“It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines.” IfsFactsArmsMachinesResponsible Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“My spiritual pain is unbearable. I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths?” PeopleIfsChristianPainSpiritualBlameBelieverOrthodoxUnbearableRiflesAk 47 Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines. (...) If someone asks me how I can sleep at night knowing that my arms have killed millions of people, I respond that I have no problem sleeping, my conscience is clean. I constructed arms to defend my country.” PeopleIfsI CanCountryFactsProblemNightAsksSleepMillionsKnowingArmsConscienceMachinesResponsibleCleanAsk MeNo Problem Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“You see, with [designing]weapons, it is like a woman who bears children. For months she carries her baby and thinks about it. A designer does much the same thing with a prototype. I felt like a mother - always proud. It is a special feeling, as if you were awarded with a special award. I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.” IfsThinkingChildrenDoeStillsHardFeelingsMotherFeltSpecialDesignBabyMonthsBearsProudWeaponsShotsHearingDesignerCarrieAwardsPrototypeLike A Mother Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
