History often choose people of humble origins, but that marks the final path of mankind. Such a man is the creator of May effective assault weapons. In an unprecedented paradox, man and gun and have influenced each other destinies. The man was named weapons, and they made him world famous. It's a celebrity that, today, and invented the nineties dealer with contempt and cold, but not in May may be issued. More than 100 million firearms produced after "recipe" to have made an unwelcome offering several hundreds of millions of lives.
Tankman-poet who invented automatic pistols
Destiny wanted by all means that the May largest producer of assault weapons ever to see daylight in the heart of Asia, in the small village of immensity Kurya Altai Region, held still, then, the Tsarist Empire dying.
New -born Mikhail Timofeev Kalashnikov was baptized and became instantly one of the many hungry mouths of a family of simple peasants.
Fate was cruel to him since early childhood because his father was deported in one of the gulags of the Soviet Union's sad.
Nobody would have thought then that little Michael had any inclination technique, one could not see the skills of a great dealer and inventor in this child.
Michael was a sensitive nature, inclined to lyricism. The boy even thought he would become a poet. By calling for military service, Michael had written no less than six volumes of poetry. (In fact, even today, despite old age, Mikhail Kalashnikov still write poems.)
Claw Red Army materialize in a recruitment order arrived in 1938, notes that sends Michael to Kiev. At this point, our character becomes mechanically tankman, reaching, eventually, sergeant major, a tank commander.
We are talking about the famous and feared Russian T34 tanks from 24 Regiment tanks belonging to Division 24 Powered, stationed near Stryj. Innate qualities of visionary and inventor out for the first time out with the design, the world premiere of a device designed to count the cannon shells fired from the tank.
Later, Michael will distinguish and fight against the Wehrmacht's. It is seriously wounded by splinters during the battle to defend the city Bryansk data, in October of 1941.
The hospital bed, Mikhail Timofeev very seriously thinks the design of automatic assault weapons that would mean something new on the battlefield. His thoughts were fed as personal experiences with automatic weapons equipped, and especially the reproaches comrades wounded, hospital colleagues complaining about the quality often appalling assault weapons. Later, during convalescence, which lasted 6 months, Michael did not give at all the idea of creating a new weapons. One truly revolutionary ...
He then proceeded to work, being encouraged by comrades and especially superiors.
When the prototype was ready, introduced the Aviation Institute in Moscow, then evacuated corps in Alma-Ata, the capital of Kazakhstan.
The weapon has not passed the tests, leaving them cold members of the examination.
Not marked by this first failure, Michael persevere in his improvisations searches and so, on 12 June 1942, the second automatic pistol model is created in the workshops of the same military institutions.
In the midst of World War, it seems that the young man had shot Kurya. His talent, hidden until then, began to bear fruit.
The greatest expert in the field when the Red Army's small arms and assault, the reputed AA Blagonravov was immediately interested in innovative ideas of his Kalashnikov. Although not recommended for mass production of the second model, because I believe that more will need some improvements, military expert has done everything to send the designer himself Research Center for Assault weapons attached to the Directorate of the Red Army . From 1944 until 1946, Michael has developed a new experimental model, a model which, in 1949, was adopted by the armed forces of the Soviet Union.
Years of Glory
Following this major success, Michael is decorated personally by Joseph Stalin Visarionovici. The former peasant boy had, from a self-taught and obscure military engineer, to the rank of chief engineer in the Department of the Red Army assault weapons.
Avtomat Kalashnikov Model 1947- just born.
Gossips, more often heard after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Rivets instead that Michael not invented anything new, but taken up and developed models already designed two top dealers of Wehrmacht's, famous designers Hugo Schmeisser automatic weapons and Werner Grunner. How true are these statements, or more precisely, how many total pieces of classical AKM was designed by German engineers two, we will never know for sure. The same "gossips" say that AKM is not only a slightly modified version of the model Sturmgewehr 44, designed entirely by Schmeisser. Archives possessing weapons of legend full story will be, perhaps, never available, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, now aged 91 years, is unlikely to give any statement fulminant.
The real world model has been successful so-called Avtomat Kalashnikov Modernizirovanîi, more commonly known as the AKM stands, model launched in 1963. The new assault rifle was easier, more accurate and more powerful than previous models. In addition, it was much cheaper to produce and extremely reliable and durable.
