Harry
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The Russians made (and used) the first ever assault rifle. The "Fedorov Avtomat" - at least quarter of a century before the German one.
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The Russians made (and used) the first ever assault rifle. The "Fedorov Avtomat" - at least quarter of a century before the German one.
The Russians made (and used) the first ever assault rifle. The "Fedorov Avtomat" - at least quarter of a century before the German one.
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the WWII for the Russians are the Patriotic war.
Sorry, this is not quite right.
The "patriotic war" (отечественная война =
"otetschestwennaja wojna") for the russians is the invasion of Napoleon 1812.
The War 1941 - 1945 is called "welikija otetschestnaja wojna" (Великая Отечественная война = great patriotic war).
And - right, Harry - the "Avtomat Fedorow" was the first assault rifle, the prototype was tested in 1913!
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as86-e.htm
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Great copy from wikipedia
Modern is STG44 and this discussion is all about WWII
Great patriotic / England or Britan is irrelevant for me and you all understand what i wrote in this discussion, but is good correct some people.
Cheers,
Pedro.
Modern is STG44 and this discussion is all about WWII
Great patriotic / England or Britan is irrelevant for me and you all understand what i wrote in this discussion, but is good correct some people.
Cheers,
Pedro.
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Sorry - no wikipedia needed to say this...
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Для русского языка также нет!
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OK, so this was a very interesting discussion - so to conclude I guess the answer to the question that I raised is the following :
- manufacturors will always be cautious about producing figures of Allied soldiers WWII, because sales might be a disappointment. So far it is still a fact that retailers place orders for more WWII Germans than for anything else, and manufacturors have to live and be able to keep their business going.
- some modellers however would really love to see more figures of Allied soldiers, and the argument has been raised somewhere, "if it is sculpted by a top-sculptor, it will sell" (I think that is true)
Allright, I'm going to try figure out now how I can get an Irish Guards crew for my 1/35 Tasca Firefly (best 1/35 tank kit ever).
- manufacturors will always be cautious about producing figures of Allied soldiers WWII, because sales might be a disappointment. So far it is still a fact that retailers place orders for more WWII Germans than for anything else, and manufacturors have to live and be able to keep their business going.
- some modellers however would really love to see more figures of Allied soldiers, and the argument has been raised somewhere, "if it is sculpted by a top-sculptor, it will sell" (I think that is true)
Allright, I'm going to try figure out now how I can get an Irish Guards crew for my 1/35 Tasca Firefly (best 1/35 tank kit ever).
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