News Analysis: Mikhail Kalashnikov designed the World’s most famous and useful Assault Rifle in 1947. Its Reliability was unquestioned. During the Vietnam War, American Soldiers would carry captured AK-47s rather than use Armalite M-16s which were relatively useless. Eugene Stoner and Leroy James Sullivan designed the M-16. Its lack initially of a Chrome Lined Barrel and other defects of poor design made it Jam during attempted use. Vietnamese Monsoonal Weather made the M-16 incompatible to conditions faced by U.S. Troops. The wise troops substituted the All Weather AK-47 for the then Ill-Conceived M-16.
Over 75 Million Ak-47s are in Service throughout the world today. To certain groups today, the AK-47 has as much status as the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun had in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. in the 1920s.
Mikhail Kalashnikov granted the Current Manufacturer of the Kalashnikov Family of Weapons the License to use his famous name, FOR FREE.
The Gentleman was a Russian Patriot the likes of which other Inventors of the World should Emulate.