Size of 7.62 X54R became famous as the weapon. AKM offer other improvements, especially in the form charger and recoil compensator of the muzzle.
Commences decorations in their home country, where Michael is, without his will, a hero of the Soviet Union. Enough Hero of Socialist Labor (1958 and 1976), Lenin Prize in 1963 received in 1969 is high in the rank of colonel, and two years later received the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences. Not exempt any other three orders Lenin, Order of Labor Red tie, the Order of the Great Patriotic Defence War, Order of Red Star and a small pile of medals today about the old man said in a recent interview, that would fit in a small van.
To everyone's surprise, one does not agree with everything Kalashnikov materialist-scientific ideology of communism and not embrace any militant atheism of the Soviet regime. Later in his memoirs, Michael said that the principles of efficiency and reliability of its weapons were inspired by the ideas of the great Russian literature and reading the Bible (!), Recognizing that century gunsmith work breaks used to read extensively, both holy book of Christianity and the Russian authors volumes.
Mystic, poet and hero of socialism, honors continue to run against him so that in 1980 became Honorary Citizen of his home village of, after, in 1987, receives the same status in the city Ijevsk.
Presidents Yeltsin and Putin personally awarded him, the latter înaintându him to the rank of major general.
Machine that marked the history
The weapon he created became a symbol of struggle, a myth and a reference point in all armed conflicts in the last 60 years.
AKM became soon a popular weapon, is present today, through various ways, not very different, the armies of more than 70 countries.
From 1990 until now, was the main weapon used to its full potential in no more than 46 of the 49 major conflicts that have ravaged the Earth.
Last year a World Bank report (Look what's interested in these!) Estimated that the total of 500 million firearms on Earth, at least 100 million are automatic Kalashnikov or variants thereof. By comparison, currently circulating worldwide less than 10 million assault weapons like American products.
It is the only weapon that appears on the flag of a country (Mozambique) and that of a feared military organizations in the Middle East (Hezbollah).
The hottest assault rifle, AKM was designed from the beginning to the terrible conditions on the battlefield. The weapon is functional in extreme conditions really - rain, heat, dust, sand, mud. Where locks any similar weapon designed in the U.S. or Western European countries, an AKM will operate at optimal parameters.
Can you sink into the water and shoot with it immediately after this test. Can you go over it with heavy vehicles, can a vehicle to military laws and to crawl through dusty, everything will work, as demonstrated by hundreds of comparative tests.
Although the first models were not exactly optimal accuracy for assault weapons, leaving the desired accuracy at long distances and strong recoil is still a major disadvantage, power bullet able to pass through walls of medium thickness with bulletproof vests and helmets and unparalleled reliability and low production costs have made AKM become the market leader.
Episode Vietnam War no longer needs any comment, the Soviet AKM 1963 proved superior to all chapters, assault weapons owned by Uncle Sam's troops.
AKM triumph was largely due to the phrase "the right thing at the right place."
Global explosion was not due to the fact that it was a marvel of its time, but rather fluctuations military policies and strategies globally.
Translated into action, means that military policies and decisions of the Kremlin's foreign policy were mutually supported each other when the arms of destiny.
After Stalin's death in 1953, the emergence of a leader Nikita Khrushchev and relaxed as well, especially the creation of the Warsaw Pact pushed Kalashnikov's weapon to conquer the world.
The new foreign policy since the Soviet Union have a new goal: arming the Eastern Bloc satellite states.
The Chinese already produced their own versions of the weapon in 1956 and states "friendly" and they began to produce specific patterns.
Even Israel, the USSR State apparently rival, did not remain insensitive to weapon performance.
It took only 6 days war and capturing an Egyptian commando troops armed with AKM's because Tsahalul (Israeli Defence Forces) to recognize the net benefits compared to models M16 rifle held by Israeli soldiers.
Based on these realities, military engineers in Tel Aviv have produced their own version of the AKM (with modifications), the famous IMI Galil, which is a weapon equipped Israeli forces today.
Warsaw Pact states already producing typical models, the most popular types of AKM being manufactured in Romania, former Yugoslavia and Poland.
In our country, the plants produced mainly Cugir models and AM-PM-md63 md90, Romanians have been known army as "Pemeuri".
Romanian models proved to be extremely good quality, very popular for export and can be found today all over the world.
