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Originally Posted by Doppelhaken
The Sturmgewehr 44? Don't let little Kalashnikov hear you say that. Now that he's dead it shouldn't be a problem, but he would get hot when that was mentioned!
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Conceptually, the Russians got the idea for the AK series from the German sturmgewehr: selective fire rifle with large capacity magazine firing a shortened, reduced power rifle cartridge.
So, yes, the design of the AK series is not a copy of the sturmgewehr, but the concept is. It was designed to meet the same military requirements, and it was the Germans who came up with those military requirements.
If Germany had survived WWII, we'd probably be seeing Sturmgewehr 44 derivatives all over the planet, much as we see AK derivatives today.