this period, Schmeisser evasively said "I gave the Russians some advice".
The German arms maker left behind in Izhevsk only a couple of letters and photographs. The house in which Schmeisser and his colleagues used to live is now in ruins. Aleksandr Ermakov, an employee of the Kalashnikov Museum declares: "only a few letters are in our possession in which Schmeisser is petitioning the Soviet Defense Minister for improving the substandard living conditions, complains about the food and asks for an increase in salary and a travel permit to visit his homeland.
Many historians are claiming Michail Kalashnikov has "stolen" the AK-47 design from the Germans. In opposition, the Russians claim that Schmeisser only role was to implement the new manufacturing technologies for mass producing the new assault rifle.
The assault rifle designed by Hugo Schmeisser during WWII (STG 44 - Sturmgewehr 44, also known as MP 43 and MP 44) looks very similar with the AK-47, designed by Kalasnikov. But the Russians are claiming that the similarities are stopping once you get to look inside the rifle. Kalashnikov is claiming he started work on his design in 1943 and by 1946 his rifle was already in the testing phase. However, denying the German contribution to the mass production of the AK-47 rifle would be a another Soviet lie historians say; it is undeniable that at Ijhevsk, Schmeisser took care of the AK-47 stamped receiver manufacturing process. Moreover, the merit for the mass production of the stamped receiver, the ammunition magazine and other important parts of the rifle are undeniably the product of Schmeisser's efforts."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Comrades, comrades, plese to let the calmer heads prevail. In glorious Soviet Union, we are making many glorious engineering triumphs...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."Comment
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Originally posted by helosailor View Post
Yak 38. One third were lost during take off because the intakes would suck in the exhaust. They were the Russian navy's main air superiority fighter from 1972 until the dissolution of the USSR. I.e., Russian engineering sucks.Originally posted by lincolnboyComment
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