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Sgt. Mikhail Kalashnikov Bday
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 Posted: Wed Nov 11th, 2009 11:22 AM
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It's CNN but worth the read:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/10/russia.kalashnikov/index.html?eref=rss_world



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 Posted: Wed Nov 11th, 2009 05:49 PM
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It took him several more years to develop and fine-tune what later became an internationally recognized perfect killing instrument...

Are they serious? :lol:

Pretty cool for the Russians that he's still alive. Imagine if we still had Samuel Colt or John Browning alive.


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I read somewhere that Mikhail did not design the AK-47 that is named after him but was designed by captured rifle designer of the famous m39, m40 Schmitzers. Mikhail helped design the magazine that feeds the AK-47.


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