Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes
Whenever I look at TV and I see the weapon I invented to defend my motherland in the hands of these bin Ladens I ask myself the same question: How did it get into their hands? …. I didn't put it in the hands of bandits and terrorists and it's not my fault that it has mushroomed uncontrollably across the globe. Can I be blamed that they consider it the most reliable weapon?
While the inventor of the American M16, a weapon not as good, became a millionaire, the General got a medal but by the beginning of the 21st century was penniless. See {635786}.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, 1919-2013, Russian General & Hero of the Soviet Union, Inventor of the AK47, the finest small arms weapon ever invented
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While the inventor of the American M16, a weapon not as good, became a millionaire, the General got a medal but by the beginning of the 21st century was penniless. See {635785}.
Like many in the 1920s, Dewar saw the Communist Soviet Union as the biggest potential risk to peace. However, although the Russian leaders constantly castigated the West, they did not have a large military, and were for the most part highly anti-war as they saw war as the product of Capitalistic competition and the tool of the aristocracy. They had little military equipment and almost no training or officer corps with which to build any Army. Germany in contrast had the skill, experience, officers, a history of aggression, and huge resentment over what they considered their humiliating WWI defeat and peace terms. They would start WWII, not Russia.
- Born: November 10, 1919
- Died: December 23, 2013
- Nationality: Russian
- Profession: Small Arms Designer, Russian Lieutenant General
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun and RPK light machine gun.
