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Community => Society and History => Topic started by: Askold on December 28, 2013, 02:28:23 am

Title: Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Post by: Askold on December 28, 2013, 02:28:23 am: http://www.news.com.au/world/mikhail-kalashnikov-to-get-heroes-funeral-in-russia/story-fndir2ev-1226790923797

I hadn't even heard about his death and they already held the funeral.

He always seemed like a nice old guy, quiet and patriotic. He never really profited hugely from his design, though at least in public he didn't seem to mind that.
Title: Re: Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 28, 2013, 03:55:32 am: Well... shit. As a gun afficianado, the Kalashnikov was one of the Russian guns I admired greatly alongside the AK... damn. That kinda sucks.
Title: Re: Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 28, 2013, 06:56:49 am: I think in a list of most influential persons list, this guy has a pretty good shot of making the top 10.
Title: Re: Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 28, 2013, 09:13:16 am: One of the men who helped shape modern combat, I take my metaphorical hat off to you and wish your family the best.
Title: Re: Mikhail Kalashnikov is dead.
Post by: Lt. Fred on December 28, 2013, 05:18:19 pm: Quote from: Cerim Treascair on December 28, 2013, 03:55:32 am
Well... shit. As a gun afficianado, the Kalashnikov was one of the Russian guns I admired greatly alongside the AK... damn. That kinda sucks.

The "AK" in AK-47 mean Avtomat Kalashnikova, or Automatic/asssault Kalishnikov. It's an unbelievably common design, it's been turned into sub-machine guns, heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, semi-automatic carbines, shotguns, it's been stolen by the Chinese and used to arm their enormous army, is routinely knocked off in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, South America... It can fire 7.62, it can fire 12 gauge, it can even fire 5.56 NATO rounds. It is just about the weapon of our age.

And he wasn't even an infantryman! He drove a tank!