This talks about this a bit, and many other examples of Russian military equipment simplicity: http://militera.lib.ru/research/suvorov12/06.html http://militer

This talks about this a bit, and many other examples of Russian military equipment simplicity: http://militera.lib.ru/research/suvorov12/06.html http://militera.lib.ru/research/suvorov12/06.html I have heard the book this is from is somewhat inaccurate, but it makes for a good read.