>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

>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.