The network has drawn attention to the drawing of the German machine on the monument to Kalashnikov
Netizens considered the monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, open September 19 in the center of Moscow, and found on it drawings of the German assault rifle StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44) was developed in 1944.
8фотографий8фотографий8фотографий
“Washed down the monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov with an explosion diagram of Shturmgevera — is just the higher aerobatics!”, — wrote military historian Yuri Pasholok in your Facebook.
Users also expressed concern that now will start another wave of statements like Kalashnikov did not invent his machine and copied the brainchild of Hugo Schmeisser.
StG 44 is visually similar to the legendary creature designer of the Soviet weapons the AK-47, but the components and parts are different, the main difference lies in the locking mechanism of the barrel.
At AK locking takes place by turning the bolt around the longitudinal axis, the StG 44 — the warp gate in the vertical plane.
Automatic StG 44 was developed by the German designer Hugo Schmeisser in the first half of the 1940s and entered service with Germany in 1944. The weapon was called the “assault rifle” (Sturmgewehr), and in fact became the world’s first machine of the modern type, created under the intermediate cartridge, and are available commercially. StG-44 is equipped with a trigger mechanism of hammer type and can fire as single shots and bursts. Operation automation based on the principle of removal of powder gases from the bore.
The monument was installed at the intersection of Sadovaya-Karetnaya and Dolgorukovskaya. The height of the monument was 7.5 meters, depicts a gunsmith, holding a gun in his hands. The appearance of sculptures sparked a debate in social networks. Musician Andrey Makarevich called her worthless and ugly. In response, the author of the monument Salavat Shcherbakov advised the singer not to go into another professional field.