Videos tagged with Copy

This video debunks the myth that the AK-47 is a direct copy of the Sturmgewehr (StG-44). While superficial similarities like curved magazines and intermediate cartridges exist, mechanical analysis reveals the AK-47 shares more design lineage with the M1 Garand, a point acknowledged by Mikhail Kalashnikov himself. The discussion highlights how functional requirements in gas-operated rifles can lead to similar external appearances without direct copying.

This review examines a crude, craft-made North Vietnamese copy of the 1911 pistol. Key findings include a non-functional safety mechanism, the absence of a slide lock, and a dangerous straight blowback action instead of a locked breech. Despite crude manufacturing, the firing pin and extractor plunger appear functional.