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If reliability was one of Kalashnakov's key goals
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Guns That Changed The Game

If reliability wasone of Kalashnakov's key goals, he definitely achieved itwith the AK47

If reliability was
one of Kalashnakov's key goals, he definitely achieved it
with the AK47

Full Transcript

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If reliability was one of Kalashnakov's key goals,
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he definitely achieved it with the AK47.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:51
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Hirschman/Northern Productions

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Movie Summary

As each new century unfolded, guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons became more and more contested. These are the Guns the Changed the G...
S01 • E01 It has been used by US servicemen and women in every theatre of war - Guns That Changed The Game 00:08
It has been used by US servicemen and women in every theatre...
S01 • E02 The key to this is the combination of port, cylinder, piston, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
The key to this is the combination of port, cylinder, piston...
S01 • E02 When propellant burns at near-explosive speeds, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:15
When propellant burns at near-explosive speeds,
S01 • E03 The Canon de 75 modele 1897, featured breech loading - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
The Canon de 75 modele 1897, featured breech loading
S01 • E01 The American military alone has purchased 2.7 million of these guns - Guns That Changed The Game 00:13
The American military alone has purchased 2.7 million of the...
S01 • E02 The AK47 sacrificed the precision and accuracy of the traditional - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
The AK47 sacrificed the precision and accuracy of the tradit...
S01 • E03 It had a rifled barrel and used smokeless powder in self-contained - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
It had a rifled barrel and used smokeless powder in self-con...
S01 • E02 Hugo Schmeisser, worked as Kalashnakov's assistant - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
Hugo Schmeisser, worked as Kalashnakov's assistant
S01 • E01 John Browning died of a heart attack in a workshop in Belgium in 1926. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
John Browning died of a heart attack in a workshop in Belgiu...
S01 • E03 The designers of the French 75mm created a hydro-pneumatic recoil - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
The designers of the French 75mm created a hydro-pneumatic r...
S01 • E02 Even though there are similarities between the Stg44 and the AK47, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
Even though there are similarities between the Stg44 and the...
S01 • E01 He was working on a 9mm semiautomatic pistol - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
He was working on a 9mm semiautomatic pistol
S01 • E01 It was eventually completed by 1935, by Belgian designer Dieudonne Saive, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
It was eventually completed by 1935, by Belgian designer Die...
S01 • E03 The smoothness of the system had no equal during this era and it meant - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
The smoothness of the system had no equal during this era an...
S01 • E02 Kalashnikov, was the chief designer - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
Kalashnikov, was the chief designer
S01 • E01 It quickly became a favourite of sportsmen and gun collectors - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
It quickly became a favourite of sportsmen and gun collector...
S01 • E03 With its unique breech-loading and recoil systems, the gun was able - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
With its unique breech-loading and recoil systems, the gun w...
S01 • E02 But it is doubtful even Kalashnikov himself could have foreseen - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
But it is doubtful even Kalashnikov himself could have fores...
S01 • E03 So effective was the French 75 in World War 1 that the Germans - Guns That Changed The Game 00:08
So effective was the French 75 in World War 1 that the Germa...
S01 • E03 17,500 were produced during World War I, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
17,500 were produced during World War I,