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It was borrowed mostly from American guns because the Sturmgewehr was a mechanical dead end. The Germans, at best, proved that the select-fire assault rifle was a viable concept. The Soviets were already looking in that direction because their own experiments with self-loading rifles proved that...

Bullshit. The only thing they have in common is the stamped sheet metal construction, and the Soviets were already experimenting with stamped metal construction in the PPSh. Internally, the Sturmgewehr resembles an SKS, not an AK. The AK rifle borrowed and stole from the Garand rifle.

Oh, this one is hard to beat. The Breda 30 has got to be one of the top three most God-awful firearm designs to be developed by professionals and fielded by a serious army. Meh. It's not as bad as it sounds. The AA sights were meant to be used by whole platoons at a time, with one officer...