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The Development of the AK-47; The Revolutionary Rifle
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Previously , I talked about the US army rapidly replacing the M14 with the M16, to quickly sum that decision; It was not the function of the M16 or the coolness of it that set about the replacement of the M14, but the M14's weight and the use of 7.62 NATO. In the Soviet Union, however, the same thing happened. Albeit, for a different reason. In 1943 Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov began the designing ... » Continue Reading