Braddock
Rambo
Topper Harley
I was waiting for the landslide of emotion from the 7.62X39 folks.
john browning
sam colt
bill ruger
Well, I don't think they can argue it when Misha has admitted that he had "help" from the Germans (aka Hugo) who were in the USSR after the Great Patriotic War.
Plus Simonov invented the 7.62X39mm so I got no beef with the CKC people.
The whole "Kalishnakov Cult" will soon collapse once Misha is dead and gone.
Not to mention the STG44 was complicated and expensive to produce, but the AK was quick and cheap. I don't think you can really say the AK was designed on the STG, but rather inspired by it.I think it's a very typical case of "to each his own" As an AK owner, lover, and MAJOR fanboy, I'll defend the gun to the death. As a firearms history enthusiast however, I am well aware the gun was "designed" from the STG-44. However, I will go out on a limb and say that Mikhail DID "invent" the AK47. While there are clearly similarities, the internal are different. The STG44 was a prototype weapon that never reached full potential, Mikhail resurrected a dead design, and PERFECTED it. Shouldn't that quality as an invention?