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While I respect Kalashnikov and his rifle (very simple, among the best weapons in the world IMHO), the design was taken from the Germans, just like it was with
by jotm 13y ago
While I respect Kalashnikov and his rifle (very simple, among the best weapons in the world IMHO), the design was taken from the Germans, just like it was with the Makarov pistol.
The MP43 and MP44 saw action right at the end of WW2, when the Russians stormed Berlin. Just like the Walther PP, Russians basically copied and (slightly) improved upon the design.
Gotta give credit where it's due...
- tarre 13y agoI am not an expert on this area, but I have got impression, that the German WW2-era assault rifles had quite complex design and they were expensive to manufacture. I think AK47 was exactly the opposite.
- magila 13y agoWhile the two are somewhat similar in external appearance, the STG44 and AK47 are very different rifles internally. Basically the only thing they have in common mechanically is that they both use a long stroke gas piston, along with many other contemporary small arms (Garand, BAR, Bren, DP, etc).
- commandar 13y ago>Gotta give credit where it's due... From a mechanical action standpoint, the AK looks more like the American M1 Garand than it does the MP43/44. > Just like the Walther PP, Russians basically copied and (slightly) improved upon the design. You probably have a stronger case here, though, again, when it comes to the specifics, the Makarov has a parts count nearly half that of the Walther. Really, firearms design is incredibly iterative. If we're talking service handguns, for example, there are really fewer than a half-dozen designs that nearly every modern, full size service handgun made today derives from in some manner.