Author Topic: AK-47: 20th century´s weapon #1 (Read 4348 times)

SonnenKinder · « **on:** February 10, 2010, 08:27:28 PM »

Hard to say just where this weapon hasn't reached. Created in communist Russia, the AK-47 has shown up in 92 countries, has been part of 90% of wars in the second half of the 20th century (sometimes on both sides) and has killed at least 7 million people. It won over American rifles in Vietname, replaced spears in warrior tribes in Africa, it became an icon in Mozambique's flag, a monument in Nicaragua and, today, is in the hands of Islamic terrorists and drug dealers. At the age of 60, the AK-47 tells the story of the 20th century.

In the 1940s, weapon designers realized that the machineguns used in the trenches during WWI were out-of-date. With the invention of armoured tanks and wide-range artillery, whoever stood still in the open field was under serious risk of being hit. Unlike the lingering conflicts in WWI, with these weapons the fights were fast, urban with moving troops looking for moving targets. This is how the first assault rifle, the Sturm Gewehr, was born - a light German weapon, with intense and instantaneous firing power.

When WWII was over, Russia's domination was extended to Germany and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin decided to create a similar automatic weapon, that could be used in every communist country. In order to decide which weapon would become Soviet Union's trademark, the government promoted, in 1947, a contest between designers. The winner was a former WWII soldier that had begun drawing the weapon five years earlier, while on a hospital bed.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

In 1941, Mikhail Kalashnikov was 22 and working with Soviet tanks' mechanisms in WWII. During the nazi invasion of Moscow, he was forced to ride one of the tanks himself to fight against Hitler's troops. The Germans bombed 90% of the city, including Kalashnikov's tank. His right shoulder was destroyed and he was sent into a hospital, where he stayed for nearly a year. With nothing better to do, he spent his time drawing weapons. "Once, a soldier in the bed next to me asked me: 'Why do we have one rifle for 2 or 3 soldiers, while each German has automatic weapons?' So I decided to design one for us.", he told British newspaper The Guardian, in 2003.

Punjabi Janta Forums - Janta Di Pasand · « **on:** February 10, 2010, 08:27:28 PM »

Y "BB" · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2010, 01:46:32 AM »

hahahahhahahah ik movie yaad aa gai
us ch dharmender es gun nu kehnda aa
ancko machko mishti banduk :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:

« **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2010, 02:40:33 AM »

samj ni lagdi ki ans deva :angr: :angr:

TheStig · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2010, 06:07:45 AM »

yeah ive heard of that guys name somwher
they still havent got any patent on it and you can make it anywher

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:26:06 PM »

Quote from: кαѕαм кнυ∂α ∂ι on February 11, 2010, 01:46:32 AM

hahahahhahahah ik movie yaad aa gai
us ch dharmender es gun nu kehnda aa
ancko machko mishti banduk :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:

kuch smj ni aaya :wait:

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:27:27 PM »

Quote from: AVAGA TERA HUBBY BAN K on February 11, 2010, 02:40:33 AM

samj ni lagdi ki ans deva :angr: :angr:

jado smj na aaye ta chup raho :happy: nothing better den silence

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:29:23 PM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 11, 2010, 06:07:45 AM

yeah ive heard of that guys name somwher
they still havent got any patent on it and you can make it anywher

yea correct but he got it patented in late 90s and i heard somone telling that he dished hundred n thounsands of dollars from indian govt for its licence production. its still illegally manufactured in north western pakistan.

Y "BB" · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2010, 11:53:24 PM »

Quote from: SonnenKinder on February 11, 2010, 09:26:06 PM

kuch smj ni aaya :wait:

hahahahahha tenu samjh v n auna :laugh:

TheStig · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:47:39 AM »

is it patented?
i am not sure man cuz even China is producing it .. same like electronics

who know if they have a big factory heheh

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2010, 05:07:23 AM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 12, 2010, 04:47:39 AM

is it patented?
i am not sure man cuz even China is producing it .. same like electronics
who know if they have a big factory heheh

No, earlier it was not patended. Kalshnikov got its patent in late 90s. Yea still many countries are manufacturing it illegally.

TheStig · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2010, 05:33:31 AM »

just image chinese one breaks down after 2 mags hahahha

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2010, 05:35:59 AM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 12, 2010, 05:33:31 AM

just image chinese one breaks down after 2 mags hahahha

neva in my life, i bought a thing made in china. No doubt those are cheaper but qualitatively inferior.

TheStig · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2010, 05:55:09 AM »

yeah true
have u seen in india many of the people use fake chinese fones, I bought a Nokia N95 2 years ago for about 910 Aussie Dollars and went to india and everyone was like china mobile warga lagda . am like yeah sure..
3500 rupees and 40000 ch koi fark hi nahi hehe

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2010, 05:59:47 AM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 12, 2010, 05:55:09 AM

yeah true
have u seen in india many of the people use fake chinese fones, I bought a Nokia N95 2 years ago for about 910 Aussie Dollars and went to india and everyone was like china mobile warga lagda . am like yeah sure..
3500 rupees and 40000 ch koi fark hi nahi hehe

: chinese are gud at faking things. I dun think chinese fakes are popular among middle class and upper class Indians.

TheStig · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:04:35 AM »

i hate them .. am from middle class family.
i will rather keeping the cheap but good brand fone
i bought 37 fones in last 3 years :D :hehe:

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #15 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:12:12 AM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 12, 2010, 06:04:35 AM

i hate them .. am from middle class family.
i will rather keeping the cheap but good brand fone
i bought 37 fones in last 3 years :D :hehe:

: i aint dt obsessed with fones. i wud hv rather bought 1000 books in one year. :happy:

TheStig · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:16:25 AM »

hahha that many books :D
i had like 4 different author books for each of my Physics chemistry and maths
i studied them all once.. not to write exams.. just to learn new things

SonnenKinder · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:22:03 AM »

Quote from: Codename 47 on February 12, 2010, 06:16:25 AM

hahha that many books :D
i had like 4 different author books for each of my Physics chemistry and maths
i studied them all once.. not to write exams.. just to learn new things

i read all kinda books. books are my first love, my passion. u wud wonder I even read Quran :happy: lots of literature on Budhism, Jainism, judaism and bla bla bla just to hv a first hand knowledge what actually religion is !! And religion does not, still, make ne sense to me. Somtimes, i think, if one wanna become a millionaire he shud start his own religion. :happy:

TheStig · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2010, 07:26:47 AM »

haahahahah
Well thats something realy good about u.
One should learn about other religions but never criticize or say a bad word about others.
There is nothing above humanity.
And one other hand people are fighting for piece of land and other things which is insane

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