Father of “Kalashnikov” turns 90

The Kalashnikov's reliability is what makes it so popular around the world... making those Russian detractors very angry... The Kalashnikov remains unsurpassd in it sreliability and durability... and good for Kalashnikov for creating such a great rifle...

Stefanya wrote:

The Kalashnikov's reliability is what makes it so popular around the world... making those Russian detractors very angry... The Kalashnikov remains unsurpassd in it sreliability and durability... and good for Kalashnikov for creating such a great rifle...

The Kalashnikkov was more or less copied from a German wartime assault rifle which went not to full production.

Stefanya wrote:

The Kalashnikov's reliability is what makes it so popular around the world... making those Russian detractors very angry... The Kalashnikov remains unsurpassd in it sreliability and durability... and good for Kalashnikov for creating such a great rifle...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44
The model of which Kalashnikov assault rifle was copied.

Matti wrote:

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The Kalashnikkov was more or less copied from a German wartime assault rifle which went not to full production.

As soon as I know Kalashnikkov was an original model.
But if you is right the copy is better than original :D

Sasha wrote:

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As soon as I know Kalashnikkov was an original model.
But if you is right the copy is better than original :D

I have known since 40's, that the model for Russian Kalashnikov was the German assault rifle from the end of the war.
Kalashnikov made it better than the original one but for sure Germans as well had made it better had the war not ended so soon for them.

Matti wrote:

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I have known since 40's, that the model for Russian Kalashnikov was the German assault rifle from the end of the war.
Kalashnikov made it better than the original one but for sure Germans as well had made it better had the war not ended so soon for them.

In any case Kalashnikov is 90 years old now. He is in good health and continues to work.
Is it wonderfully to live with such full life at his age, isn't it?
My congratulations to him.

Sasha wrote:

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In any case Kalashnikov is 90 years old now. He is in good health and continues to work.
Is it wonderfully to live with such full life at his age, isn't it?
My congratulations to him.

Yes, Congratulations to Kalashnikov for his great invention, which makes the biased, hate-filled Russophobes gnash their teeth, and make rude remarks... Nevertheless, Kalashnikov did a great thing and I hope he lives to be a hundred... and invents yet something else...

too bad the old kalashko could not patented it himself or leave russia, he could have been a billionaire.

pesky the real deal wrote:

too bad the old kalashko could not patented it himself or leave russia, he could have been a billionaire.

I don't think that Kalashnikov wanted to leave Russia or regretted that he was not the millionaire.
He is cheerful and pleased always. He lives in a prosperity and is engaging in favourite business today while he is 90.
He is very Soviet in good sense. He was a simple sergeant during WW2.
He is talented engineer. It is necessary to be a successful businessman for that to be a millionaire.
I don't think that he wants to leave Russia now.
See at him, in any case he is happy now. Russian people love him and respect him very much
Is his life successful, isn't it?

where would he go now, at 90 ?
he could get lost at the first airport.
to invent the most sought for gun and die poor is a tragedy to me, perhaps he´s happy with all those tin medals, but i would pin those on putinko´s head if i were him.

Sasha wrote:

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In any case Kalashnikov is 90 years old now. He is in good health and continues to work.
Is it wonderfully to live with such full life at his age, isn't it?
My congratulations to him.

He could have made millions but being a russian peasant that he is he did not. Besides don"t they pay him any royalties? Some how I don"t believe him when he says that he did not make any money from the AK-47 rifle.
He probaly is a millionaire but he just wont say it to the public.

pesky the real deal wrote:

where would he go now, at 90 ?
he could get lost at the first airport.
to invent the most sought for gun and die poor is a tragedy to me, perhaps he´s happy with all those tin medals, but i would pin those on putinko´s head if i were him.

How do you know that he is poor? Are you his accountant?

pesky the real deal wrote:

too bad the old kalashko could not patented it himself or leave russia, he could have been a billionaire.

So he did not patented? LOL typical russian peasant. But how do you know he did not patented? Leave Russia? Why would he leave his own homeland? He seems like a real patriot. Not a racist nationalist but just a patriotic person.

kalashnikov was a great weapon when afghans beat russians,too.

luky,
if he was a millionaire why would he live in russia among all that chaos ?
how mamy rich russians do you know hanging around in russia these days ?

pesky the real deal wrote:

where would he go now, at 90 ?
he could get lost at the first airport.
to invent the most sought for gun and die poor is a tragedy to me, perhaps he´s happy with all those tin medals, but i would pin those on putinko´s head if i were him.

He has good health. His head is OK. He travels much in Russia and writes books.
Till now he works at factory "IJMASH".

http://www.myudm.ru/interview/kalashnikov/
http://www.kalashnikov.name/photo/kalashnivov...

that´s all fine, just re-read my posting...what about if he were to leave then, where could he be now ?
mother russia, tin medals is all very nice gestures, but this man could have been among the richest people this world ever known.

superdelegate wrote:

kalashnikov was a great weapon when afghans beat russians,too.

Osama Bin Laden seems to be a huge fan of AK-47.

pesky the real deal wrote:

that´s all fine, just re-read my posting...what about if he were to leave then, where could he be now ?
mother russia, tin medals is all very nice gestures, but this man could have been among the richest people this world ever known.

How many the richest persons of the world among designers of arms?

pesky the real deal wrote:

luky,
if he was a millionaire why would he live in russia among all that chaos ?
how mamy rich russians do you know hanging around in russia these days ?

Putin is rich and he is still in Russia.