Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "Q&A #23: Kalashnikov Questions w/ Larry Vickers" video.

  1. Russians usually say, that SKS was a backup, a "plan B", an insurance in case if the idea of an assault rifle - AK doesn't take off. Besides SKS used proven technologies, while stamping used on AK was still brand new back then. IIRC in Soviet comedy "Maxim Perepelyica" (Максим Перепелица) made on 1955 or 1956, starring very famous actor of the period Leonid Bikov (Леонид Быков), where the main heroe serves in army, you can see soldiers carrying mostly SKS's and some AK's, which is unusual and rare, as, just as you said, the period when something like this was happening was really short.
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  2. Polish made weapons - yes, absolutely! They still make their own weapons, only now in NATO calibers. And on attempts to replace AK, other than AN-94, most people would name AEK series, but it never went beyond small scale production.
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