Talk:Mikhail Kalashnikov

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What does Sicilian defence have to do with Kalashnikov ? It's the Sveshnikov variant that leads to confusion I guess I removed the part, Popular Culture, which states it gave a name to Sicilian defence.

Sokrateskerem 21.05.06

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[edit] Regret?

I'm going to remove this line.

"The legacy of Kalashnikov's rifles as the most popular assault weapons has prompted him to state his regret that they are now used by terrorists [1]."

The article it links to says, and I quote.

Yet "the positive has outweighed the negative," he insists, "because many countries use it to defend themselves. The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control. Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms. But I sleep soundly. The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics."

That doesn't sound like regret to me. He doesn't like terrorists useing his gun (or probably just doesn't like terrorists period) but that's hardly regret.

If the line should say anything it would be more appropiate to say something like "He doesn't approve of the way terrorists use his gun, but has no regrets about designing the rifle since it's politics that lead to the killings" --Reyals 21:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Izhevsk vs. Kurya

The article says: "Born in ... the village of Kurya, Altai region," and later "Since 1949 Mikhail Kalashnikov has been living and working in his native town of Izhevsk."

It's a contradiction. I'm changing it to simply Izhevsk, unless someone can make more sense of it. --Amir E. Aharoni 07:38, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rifle? Machine Gun

The AK-47 and his other guns are submachine guns, not rifles. This is because although they have a rifles long barrel it does not spin the bullet.

Whoa. The AK-47 DOES have have a rifled barrel. All modern submachine guns also have rifled barrels that spin their bullets, as do many pistols. In fact, the only small arms that don't feature rifling are some muskets and shotguns, among certain special purpose weapons. I think the vast majority of mordern infantry arms feature rifling, regardless of barrel length. In short, what are you talking about?

The Ak-47 is an assault rifle, not a submachinegun.CHSGHSF 01:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] it's wrong

it's absolutely wrong to say it's used by terrorists, gangsters, and bandits that POV. Ozgur Gerilla 07:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] son named S.I.Koksharov??

An earlier version of this page claimed that M.Kalashnikov has a son named Sergey I. Koksharov. This appears to be plainly false:

1) even if the son changed his surname, there's still the patronymic discrepancy ("Ivanovich" vs. "Mikhailovich", which is what it would have been if the statement were true).

2) A web search turned up no pages confirming the father-son relation between the two men.

3) A biography (linked to by this article), in Russian, claims that his children are two daughters and a son named Victor (no mention of a son named Sergey)

I took the liberty of removing the highly dubious statement. If anyone still believes it was true, please provide a source. 74.100.144.76 07:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vodka Kalashnikov

He has given his name to a brand of vodka. I would like to learn a bit more about it if any one has any info. I found the website here but I was actually looking for prices. Thanks, --A. 138.88.213.55 02:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Confusing

Uh, guys, it states at the very top under his picture that he was born aged 88 either his mother had a freakish gestation period or that's incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.61.147 (talk) 17:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)