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| Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94. |
| 2013-12-24 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Yep, copied, sorta, but also an improvement on the item copied. Just a tool? Yep, you betcha. The "left on the table" principle says if it wasn't the AK, some other similar device would have been the go-to dick substitute for the terrs of the planet... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-12-24 20:55 |
| #4 Invented or dare I say...... copied? Sorta ;) |
| Posted by: Jefe101 2013-12-24 17:57 |
| #3 I doubt it would have had the impact it did if the SU hadn't made so many and handed them out to every pretend-revolutionary on the planet. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-12-24 13:37 |
| #2 Arguably invented the highest impact individual weapon ever. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-12-24 12:44 |
| #1 The ballet dancer? Oh, yeah. The inventor of the every-terrorist-wants-one assault rifle. A lot of folks will wish him into Hell, I suppose, but he just invented a simple and effective tool. Too bad the demand was so high. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-12-24 09:35 |