Mikhail Kalashnikov, 1919-2013

OMG: Olivia De Havilland is still alive! Who knew?

She’s not even the oldest living Oscar winner…

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Also, her sister only died last week.

Oh, you’re a bad person and you’re going to hell. That was brilliant.

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There is a thought his life represents a clear triumph of Communism over Capitalism. If you only consider the sales figures its a slam dunk.

What about the DEA?

Aw, darn.

And for an utterly exhaustive read on the history and development of the Kalashnikov, “The Gun”, by C. J. Chivers, is a good start.

And there’s currently a joke running around:

The Russian Army plans on burying Kalishnikov in a large mud pit.

After a week or so, they plan on excavating him, hosing him off, and they expect him to be as good as new !!!

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I was trained using the H&K G3, but weapons training also covered the AK-47 as that was the rifle the, uh, competition were using. I always thought it clever that the AK-47 could fire the G3’s cartridges, but not the other way round (different length). Allegedly the AK-47 was supposed to be a bit more accurate when the barrel was slightly rusty (after those three days in the mud)…

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