how did the name ak-47 originate?
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Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947
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Oh my god...  Did you guys take the time to read the first response?  What a waste of time.\n\nI personally own 4 SKSs, and 1 AK-47.  I love the SKSs for their accuracy, but the reliability of the AK-47 can't be matched.  AK-47s are notoriously inaccurate at long distances I have discovered.  Also, the breakdown and cleaning of the AK-47 is a little bit easier than the SKS.
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No.  The M-14 replaced it in Viet Nam. and the M-16 is what most troops are using now, although some are using the M-4 carbine-which I haven't heard any complaints about that.\n\nThe arguement can be made that the AK-47 is vastly superior because it rarely jams
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both have their good points but they are really different in design. the AK is built to require very little care and still shoot. it is not overly accurate and had perhaps the worst safety selector in the world. the thing is awkward and very noisy. the magazine requires an odd rocking motion to install or remove which can cause problems. the curvature of the mag and the length of the larger ones can cause problems as well. but the damn thing will always shoot and its easy to maintain. the M16 is designed as a more precise weapon. it requires more care and cleaning but is also fairly easy to maintain. its more user friendly to fire and points better. the round is somewhat less powerful at longer ranges but its also lighter so you can carry more ammo. today it and its clones are perhaps the most issued rifle in the world but there's still millions of AKs around. personally i would not feel underarmed with either for the most part but i prefer the M16 as the better of the two
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that has to be the soviet made katushya rocket launcher( means "little katie" in russian) or nicknamed "stalins organ" cos of the screaching noise it made when it launched the rockets.it was so deadly it could wipe out a whole german infantry unit if fired in barrages.it was so feared by the german troops that if they caught any soviet army officer who was in charge of the launcher they executed him on the spot.the best sight was when stalin amassed thousands of katushyas around berlin and gave the go ahead to storm berlin.it was the best every scene i have ever seen,just amazeing, the sky lit up ,and the noise was so intense even the rats ran away.music to my ears.;-)
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The origin of the ubiquitous psuedo-word "OK" or "okay" has proven to be one of the biggest war grounds in etymology. It is not specifically of English origin, being used all over the world in many different languages. The letters "OK" would be understood by an Englishman or Frenchman alike.\n\nSo what are some of the stories surrounding OK?\n\nThe Greeks had an incantation of "Omega, Khi" with which they drove away fleas. \nThe Finnish language has the word "oikea." \nLiberian English has the term "oke." \nBurmese has "hoakeh." \nThe infamous jokers at the Boston Morning Post claimed, in 1839, OK was short for "ORL KORREKT." \nThe Times, in 1939, claimed it had London Cockney origins, from "Orl Korrec." \nAmerican Indians used the word "okeh" which meant "it is so." The story goes that Andrew Jackson picked up the word during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. \nSome Latin scholars claim that "Omnis Korecta" is the origin. \nA site called The Straight Dope claims it is convinced of the true etymology. It claims the Bostonian "OLL KORRECT" is the true origin of "OK." Another site, however, claims the American Indian etymology is correct.\n\nThis is one of the finest examples of the entertainment of language. Despite technology, historical documents, and the availability of some of the most learned people in history, we still can't work out the etymology of a simple two syllable utterance! Long may it continue.
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It is the corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”.  \n\nHere is the origin of all state names:\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html
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Son of a gun \nMeaning\n\nA rogue or scamp - "you are naughty, you old son of a gun". Also used, although this is uncommon outside the USA, as a euphemism for 'son of a bitch'. Some say that the origin is 'son of a military man'. This explanation is disputed (see below) but, correct or not, the phrase is no longer used to convey that meaning. \n\nOrigin\n\nThere is dispute amongst etymologists about the origin of this phrase. As always, disputes only occur where there is no definitive evidence so, as you might guess, there is conflicting circumstantial evidence. I'll put the sources here and let you decide for yourself.\n\nThe two points of view are primarily these:\n\nThe phrase originated as 'son of a military man' (i.e. a gun). The most commonly repeated version in this strand is that the British Navy used to allow women to live on naval ships. Any child born on board who had uncertain paternity would be listed in the ship's log as 'son of a gun'. While it is attestable fact that, although the Royal navy had rules against it, they did turn a blind eye to women (wives or prostitutes) joining sailors on voyages, so this version has plausibility on its side. The sources for this point of view are:\n\n- The Royal Navy Museum, who confirm that women sometimes travelled on their vessels during the age of sail.\n\n- The Sailor's Workbook; William Henry Smyth, 1867. [son of a gun is] "An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when women were permitted to accompany their husbands at sea; one admiral declared he literally was thus cradled, under the breast of a gun-carriage”. \n\n- Fighting Words, Christine Ammer, 1999- "A baby conceived during wartime. In World War I the term denoted the illegitimate offspring of servicemen."\n\n- Jon Bee, a Dictionary of the Turf, 1823, ... means 'a soldier's bastard'. \n\nThe first known printed source is The British Apollo No. 43, 1708 - "You'r a Son of a Gun". That source doesn't mention the military and Smyth's version comes 150 years later, but he was himself a Royal Navy admiral and in a better position than most to know what went on aboard naval ships. Whether or not the military/naval version is the origin it is clear that, in 1823 at least, the term was used with that meaning. \n\nCounter to that you might think it unusual that military men didn't appear to have daughters, or you may just put that down to the prevailing sexism of the time. There are several phrases including the word son, some of them quite recent: \n\nEvery mother's son \nGo on my son \nLike father, like son \nMy son the doctor \nNumber one son \nOn me 'ead, son \n\nwhereas it's difficult to think of anything other than 'don't put your daughter on the stage' for daughters. \n\n\nThe term is euphemisitic and derived as a conveniently rhyming alternative to 'son of a bitch/whore'. That term has been part of the language for centuries, certainly long enough for people to some up with a euphemism for it. Shakespeare used something like it in King Lear (1605) - "One that art nothing but the composition of a Knave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch." \n\nAlso, other sources in print in the 19th century point to the meaning at least of the phrase as indicating contempt: \n\nBarnam Ingol. Legends, Cynotaph, 1840, "We heard the rough voice of a son of a gun Of a watchman, ‘One o'clock!’ bawling."
