Sixty years ago the world got its first look at an AK-47

[RicInOR]

Sixty years ago the world got its first look at an AK-47

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[Andy54Hawken]

Cool link ... Too bad most folks have never heard of the '56 Hungarian Revolution.
Thanks for posting.
Andy

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

...and 60 years ago peoples minds were blown!



wouldnt it be 70 years? IIRC??

 

[Medic!]

Cool link ... Too bad most folks have never heard of the '56 Hungarian Revolution.
Thanks for posting.
Andy

All these ''gun nerds''!
I love this place.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

For great gun nerd and history nerd spy stuff ... Check out The Company ... its both a excellent novel and Mini Series.
( has a chapter or two on the '56 Hungarian uprising )
Andy

 

[3MTA3]

My parents had friends who killed to escape Hungary under Communists. Very brutal things went on.

 

[Medic!]

Yes seventy years sounds better.

Heck. The AR-15/M16 has been a service gun for 53 years.

AR 15 Rifle - A Brief History & Historical Time Line

 

[Stomper]

Did you know that the AK47 was first ORIGINALLY made of stamped sheet metal, but the technology of the time couldn't produce sufficient strength so they went with a milled receiver, then eventually got it "good enough" and the AKM47 was born.

How's THAT for gun-nerd trivia?

 

[Medic!]

Yes. But did you know Mikhail Kalashnikov was born one of 19 children?

 

[308]

The AK is a masterpiece and the simple design is pure genius.

 

[ThemGunsThough]

Thanks for the link. Which reminds me, I miss shooting an AK. Time to go out this weekend .

 

[RicInOR]

Just a reminder - the dates when the firearm went in production, to the Soviet army - vs - when the world got to see photos of it - are very different.

Also, according to the article, early US intelligence had it identified as a Sub-Machine Gun, and therefore they dismissed it as a credible threat.

The photo at the top is a well known defender - Bowler Hat - and that would be a captured weapon.


On the Hungarian Revolution
Recalling Hungary's Courageous Cold War Revolt

 

[Quartermaster]

Is a "happy birthday" in order? I'll bake a cake!

 

[jsparks747]

Yes. But did you know Mikhail Kalashnikov was born one of 19 children?

His poor mother!!!

 

[jbett98]

That picture reminds me of this guy.

 

[cigars]

That picture reminds me of this guy.

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That picture always reminds me of Harpo Marx.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Cool link ... Too bad most folks have never heard of the '56 Hungarian Revolution.
Thanks for posting.
Andy

I suppose the history curriculum has changed since I went to school. I knew all about the uprising as I am sure you did. The Soviet tanks crushing the revolution is ironical in a way as the Soviets were revolutionaries at one time. The only thing to be sure of in a revolution is to be on the side that wins.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Did you know that the AK47 was first ORIGINALLY made of stamped sheet metal, but the technology of the time couldn't produce sufficient strength so they went with a milled receiver, then eventually got it "good enough" and the AKM47 was born.

How's THAT for gun-nerd trivia?

WOW, Stomp! Your the nerdiest!!!

 

[Stomper]

His poor mother!!!

She must have been that lady who lived in a shoe... she had so many kids, her uterus fell out!

 

[308]

For those in the know...