[RT/ComCom] Cha đẻ của súng AK-47 qua đời ở tuổi 94

Silent Knight · 24/12/13

The inventor of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at the age of 94. His ingenuity earned him widespread admiration, but his legacy became more controversial when his weapons were used in some of the world’s bloodiest conflicts.

“It is difficult and sad to realize that Mikhail Kalashnikov is no longer with us. We have lost one of the most talented, memorable and committed patriots of Russia, who served his country throughout his life,” said the statement from the press secretary of the Udmurtia administration Viktor Chulkov.

Kalashnikov, who had been suffering from heart-related problems in recent years, had been in intensive care in Izhevsk - where the plant that produces the eponymous rifles is located - since November 17. The official cause of death will be revealed following a mandatory autopsy.

A public funeral will be organized by the regional administration, in consultation with surviving relatives, though no date has been named so far.

For most of his life, Kalashnikov was feted as a straightforward hero.

The self-taught peasant turned tank mechanic who never finished high school, but achieved a remarkable and lasting feat of engineering while still in his twenties.

But as the rifles, inextricably linked forever to their creator by name, were more and more commonly seen in the hands of terrorists, radicals and child soldiers, the inventor was often forced to defend himself to journalists.

He was forever asked if he regretted engineering the weapon that probably killed more than any other in the last fifty years.

"I invented it for the protection of the Motherland. I have no regrets and bear no responsibility for how politicians have used it," he told them.

On a few occasions, when in a more reflective mood, the usually forceful Kalashnikov wondered what might have been.

"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists," he said once.

"I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work – for example a lawnmower."

Mikhail Kalashnikov.(Reuters)

Mikhail Kalashnikov.(Reuters)

Indeed, at his museum in Izhevsk, where he spent most of his life working at the factory that was eventually named after him, there is an ingenious mechanical lawnmower Kalashnikov invented to more easily take care of the lawn at his country house.

It’s not what he will be remembered for.

Considering his age and circumstances, it was hardly surprising that Kalashnikov felt he could best serve his country by creating weapons.

Born in 1919, Mikhail was the seventeenth child of well-off peasants. When he was eleven, during Joseph Stalin’s dekulakization campaign his parents had their land confiscated, and the whole family was exiled to Siberia (a fact rarely mentioned in fawning Soviet-era biographies).

As the country began to mobilize ahead of a war that seemed inevitable, but was as yet undeclared, Kalashnikov chose to go into a tank brigade.

His aptitude for engineering was immediately apparent.

He was allowed to create several modifications – a tank shot counter, a running time meter – that were to be adopted for the whole Red Army, and made him famous. He was destined to go on an engineering course, when Operation Barbarossa intervened.

Kalashnikov’s own career as a tank commander was cut short in the first few months of the conflict on the Eastern Front, when an explosive shell ripped open his shoulder.

Kalashnikov says the germ of the idea came to him as he recuperated in hospital.

But the invention of the AK-47 was not a Eureka moment, but a trial-and-error process of modifications and improvements undertaken by a team over six years.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) and Mikhail Kalashnikov (R), the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, talk during a visit to IZHMASH Izhevsk Mechanical Works, a weapons manufacturer, in Russia's city of Izhevsk, 1,126 km (700 miles) from Moscow May 25, 2010.(Reuters / Alexei Nikolsky)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) and Mikhail Kalashnikov (R), the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, talk during a visit to IZHMASH Izhevsk Mechanical Works, a weapons manufacturer, in Russia's city of Izhevsk, 1,126 km (700 miles) from Moscow May 25, 2010.(Reuters / Alexei Nikolsky)

While for propaganda purposes Kalashnikov’s invention was presented as a radically new development, it was based on several principles that had already been seen in British, Russian and Italian weapons to which the inventor had easy access as he drew up his blueprints.

Its main precursor was the German StG 44, the first truly effective automatic weapon of World War II.

But at the same time, Kalashnikov’s masterstroke was to combine the mechanisms of previous weapons to create something with a completely new function.

