Don't you know that during the war there was no AK, this is a copy of the Schmasser rifle, an unofficial gift from German gunsmiths? In those days, the Shpagin was in service
Not the German MP-40 Schmeisser. It was supposedly the German STG-44 the Russians were trying to copy. But there was very little if any similarity in the design of Mikhail Kalashnikov's AK. The only similarity was the development of a new cartridge, which was a short bottleneck design, as with the German's 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge.
I know guns. And even though I'm a straight, white, God-fearing patriotic Trump-supporting Yankee Doodle Dandy American who has attended more than several John Birch Society meetings, I will say this: Mikhail Kalashnikov was ******* genius. He designed a weapon that could be operated by even the most ham-fisted, vodka-swilling, beet-eating Russian peasant who didn't even have any teeth. His marvelous killing machine was so perfect, that you could cover it with mud for a week, piss on it, and the damned thing would still go "BANG" everytime you pulled the trigger.
You never have to clean them, you can lubricate them with the blood of your enemy, whether they be Russian invaders or domestic tyrants, and they never fail. Not like our own M4 carbines. You guys and girls had a good idea when you decided to flood the world with your cheaply-manufactured killing machines. Even a 10 year old African who aspires to become a warlord some day, can pick one up and overthrow an entire African nation.
Hats off to you ******* Russians for coming up with those things. Even though they were designed to oppress and enslave entire peoples, they can still serve a good purpose in defending my home and family from robbers, home invaders, and tyrannical governments.
I drink to you, you ******* Russian bastard. And to Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented this marvelous killing machine that protect me and my family.