Comments on: Happy 90th Birthday, Mikhail Kalashnikov http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/11/happy-90th-birthday-mikhail-kalashnikov/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Endymion http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/11/happy-90th-birthday-mikhail-kalashnikov/#comment-17605 Endymion Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:20 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/?p=4763#comment-17605 Hell, in some places, AKs <em>are </em>the currency. Hell, in some places, AKs are the currency.

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/11/happy-90th-birthday-mikhail-kalashnikov/#comment-17601 Spencer Ackerman Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:32 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/?p=4763#comment-17601 Also dirt cheap! Also dirt cheap!

]]> By: Siun http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/11/happy-90th-birthday-mikhail-kalashnikov/#comment-17600 Siun Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:37 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/?p=4763#comment-17600 Kalashnikov is still working and sounded like a rather happy fellow in the interview I heard with him on the Beeb yesterday. He mentioned that the core of his design was simplicity and from what I've heard and read, his design is much more effective - at least in desert locations - than the US weapons which jam too easily. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8353427.stm Kalashnikov is still working and sounded like a rather happy fellow in the interview I heard with him on the Beeb yesterday. He mentioned that the core of his design was simplicity and from what I’ve heard and read, his design is much more effective – at least in desert locations – than the US weapons which jam too easily.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8353427.stm

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