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The title randomly reminded me of the AK-47 quote from Lord of War (an actually decent Cage film, and definitely a good bit of monologue): Of all the weapons i
by ErrantX 16y ago
The title randomly reminded me of the AK-47 quote from Lord of War (an actually decent Cage film, and definitely a good bit of monologue):
Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947. More commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple 9 pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It'll shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.
Only tangentially related :) but I thought worth sharing. Anyone care to write a redis version?
- btipling 16y agoThis is somewhat related: http://i.imgur.com/Tz0m3.png http://i.imgur.com/Tz0m3.png
- jtdowney 16y agoIt reminded me of the AK-47 quote from Jackie Brown: AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherf@#$%r in the room, accept no substitutes.
- nickpinkston 16y agoI'll only be pedantic about them rarely being forged (mostly stamped) and definitely still having problems of overheating. Try firing one on full auto for more than one clip - better have gloves... They are great weapons though. I've never cleaned mine or had a jam. I hope this database is that good!
- leftnode 16y agoIf we're being pedantic, they use magazines, not clips :)
- nickpinkston 16y agoActually, the words are interchangeable. You've heard of "Banana Clip" I'm sure. Clip is just slang for magazines, but the short word is for some reason associated with small magazines. The manuals all call them magazines - rifles or pistols.
- burgerbrain 16y agoMy understanding of it (and wikipedia seems to back me up) is that the term 'clip' when used properly refers to the device used to assist in loading a magazine. For example, you use a clip to load ammunition into the (internal) magazine of an M1, and you could use a clip to load ammunition into a "banana clip", which actually refers to a style of magazine.
- nickpinkston 16y agoYou're referring to "stripper clips" that were invented before guns had removable springed magazines. Those are a type of clip (and lead to the term), however the slang term clip doesn't refer to pistol magazines - it's merely slang for a magazine. It's a common misconception and what I was responding to. In fact, the internal pistol magazine of a C96 pistol is still a magazine, but it loaded by a stripper clip, and some guns like the Japanese Type 3 are fed directly from stripper type clips - but those aren't "speedloaders" as the article suggests.(To juxtapose the concepts completely...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper_clip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper_clip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C96_pistol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C96_pistol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_Heavy_Machine_Gun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_Heavy_Machine_Gun
- burgerbrain 16y agoI'm refering to the wikipedia article on ammunition clips in general: "A clip is a device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit, ready for insertion into the magazine or cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up the process of loading and reloading the firearm as several rounds can be loaded at once, rather than one round being loaded at a time." https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Clip_%28ammunition%29 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Clip_%28ammun... Using the term "clip" to mean "magazine" is both slang, and incorrect.
- tsycho 16y agoYou actually own a AK-47? Out of curiosity, why?
- burgerbrain 16y agoWhy do people own TVs? They're fun.
- nickpinkston 16y agoWell, few people own true AK47's, most own copies of the Russian AKM which is made from stamped parts (as opposed to machined on the true AK47 [1]. I own a semi-auto Romanian WASR 10 - which is very common in the US (PA). They go for ~$300 at a sporting goods store. It's a lot of fun to shoot, the AK is cheap reliable, historical and can be used for fun, hunting (yes) and in survival situations. I actually do a "StartupGuns" [2] event in Pittsburgh where a bunch of us go shooting like OpenCoffee or similar. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akm ("Features") [2] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=207534415228 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=207534415228
- keiferski 16y agoSupposedly the Ak 47s used in the film were real, as real Ak 47s are less expensive than fake ones. But I'm not sure where I heard this, or if it's even true.
- Luc 16y agoWell, have I got the definite resource for you! http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Lord_of_War http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Lord_of_War "According to Director Andrew Niccol in the DVD commentary, the guns were real guns rented from a real arms dealer, as it was cheaper for the production to rent 3,000 real guns than to rent 3,000 blank converted props. "
- bioh42_2 16y agoDidn't Brandon Lee die because someone mistook a real gun and bullets for prop ones?
- tvon 16y agoNot quite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Lee#Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Lee#Death > (...) behind schedule (...) they decided to make dummy cartridges from real cartridges by pulling out the bullets, dumping out the propellant and reinserting the bullets. However, the team neglected to remove the primers, which, if fired, could still produce just enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel. At some point prior to the fatal scene, the live primer in one of the improperly constructed dummy rounds was discharged by an unknown person while in the pistol, leaving the bullet stuck in the barrel. > (...) the same gun was later reloaded with blank cartridges and used in the scene in which Lee was shot. When the first blank cartridge was fired, the stuck bullet was propelled out of the barrel and struck Lee in the abdomen, lodging in his spine.
- kprobst 16y agoI think most movies use the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, which is a Kalashnikov knock-off and is far more common in the US than the real thing. Most people can't tell the difference between the two. BTW, I highly recommend "The Gun" by C.J. Chivers. It's a fascinating historical treatise about this weapon.
- Duff 16y agoI doubt the actual weapon was profitable. They literally made like 75 million of the things. The Soviets may have made a few bucks setting up factories in the 3rd world for licensed production.
- iujyhgftrgh 16y agoColonel Kalashnikov was paid by a west german company that owned the marketing rights to the name - I think they made aftershave!
- dennisgorelik 16y agoThe largest chunk of export from Russia is oil and gas, not weapons.
- grinich 16y agoHollywood doesn't really care.