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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 1 Nov 2024 00:54:59 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> <923ee618-5c3c-21fc-897e-506e73d054b7@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net G+ruzcvdnRVsvWgqpKkQXghdIC5f9kNOqKkH49G3MplpBz5fQL Cancel-Lock: sha1:+7Kj1lVdzZh8k8baGs7w/Xdkc2o= sha256:nleqIBg/GYZP5M5XSSGbny1TNZVYEORlzWVXgYTR/Dw= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 3037 On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:21:17 +0100, D wrote: > Wouldn't those countries mostly just buy AK-47:s from russia? Probably not. I'll say 'AK style' rifles rather than AK-47. The AK-47 was superceded by the AKM in '59. It was still 7.62x39 but was simpler to manufacture. The receiver is stamped from a flat sheet of steel or maybe hammered into shape in the home workshop. China's Type 56 and N Korea's Type 58 and Type 68 follow derive from that as well as a lot of other countries designs, licensed or unlicensed. That was followed by the AK-74 in 1974, strange to say. That's 5.45×39 rather than 7.62x39. That followed the US philosophy in Vietnam. If they can't hit anything anyway a lighter cartridge means they can carry more ammo to burn. The typical bullet is 53 grains rather than 123. Again, that was/is manufactured in a lot of countries. Next up is the AK-100 series from '94. I guess AK-94 didn't sound right. You can get that in either chambering. Next was the AK-200 series, a little cheaper tham the AK-100 design to build. India bought a raft of them and the factory in Urrar Pradesh is licensed to build 600000 more. And then, the AK-12 from 2012 when they went back to the tried and true year numbering system. The AK-15 and AK-19 are minor upgrades. I believe the current Russian menu for exports has AK-100, AK-200, and AK-12s. So anybody buying new in the box AK pattern rifles may be buying from Russia or from many other countries that are manufacturing variants on the models. Even Romania is in the game with the WASR-10 semi-auto variant for the US market.