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Topic started on 22-9-2004 @ 07:55 PM by curme

Kalashnikov launches liquid weapon

Monday, September 20, 2004 Posted: 12:57 PM EDT (1657 GMT)

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

Lt. Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 after being shot by German soldiers during World War II, said Monday 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.

"It is not my fault that it has been spread all over the world. It is its reliability and its simplicity that have taken it all over the world."

Promoters of Kalashnikov vodka, which is 82 proof, say it is "made from grain harvested in Russia and water drawn from Lake Ladoga north of St. Petersburg" and is best drunk with friends.




What's next? Berreta beer? Uzi motzah balls? Is this vodka supposed to be more 'manly' because it's named after a weapon?


reply posted on 22-9-2004 @ 11:54 PM by ShadowXIX
Ive been trying to get a bottle of this for awhile. Its pretty hard to get in the states.Ive been to a couple Ak forums and havent been able to trck this bottle down yet.



This is the bottle im trying to get, Thats the bottle in the case. I dont even like Vodka but I thought that would make a great collection piece.

On a side note Kalashnikov is not a rich man. In russia you didnt get patents rights for something like the AK you got medals. Eugene Stoner creator of the AR-15 was a millionare. One time when Eugene and Kalashnikov met Eugene had his own plane and Kalashnikov flew coach.

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