AK-47 Creator Launches "Kalashnikov Vodka"

[matcom]

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LONDON (Reuters) - The creator of one of the world's most famous guns, the AK-47 assault rifle, launched another weapon in Britain Monday -- Kalashnikov vodka.

Lieutenant General Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 after being shot by German soldiers during World War II, said he wanted to continue "the good name" of his gun.

"I've always wanted to improve and expand on the good name of my weapon by doing good things," he told Reuters Television.

"So we decided to create a vodka under my name. And we wanted that vodka to be better than anything made, up until now, in both Russia and England."

The Kalashnikov rifle has become the weapon of choice for guerrillas and gangsters across the world. But Kalashnikov said his original intentions for the gun were purely patriotic.

"I did not create the gun for international conflicts, I created it to protect the borders of my country," he said.

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[KeepItReal]

1. On "Tales of the Gun" he said he wasn't in it for the fame

Kalashnikov must have changed his mined....

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. I suppose after that interview, he became famous

and the money folks have been beating his door down ever since.

Sooner or later, the offers are hard to turn down. No matter how patriotic one is.

[htuttle]

2. As we all know, nothing goes together like AK-47's and Vodka!

Actually, Kalashnikov is an interesting guy, and has a very useful philosophy re: engineering.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. If anybody's been wondering what to get me for Xmas....

:bounce:

[KeepItReal]

4. The vodka or the assault rifle??

:-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. Yes.