• explodicle
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    5 months ago

    Mikhail Kalashnikov is one of my engineering heroes. He designed for real world use cases and changed the world.

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      5 months ago

      AKs are cool and all, but I simp for Czechnology. The short stroke piston like a Vz.58 is just my jam when it comes to rifle systems.

      AKs are cool to me for the AKM overcoming the engineering hurdle of making stamped rifles that held up to mass production.