Russian Memorial of Mikhail Kalashnikov's Ak-47 gone wrong

[jbett98]

Just saw this on the internet. Sure can't imagine this country erecting a memorial portraying the genius of Sam Colt or John Moses Browning.

Red faces as Russian monument to creator of Kalashnikov depicts German rifle

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[CountryGent]

Unfortunately, things went wrong, spectacularly so. The etching on the plinth was not of a Kalashnikov but the StG 44 rifle used by the Nazis during WWII.

LOL! Now that is a "history fail".

 

[Siglvr]

LOL! Now that is a "history fail".

LOL, I'd seen that part, but not this: "Last year the Kalashnikov company said it was branching out into menswear. "Kalashnikov is a global brand," said Kalashnikov's marketing director, Vladimir Dmitriyev, "and we rightly believe that clothing and souvenir products with our symbol will be in demand among buyers."

I don't even want to think of what their underwear will look like, probably loose fitting but reliable. I wonder if NW Firearms poster Playboy Penguin got them thinking along these lines with his famous Kalashnikov Kitty T-shirts?


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/style/arms-maker-kalashnikov-to-move-into-menswear/

 

[Alexx1401]

Just saw this on the internet. Sure can't imagine this country erecting a memorial portraying the genius of Sam Colt or John Moses Browning.

Red faces as Russian monument to creator of Kalashnikov depicts German rifle

What's that old joke, you had one job to do and you screwed that up.

 

[Stomper]

For some reason it reminds me of a song by Sting...


"Do the Russians love their useless hipsters too?"

 

[308]

Comments on the OP link suggesting the clear evidence the AK47 was copied from the Sturmgewehr 44 is a bit lost on me. Visually, the Sturmgewehr 44 appear to have more in common with a CETME/HK type rifle. But what do I know.

 

[Mark W.]

Sure can't imagine this country erecting a memorial portraying the genius of Sam Colt or John Moses Browning.

Actually there is a rather nice Statue of Sam Colt in Hartford Connecticut. No Browning Statue I can find though there is a good one showing Marine, Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone and his M1917 in Raritan New Jersey

 

[RicInOR]

Russia unveils monument to designer of iconic AK-47 rifle