Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!opus.ies-energy.com!online.no!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!europa.clark.net!204.59.152.222!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news.rdc1.tn.home.com!not-for-mail From: "Brett Jacobs" Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,alt.games.quake Subject: Re: Gun specialists? What about *REAL* guns? Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:01:22 -0400 Organization: @Home Network Lines: 31 Message-ID: <6h0tcm$o4d$1@ha2.rdc1.tn.home.com> References: <35334ed9.3100497@news.telia.lt> <01bd67b7$9bccac80$LocalHost@nook> <01bd67eb$fe738140$0200000a@kld_mcs> NNTP-Posting-Host: ci1000185-a.sptnbrg1.sc.home.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38908 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27635 alt.games.quake:27862 Kalashnykov was the designer and he based the AK-47 on an extremely rare WW2 German assault rifle called the STG44. The STG44 is considered to be the first assault rifle ever designed. The STG44 design (stamped steel) heaviliy influenced most of the Heckler & Koch designs also. But Heckler and Koch chose to utilize the rolller lock delay of the MG-42 in virtually every firearm they have produced to date. One note of info that is kind off interesting. The AK-47 or one of it's variants has been produced in more numbers than any other hand held weapon which fires a fixed cartrige. Estimates of total production by more than 100 countries is in excess of 1 Billion. -- Regards, Brett "3 Fingers" Jacobs http://www.voodooextreme.com/3Fingers/ <<<---The 3 Fingers' Quake 2 Tweak Guide--->>> <<<---The 3 Fingers' Ultimate Tweak Guide For GL Quake & QW--->>> Mike Smith wrote in message <01bd67eb$fe738140$0200000a@kld_mcs>... >Kinetic wrote in article ><01bd67b7$9bccac80$LocalHost@nook>... >> >> > >It was originally a Russian gun, now copied in China. I would assume >Kalashnykov was either the designer of the gun, or maybe it's who the >gun was named after