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mojaveman
12-23-2013, 11:53
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
12-23-2013, 11:57
RIP

JJ_BPK
12-23-2013, 12:23
RIP Mikhail, Vaya con Dios.

ghp95134
12-23-2013, 12:23
..."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
12-23-2013, 13:39
Спите спокойно, Михаил Тимофеевич.
Это была хорошая и достойная жизнь.
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