The father of the most prolific rifle in the world has died.

Kinja'd!!! "David E. Davis" (imnotdedyet)
12/23/2013 at 12:32 • Filed to: Gunopnik

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Hero of the Soviet Union, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! There is something to be said about the simplicity, ruggedness and simple mechanical beauty of the AK47 and its derivatives.


DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 12:39

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Damn.


Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 12:44

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Wow, just wow.


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 12:52

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you know that 1...maybe to the only ....thing great about being in the soviet union? Stuff got named after you. Sukhoi, Sikorsky, Mikoyan, Kalashnikov.... we just get numbers out west....mostly.


Kinja'd!!! Goshen, formerly Darkcode > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 12:58

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He designed the AK-47 in his twenties? Man do I want to be like him.


Kinja'd!!! capnsugboat > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 13:40

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For how great we fancy the modern era, we still can't make a weapon as perfect as some famished Soviet in his 20's with no expectation of making any money from his work.


Kinja'd!!! Putinintheeffort > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 13:52

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Rest in Peace.


Kinja'd!!! The Transporter > David E. Davis
12/23/2013 at 16:17

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I've been shot at with all of his best ideas. May he rest in peace.


Kinja'd!!! Makoyouidiot > David E. Davis
12/24/2013 at 01:15

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A great man. Much respect. Godspeed.