Comments on: Mikhail Kalashnikov is not a happy camper

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:46:50 +0000

Google translate = Borat

By: seo

seo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:12:57 +0000

I thought the object was to leave the ideology out of it? Most of the posts above are ideology. Kalashnikov was a guy who figured out a simple, durable, easily manufactured assault carbine. Maybe not the equal of the AR or FN or Gewehr in performance, but when the whole package is taken together, it’s the weapon that poor countries can afford, and it’s good enough to put poor people’s armies on something like equal footing with the rich countries’ armies. That is a remarkable thing, whether we like it or not.
SEO

By: jdun

jdun — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:13:20 +0000

The AK isn’t a bad design. The pinnacle of its ideology, that is inexpensive, mass produced, and designed for people that don’t know how to shoot.

With the exception of the AK107 and 108, other then changing calibers, the AK mainly stay the same over the years. The AR has changed with the times and have gotten better with each generation.

By: caposkaw

caposkaw — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:13:53 +0000

noooo!
I want to buy a saiga 12…
I hope that the Izhmash don’t close before…

By: 22lr

22lr — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:12:56 +0000

LOL so lets go kill the people that started the rumor, kinda sounds like the good ole days of the USSR (or is it just me). Gosh I thought that the guy who invented the infamous AK would have thicker skin than that. Well I guess the golden day of the AK is no more. Maybe people have actually just seen the light and realized how gosh awful the AK is.

By: greyhorse

greyhorse — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:27:40 +0000

Don’t you just love it “The power of Russia” … I guess he didn’t get the memo, communism failed when the Communists ran out of other people’s money to give away.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:08:27 +0000

What the hell? I am shock by the statement. No Western firearms manufactures would spread rumors like this.Then again it could be the Germans. I joke, I joke.

It could be from stock brokers that want to drive down the value of the company. Is Izhmash publicly traded in Russia? The Russian stock market has lost over 50% of it value. With oil price dropping, Russia is in serious economic trouble.

It could be government officials that are helping a rival company. Russian’s officials aren’t known for honesty.

With that said, a lot of former Com-Bloc is moving away from the AK design.