Hi, I photocopied a cool article from a 1951 Popular Science magazine in PDF format called "How Good Are Russian Guns". I wanted to post the article here in the "red Rifles" section of Gunnutz. Can anybody tell me if there is a way I can share this PDF file with you here? Thanks.
Popular Science 1951 "How Good Are Russian Guns"
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Here it is!
http://books.google.ca/books?id=JyE...ence 1951 "How Good Are Russian Guns"&f=false
And just below this article you can learn to make your very own family foxhole! The good ol' days, lol.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=JyE...ence 1951 "How Good Are Russian Guns"&f=false
And just below this article you can learn to make your very own family foxhole! The good ol' days, lol.
I thought the article was good, and spent quite a bit of time looking through the rest of the magazine. Those were the days when I enjoyed Popular Science. All kinds of (somewhat) practical projects you could do at home, simple explanations, and examples of resourcefulness and ingenuity.
That was easy...and way cleaner than my photocopy. One of these days I'm going to learn how to do things the easy way on a compute...
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Very nice article! Thanks for sharing.
Russian weapons design philosophy worked well for them, works well enough for me. Sure worked well enough to beat the Nazis
I don't think Russians value life any less than we do. It was just the old communist regime that did that.
Russian weapons design philosophy worked well for them, works well enough for me. Sure worked well enough to beat the Nazis
I don't think Russians value life any less than we do. It was just the old communist regime that did that.
My grandfather was a subscriber to Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Mechanix Illustrated (early attempt at targeting the "urban market"?????) from the mid 50's until the mid 70's.
I spent many an hour in his basement going through the magazines, (being Finnish he never tossed out anything). What I really found interesting was the unbounded optimism that we had back in the 50's and 60's. Nuclear powered cars, and missions to outer planets were just a matter of time. We certainly have a different mindset now that the party is over, and the hangover and bill imminent.
Ah, yes, the good ol days...Anyone remember "Duck and cover"?.....Those Godless Reds could attack at any time...
Loved the article. I had to change my thinking not that long ago. Being of the old school I always looked down at the "clunky" Russian weapons. I bow my head in shame. I now love these practicle firearms for what they are. My Enfields will never take a back seat but they will sit side by side with the Russians.
