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Mikhail Kalashnikov died today at the age of 94.
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Dec 25, 2013 at 02:00PM EST.
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rest in peace comrade.
R.I.P. Comrade Red, we will drink Vodka in your honor.
The world has just become a bit less Orky.
(What? He INVENTED the AK-47! That is one of the more widespread forms of dakka on Earth!)
A Furry
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Brb buying AK-47 in honor of him.
I'm just gonna move this to the general board. Don't mind me.
Too bad. Now, i'm gonna kill a bunch of (digital) faggots with the AK47.
"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists … I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work -- for example a lawn mower."
- Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Izhmash, the original manufacturer of the AK-47. doesn't produce it since 1959. Most of the AK's we see today are either cheap sporting replicas (chambered in .22 rifle), illegal non-licenced copies or upgrades/modernisations of the rifle (like the AK-74/103, abakan, AKM, Etc)
Menthol wrote:
"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists … I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work -- for example a lawn mower."
- Mikhail Kalashnikov
In Soviet Russia, farmers use AK-47's to mow their lawns.