<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by paullus:
Yes, the MP-44 Assault Rifle (first one ever made) was the direct ancestor of the AK-47/74 family of Soviet weapons.
The AK-47 was a reverse-engineered MP-44 with updated tech & built to Russian specifications.
Also, the M-60 US Machine Gun is almost a direct copy of the MG-42 (which is still used, in updated form by the Bundeswehr).
[This message has been edited by paullus (edited 01-18-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's not correct, the M-60 is not based on the MG-42, it's a completly different technical concept. I havn't the vocabulary to explain detailed, only so much, the MG-42 is loaded by recoil, the M60 by gaspressure.
[This message has been edited by Scipio (edited 01-18-2001).]