Another attribute of its potential deadly weapons is unequaled. Whether it is in the hands of old, of a "child of war" in Africa, of a Taliban soldier Spetsnaz or drug trafficking from Latin America, AKM kill or, at best, mutilate. His bullet is considered by many to be too strong even for a portable automatic weapon.
Accessibility weapon in conflicts urban guerrilla struggle, adjustment of accounts or tribal world of drugs, that is exactly the kind of conflicts in recent decades has caused U.S. strategists to invent a new specialized military term, the so-called "Asymmetric Warfare".
Kalashnikov's future and the old museum
If the documentary "The Gun" is the central point AKM how the war changed over the last 50 years, the question turns to all creation role of Michael on the battlefields of the near future.
Question and have put it and plant specialists from Ijevsk IJMAŞ concerned about the emergence of competing models on the market that equals and even beyond the capacity of weapon produced in 1963.
Responses also came from Russian designers, with the help of Michael, have succeeded in recent years to remove AKM models that are absolutely remarkable.
We speak here of models AK-107 AK-108 AK-AS / ASM, TKB-0146, AN-94 Abakan, AK-103.Many of these works on the old 7.62 caliber, and the rest are NATO calibers. They are used especially in commando missions of Russian troops by members of the secret services or security services members of the senior officials in the Kremlin.
Stronger, more efficient, more accurate, longer lasting, more lethal, the latest models of tools feared death are difficult to hot spots around the globe.
On the other hand, can not complain at all Michael destiny had in this life. Decorated in a row and Russian President in operation, which praised for creating "a brand that is proud of all Russian 'nineties came to be and" Hero of the Russian Federation ".
Financially, again shines, being holder of 30% stake in a company that produces Sollingen German varieties of vodka, knives, shirts, umbrellas etc, "branded" by the name Kalashnikov.
It all culminated with the inauguration of Kalashnikov Museum, on 4 November 2004, the city Ijevsk.Strange museum exhibits full biography of Michael, the Bible of his youth, and outlines some of the first types of weapons. Point of maximum interest in the halls of the museum is crammed with all models of the automatic pistol, from the years of the Second World War to the latest weapons IJMAŞ products.
Here you can admire all models, the AKM products in other countries, including "Peme's" our.
Another room is devoted to social and cultural impact of the weapon in the world, perceived as a means of struggle for independence, especially as the last defender before galloping capitalism, imperialism and colonialism modern globalist.
In the words of Mikhail Timofeev ...
Michael will go down in history not only because the weapon that bears his name, but also for his memorable words, some of them crossed by an authentic Russian humor:
My work is my life and my life is my work. I invented this weapon to defend my country from the Nazis. Today I am proud that, for many people, the weapon has become a synonym for freedom.
Germans are solely responsible for the fact that I became a manufacturer of weapons. If you do not invade our country, I would have designed farm machinery.
Someone once asked me how they can sleep peacefully at night knowing that I invented weapons have killed millions of people, some of whom were innocent. I replied that I have no problem of conscience, because people are those who kill people, gun untouched by human hand can not even kill a mouse.
Before you create something new, you have to know everything that was previously created in that area.
I am always ready to shake the hand of which can create a better assault rifle than mine.
Sometimes it is painful to see so many criminals and villains armed with AKM's. I created the weapon for defense, not for mobsters and terrorists.
All that is complex is not useful, and all that is useful is simple. This is the motto by which I guided my life.
Frankly, I would have preferred to invent a machine that would have helped the peasants to work the field.
I think my talent is innate.
I pulled millions of bullets. Stop shooting now, at this age. So I got to be strong for the ears, the noise ...
Terrorists will always search for weapons simple, functional and reliable.
The negative side of life is in turn, prevents someone from the shadows, he wants to lead all mankind. Russia will not go ...
My dream always was to invent an engine that never stops.
I think if I'm going to design a train that will eventually show an AK-47.
I did technical studies, so had to improvise constantly.
Why do not you! Man will invent weapons for any occasion ...
Our army ordered to create a new assault rifle better than then. I had to improvise, or was eliminated from the competition.
When I saw on TV Bin Laden armed with an AKM, I have got all that crazy nerves on Barbosa. But what can I do? They be terrorists or crazy, but I'm not stupid: always choose the best weapons ...
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