Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94.

[mojaveman]

Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a firearms designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular weapon, died Monday at the age of 94.


http://news.yahoo.com/rifle-designer-mikhail-kalashnikov-dead-94-163848393.html

[adal]

RIP

[JJ_BPK]

RIP Mikhail, Vaya con Dios.

[ghp95134]

..."Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer," said Kalashnikov....

Yah ... "Because I stole their design."

Well, he didn't say that; there's no mention in the article that he copied the German Sturmgewehr-44.

--GHP

[SpNkid]

Спите спокойно, Михаил Тимофеевич.
Это была хорошая и достойная жизнь.
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