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end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:23 pm
by kennyc
Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:46 pm
by Fedaykin
Sad news but the myth that has built up around the man is tiresome. Considering the AK-47 is a copy of the AB-46...
AK-46 prototype:
AB-46 Prototype:
AK-47 prototype:

Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:50 pm
by John MH
Obituary:
Kalashnikov
From the BBC Lebanese boy holding AK47

Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:53 pm
by Fedaykin
Looks like he is holding a G-3 to me
Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:59 pm
by Fedaykin
Or MP5, hard to tell from that angle. A product of Oberndorf nevertheless
Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:05 pm
by northumbrian
John MH wrote:Obituary:
Kalashnikov
From the BBC Lebanese boy holding AK47

MP5 - AK47, yeah I can see how they'd get confused with that one :cool2:
But back to the original topic, sad day for the gun world, but his legacy will live on for quite some time.
Re: end of an era ?
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:10 pm
by John MH
BBC removed the picture, someone must have educated them.
RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:18 pm
by Egg on Leggs1
Re: RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:26 pm
by IainWR
Re: RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:08 pm
by Egg on Leggs1
Oops, did look but could not see anything related.