The Stg44 was the template ! -
Red faces as Russian monument to creator of Kalashnikov depicts German rifle
David Millward
The TelegraphSeptember 22, 2017
The monument in the heart of Moscow was supposed to be a tribute to Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creator of the AK-47 assault rifle.
Unfortunately, things went wrong, spectacularly so. The etching on the plinth was not of a Kalashnikov but the StG 44 rifle used by the Nazis during WWII.
The mistake was spotted by arms experts, the BBC reported. It left the authorities having to use an angle grinder to remove the offending image.
"A mistake has been made by t https://www.yahoo.com/news/red-faces-russian-monument-creator-225343430.html
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