Kalashnikov R.I.P.

wendell borton

Designer of the ak47 dies age 94.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/23/kalashnikov-designer-of-weapons-dies-aged-94/

tommyboy2222

My thoughts are with his family at this time.

mikom

Love his weed.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i could have sworn he died about a month ago...

fryup

ak-47 gun salute over his coffin ??

ear plugs at the ready

RobbingBandit

Woah had no idea he was still alive, I bet insurgents are firing his invention as we read this post, the man will be remembered forever for his creation.

B.A._Baracus

The man left a legacy.
His weapon is widely regarded as the greatest firearm ever created. Can shoot after its fell in sand, mud or water. Amazing.

cantdecide

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i could have sworn he died about a month ago...

No, he killed last month, this month and most other months too.

Mint Aero

God bless his merry soul

StinkyMunkey

For someone who invented the most well known fireman in the last century, he didn't do very well financially out of it. Mind you, his place in the history books is assured

Days 298

cantdecide wrote: »

No, he killed last month, this month and most other months too.

By that logic Henry Ford is a mass murderer too.

Weapons are needed for defence, no way around it.

DEFTLEFTHAND

He was on that 2013 death list (predictions) that someone posted here a couple of weeks ago, I remember being surprised that he was still going. Peter O'Toole was another.

MadYaker

I visited a military museum in St. Petersburg and they had an entire section dedicated to the AK 47 and a sort of shrine to this guy in the corner. It was great!

Sinfonia

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

For someone who invented the most well known fireman in the last century, he didn't do very well financially out of it. Mind you, his place in the history books is assured

Duckworth_Luas

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

For someone who invented the most well known fireman in the last century, he didn't do very well financially out of it. Mind you, his place in the history books is assured

He created Fireman Sam? :eek:

Nodin

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

He created Fireman Sam? :eek:

No, Comrade Fireman Samski.

My name is URL

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

The man left a legacy.
His weapon is widely regarded as the greatest firearm ever created. Can shoot after its fell in sand, mud or water. Amazing.

Don't think any other gun is featured on a national flag either!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mozambique

Gummy Panda

I hope they bury him with a gold AK 47

Duckworth_Luas

Hold your fire, put down that weapon,
He'll never get to Heaven with that AK-47.

Rhyme

GG AK.

Hande hoche!

He had a good gun run.

MadsL

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

For someone who invented the most well known fireman in the last century, he didn't do very well financially out of it. Mind you, his place in the history books is assured

You just made my day

diomed

My name is URL wrote: »

Don't think any other gun is featured on a national flag either!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mozambique

I was in Mozambique when the flag used was the 1975 to 1983 design. It was lovely as the diagonally placed colours rippled in the breeze

BMJD

Goodbye sweet prince

Riamfada

Say goodbye to my little friend

aligator_am

wendell borton wrote: »

Designer of the ak47 dies age 94.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/23/kalashnikov-designer-of-weapons-dies-aged-94/

I thought the design for this gun was swiped from Nazi Germany after the Soviets conquered Berlin and slightly improved upon by him?

Daqster

I got to say it was a good bad day

Gatling

aligator_am wrote: »

I thought the design for this gun was swiped from Nazi Germany after the Soviets conquered Berlin and slightly improved upon by him?

It was originally the STG 44 Sturmgewehr used late on by the Germans it was also the first modern assault rifle you could mount a infrared night vision scope to

Skylinehead

aligator_am wrote: »

I thought the design for this gun was swiped from Nazi Germany after the Soviets conquered Berlin and slightly improved upon by him?

The Germans had the STG-44. It certainly influenced the AK47, but they're very different.

wretcheddomain

Those who are employing cheap puns on this RIP thread should be shot down by the mods.

Foxhound38

I'm not fan of guns, but even putting aside the fact that this dude never got formal training or even finished school, he was an engineering genius and this weapon proves it. Whatever about what people actually did with it, if you look at it in terms of the balance in ease of use, cheapness of manufacture, durability etc the AK is probably the greatest firearm ever made.

As I said, I hate guns but this guy was a genius and that should be recognized

getzls

Take it Gerry and Martin will be at his funeral.

Though they mainly used Armalites and Thompsons. :cool:

Arrow.

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I'm not fan of guns, but even putting aside the fact that this dude never got formal training or even finished school, he was an engineering genius and this weapon proves it. Whatever about what people actually did with it, if you look at it in terms of the balance in ease of use, cheapness of manufacture, durability etc the AK is probably the greatest firearm ever made.

As I said, I hate guns but this guy was a genius and that should be recognized

You've just made me want an AK47 for Christmas...is it too late I wonder..

StinkyMunkey

MadsL wrote: »

You just made my day

Firearm even:eek:

Hande hoche!

For anyone interested in the history of the AK, a New York Times journalist wrote a good book on it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gun-Story-AK-47/dp/0141020636/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387884418&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gun

_Kaiser_

Taken from one of my favorite movies - Lord of War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF-t-0hDDIA

camel jockey

He would have been better off inventing the lawn mower.

Jester252

Very few people have left a stamp on history with such a simple machine.

mfceiling

dxhound2005

Mikhail must have been wondering about the next world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25709371

In his letter to Patriarch Kirill, Kalashnikov said that he first went into a church at the age of 91 and was later baptised.