4 ms·

What I was taught in public school is that the Germans used slave labor and POWs to work in factories to make their weapons, tanks, planes, rockets, etc and thi

What I was taught in public school is that the Germans used slave labor and POWs to work in factories to make their weapons, tanks, planes, rockets, etc and this led to a quality control issue while the USA and Britain had well paid and well fed people who made better quality weapons, tanks, aircraft, etc. The Russians had an advantage because of their AK-47 rifle and a lot of fighting was done at the Russian front as Hitler tried to take over Russia. People forgot that Russia did a lot of fighting as well as had better weapons and stuff as well. The USA has military superiority because we have better technology and better trained people. For example our fighter jets are better designed and our pilots are better trained than their Russian counterparts. Most of the USA's enemies buy fighters and stuff form Russia, but they end up being no match for the USA stuff.

deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
usaphp 11y ago
Ak-47 was designed in 1949, I think you are missing something, war was over by that time
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  After the war, yes, but design began in 1945 and was completed in 1947, thus the "-47."
  - usaphp 11y ago
    But it was adopted by Soviet army in 1949 officially, at least that's what Wikipedia says
dollaaron 11y ago
In AK-47, the 47 comes from the year the design was finished, design work didn't even begin until 1945, so the AK-47 certainly didn't help them win WW2.
hentrep 11y ago
As others have mentioned, this all occurred before the AK-47 was put into production. I believe the Mosin-Nagant 91/30 was standard issue for Soviets in WW2.
jamuelsaxon 11y ago
>What I was taught in public school Why down vote someone essentially confirming what the main article claims? Are you down voters just too embarrassed by what is being taught in US public schools? I for one am not surprised considering we still hear of fights by school boards to include bologna like "intelligent design" in school books right next to the theory of evolution. Edit: Yes, do respond by down voting this post too. We wouldn't want to shatter your fragile but entirely false views of the world now, would we? "US is the best. US education is the pinnacle of the world! USA! USA! Woop woop!" ... Did I do it right? I can haz imaginary internet points nao? :P
- saryant 11y ago
  GP is factually incorrect. Defending that is not a recipe for success.
  - saint_fiasco 11y ago
    You mean he was not in fact taught that in school?
    - deleted 11y ago
      [deleted]
      - dang 11y ago
        > But hey, good job trying to twist my intent! I love a good intellectually dishonest conversation! Please don't do this here. It's neither civil nor substantive.
        deleted 11y ago
        [deleted]
- adventured 11y ago
  The US is in fact the pinnacle of education, in several regards. For example it has by far the best university system. No other country comes even remotely close. On any list of the top 50 universities on earth, the US will routinely take the top 40 or 45 slots. If you make a list of the top 20 universities, it's going to be dominated by 19 from the US, with Oxford thrown in for good measure. The US won the math olympiad this year, and is pretty much always near the top. You might want to check out where certain highly praised European countries tend to come in every year by comparison. The US has one of the highest GDP per capita levels, at $56,000 (#5 for 2015, behind only a few tiny nations), to go with one of the highest median incomes - you don't accomplish that without some amazing education output. The US leads in nobel prizes globally. The US leads in general innovation, R&D, and sheer scientific output. Its universities are productive in that regard in ways nobody else comes close to. Its economy is also one of the most productive. The US leads in space, space tech, aerospace, medtech, biotech, pharma, software, Web, Internet, mobile, agriculture, entertainment, defense tech, is one of the leaders in computing hardware, and is also one of the leaders in pretty much every type of energy technology. It's also the world's #2 manufacturer. So yeah, the US does a lot of things really really well. You don't accomplish all of that, and manage to produce such a massive economic engine for over a century, with extremely high output levels per capita, without at least a decent education system to go with it - which is why so few countries can match up to the US economically or scientifically.
wdewind 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41 not AK-47
nether 11y ago
Are you drunk?
- dang 11y ago
  We ban accounts that post like this here, so please don't do it again. Comments need to be civil and substantive, and personal attacks are not allowed. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
deleted 11y ago
[deleted]

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

usaphp 11y ago

Ak-47 was designed in 1949, I think you are missing something, war was over by that time

PhasmaFelis 11y ago
After the war, yes, but design began in 1945 and was completed in 1947, thus the "-47."
- usaphp 11y ago
  But it was adopted by Soviet army in 1949 officially, at least that's what Wikipedia says

dollaaron 11y ago

In AK-47, the 47 comes from the year the design was finished, design work didn't even begin until 1945, so the AK-47 certainly didn't help them win WW2.

hentrep 11y ago

As others have mentioned, this all occurred before the AK-47 was put into production. I believe the Mosin-Nagant 91/30 was standard issue for Soviets in WW2.

jamuelsaxon 11y ago

>What I was taught in public school Why down vote someone essentially confirming what the main article claims? Are you down voters just too embarrassed by what is being taught in US public schools? I for one am not surprised considering we still hear of fights by school boards to include bologna like "intelligent design" in school books right next to the theory of evolution. Edit: Yes, do respond by down voting this post too. We wouldn't want to shatter your fragile but entirely false views of the world now, would we? "US is the best. US education is the pinnacle of the world! USA! USA! Woop woop!" ... Did I do it right? I can haz imaginary internet points nao? :P

saryant 11y ago
GP is factually incorrect. Defending that is not a recipe for success.
- saint_fiasco 11y ago
  You mean he was not in fact taught that in school?
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
    - dang 11y ago
      > But hey, good job trying to twist my intent! I love a good intellectually dishonest conversation! Please don't do this here. It's neither civil nor substantive.
      - deleted 11y ago
        [deleted]
adventured 11y ago
The US is in fact the pinnacle of education, in several regards. For example it has by far the best university system. No other country comes even remotely close. On any list of the top 50 universities on earth, the US will routinely take the top 40 or 45 slots. If you make a list of the top 20 universities, it's going to be dominated by 19 from the US, with Oxford thrown in for good measure. The US won the math olympiad this year, and is pretty much always near the top. You might want to check out where certain highly praised European countries tend to come in every year by comparison. The US has one of the highest GDP per capita levels, at $56,000 (#5 for 2015, behind only a few tiny nations), to go with one of the highest median incomes - you don't accomplish that without some amazing education output. The US leads in nobel prizes globally. The US leads in general innovation, R&D, and sheer scientific output. Its universities are productive in that regard in ways nobody else comes close to. Its economy is also one of the most productive. The US leads in space, space tech, aerospace, medtech, biotech, pharma, software, Web, Internet, mobile, agriculture, entertainment, defense tech, is one of the leaders in computing hardware, and is also one of the leaders in pretty much every type of energy technology. It's also the world's #2 manufacturer. So yeah, the US does a lot of things really really well. You don't accomplish all of that, and manage to produce such a massive economic engine for over a century, with extremely high output levels per capita, without at least a decent education system to go with it - which is why so few countries can match up to the US economically or scientifically.

wdewind 11y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41 not AK-47

nether 11y ago

Are you drunk?

dang 11y ago
We ban accounts that post like this here, so please don't do it again. Comments need to be civil and substantive, and personal attacks are not allowed. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]