AK-47 is not a weapon designed for accuracy tests at the firing range. It is a weapon for firefights at close quarters, in harsh Russian conditions.

It can be assembled by a person with no military training, is fired by simply pointing at a target, and it can be easily looked after without a cleaning kit. It does not jam by itself (due to the generous allowances between moving parts, which also explain its mediocre accuracy at range) and it does not stop functioning in any weather conditions.

The AK-47 fulfilled its design brief to perfection, even though there is no way Kalashnikov could have known who it would be used by in the end. More than 60 years after its invention, it remains the world's most ubiquitous weapon.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov qua đời tại Izhevsk ở tuổi 94, sau khi gặp phải các vấn đề về tim mạch. Ông là cha đẻ của dòng súng trường tiến công AK-47, một trong những biểu tượng nổi tiếng nhất của thế kỉ 20.

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tqd16 · 24/12/13

Theo đạo Phật thì người chế tạo ra vũ khí giết người cũng sẽ phải chịu karma xấu có phải không nhỉ?

Eruur · 24/12/13

tqd16 nói: ↑

Theo đạo Phật thì người chế tạo ra vũ khí giết người cũng sẽ phải chịu karma xấu có phải không nhỉ?
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bản chất vk ko xấu cái xấu nằm ở người sử dụng nó một cây gậy trong tay kẻ ác cũng có thể giết người nhưng một cây súng trong tay người tốt cũng có thể cứu người

The amateur · 24/12/13

94 tuổi chết trên giường bệnh là phúc chứ có phải ác báo đâu

vietanh797 · 24/12/13

nói như#2 thì thằng nào chế ra dao chắc là con cháu nó vô sinh hết

Eruur · 24/12/13

vietanh797 nói: ↑

nói như#2 thì thằng nào chế ra dao chắc là con cháu nó vô sinh hết
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đã vô sinh thì làm gì có con cháu

quang169185 · 24/12/13

Eruur nói: ↑

đã vô sinh thì làm gì có con cháu
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Con cháu nó vô sinh chứ có phải nó vô sinh đâu

Venom_Rider · 24/12/13

quang169185 nói: ↑

Con cháu nó vô sinh chứ có phải nó vô sinh đâu
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Thế con nó vô sinh thì làm sao có cháu

black_cat1 · 24/12/13

Venom_Rider nói: ↑

Thế con nó vô sinh thì làm sao có cháu
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Anh chị nó ko sinh con được à

Tyrant 076 · 24/12/13

black_cat1 nói: ↑

Anh chị nó ko sinh con được à
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anh chị họ thì đâu có tính

vietanh797 · 24/12/13

Tyrant 076 nói: ↑

anh chị họ thì đâu có tính
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thế mi có gọi con anh chị là cháu ko?

Hardy Rock · 24/12/13

bức tốp quá ngoạn mục

voduyhai · 24/12/13

Con cháu của nó, cháu của nó. Con của nó đã vô sinh rồi làm gì có cháu, con của anh chị thì là con anh chị sao lôi vô được

TuDragon76 · 24/12/13

Đổ đèo, bứt tốp

Nguồn Tia Sáng · 24/12/13

Lỡ nó có con có cháu nhưng là đổ vỏ thì sao ?

FiretrUCK · 24/12/13

tqd16 nói: ↑

Theo đạo Phật thì người chế tạo ra vũ khí giết người cũng sẽ phải chịu karma xấu có phải không nhỉ?
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Trừ yêu diệt ma lập tức thành Phật

trungdt05c · 24/12/13

Thiện là gì ?? Ác là gì !!

934944 · 24/12/13

Thiện là tên tao

tqd16 · 24/12/13

vietanh797 nói: ↑

nói như#2 thì thằng nào chế ra dao chắc là con cháu nó vô sinh hết
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Dao là dụng cụ lao động chớ đâu phải là vũ khí.

ErinBrockovich · 24/12/13

19 post - post đầu ra, 18 post còn lại tổ lái vãi

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