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He simply made a good gun, not a weapon of revolution, and not a weapon for guerrilla armies. It was just a new gun for regular USSR army. Kalashnikov was a sim
by a-nikolaev 13y ago
He simply made a good gun, not a weapon of revolution, and not a weapon for guerrilla armies. It was just a new gun for regular USSR army. Kalashnikov was a simple soldier during the WW2, so he knew very well that a new rifle: 1) has to be very reliable, 2) it has to shoot better than your enemies weapons, 3) it should be easily mass-produced in the time of war, when resources (of all kind) are scarce. These are the design goals.