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The standard issue rifle of the US is the M16 variants, it has been the standard rifle since the Vietnam War. Other weapons were also used such as the M249 rifle, for light machine guns.  And the Vietnamese use mainly the Avtomat Kalashnikov line, such as the Ak-47, a mainly used rifle, and the RPK, which is an Ak variant as a light machine gun.
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John Moses Browning. He was a gunmaker.
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Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, born November 10, 1919) is a famous Russian gun designer. Born in a poor peasant family in the village of Kurya, Altai region, he started his engineering career working at a train depot, where Kalashnikov was able to learn much about mechanics. In 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army and served as a tank commander during the first months of the Great Patriotic War. In October 1941 Kalashnikov was heavily wounded in combat and sent home from the frontlines. He started to create his first gun designs in a hospital and soon joined a depot's workshop of the Moscow Aviation Institute. While working there Kalashnikov produced a number of innovations for tanks, including a mechanism that would count the number of shots fired. Within several years, he was promoted to the position of chief engineer and given far more resources. In 1947, he designed the AK-47 (an acronym for "Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947"). In 1949 the AK-47 assault rifle became operational in the Red Army; after this the design would become Kalashnikov's most famous invention.
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"garantujeme původ" means "we guarantee origin" ... probably would loosely translate to "we know when it came from"
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i would have to say the ak/sks hands down. no matter if there is mud or water or anything. rack a round and that sob will shoot. unlike the m-16/ar-15 there prone to more jams. my romanian ak has never jammed on me that wasn't my fault. such as not loading the rounds right or having the tip not over the follower. my dpms panther has to be babied after 300 rounds.i have to clean the bolt and receiver out to clear out the build up of powder.
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The origin was on mount Dikti of Crete, when Zeus was a baby, according to the myth! Then, when the baby Zeus was sleeping, the five guardians Kourites brothers were exercising. The four brothers were competing while the elder, Hercules, was the judge who was preparing the wreath, from the wild olive tree branch.\nAfter time, they founded the city of Olympia, where the games rived to commemorate the foundation of the city, as well as the work accomplished by the Kourites bros and the saving of Zeus by them.\nEtymologically, Olympus is the outer sphere (the seventh) containing everything: Matter, Soul, and so on! This is where the supreme resides, thus the god! Being there god is simultaneously everywhere! Since the Olympics were held to honor Zeus and Zeus is on Olympian level, the ceremonies are called Olympian! Also, since the city founded by the Kourites Bros, they competitions are also called Olympic!
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www.dictionary.com :\n\n[French, from Medieval Latin assassnus, from Arabic an, pl. of a, hashish user, from a, hashish. See hashish.]\n\nWord History: At first glance, one would be hard-pressed to find a link between pleasure and the acts of assassins. Such was not the case, however, with those who gave us the word assassin. They were members of a secret Islamic order originating in the 11th century who believed it was a religious duty to harass and murder their enemies. The most important members of the order were those who actually did the killing. Having been promised paradise in return for dying in action, the killers, it is said, were made to yearn for paradise by being given a life of pleasure that included the use of hashish. From this came the name for the secret order as a whole, an, “hashish users.” After passing through French or Italian, the word came into English and is recorded in 1603 with reference to the Muslim Assassins.
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It actually came from the war it was a code that meant zero killed... \nSimply amazing isnt it..\nwho would ever guessed that that abbreviation would come into  every day conversation..
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It originated from Persia. Originally the name was pronounced 'Ba-su-lee' and was the Persian word for 'Interpreter'. A family of Persians devoted their lives to the art of interpretation, and spent their time learning languages and appying their knowledge for the use of Kings and Queens. Eventually they were just called 'Ba-su-lee', and it became a family name.\n\nDuring the Persian Wars of 800 BC, many of the Ba-su-lee family were considered traitors due to their knowledge of other nations languages, and most were executed. Some escaped to the north and west, and settled in European areas where they intermingled with the locals. Eventually the families migrated mostly north, and into England. The Persian Ba-su-lee family eventually died out, as the name was associated with being a traitor, and the southern European Ba-su-lee's married into other family names.\n\nThe England Ba-su-lee's, however, kept their heritage and names, changing it to 'Bosley' sometime around 1400 AD. Eventually they became a major family group in that area.