vs., as opposed to or in contrast with.
Not in direct competition with, not at all, in fact I've made it clear, that the historical information points quite clearly that MK, was nothing more than a copier, and not the great weapons inventor that some have made him out to be, in fact, as I have pointed out, the ability to stamp metal in such a way as to allow for the production of the AK, as we know it, wasn't going to happen without some of the captured slave labor the soviets were famous for.
My statement should have read, the The StG44 was developed to use the 7.92 Kurtz as opposed to, or in contrast to, the 7.62 x 39 round, that would be utilized in the AK after Hugo Schmeisser showed MK how to build one, the 30 cal medium round, with similar ballistics to the 7.62x39 round, and case size, was easily adapted to the Schmeisser design. Once again, for the record, I do not believe the AK was in any way shape or form in competition with the StG44 (or the family of weapons developed by Schmeisser that lead to the final StG44 be adopted and mass produced). In Fact, to be clear, I believe the only way the soviets were able to develop and produce the AK, as we know it, was with the forced slave labor of Hugo Schmeisser (and his brother). The two weapons were not in competition with one another, one followed the other. Hope this clears it up for you. In fact I've state several time, on this thread, that only after the capture and enslavement of Hugo Schmeisser were the Soviets able to produce the AK as we know it, I don't know how you've managed to miss this, but I hope that by restating it in clear terms you're able to grasp my meaning-and intent. If not, please let me know I'll try it another way, the problem with communication is sometimes only one person thinks it's happening.
Regarding your chunks of cut and paste-I've read that slop too. Only an idiot would believe that rendition as being historically accurate, lying can take several forms, lying by way of omission is common among politicos, and those re-writing history. To say mk drew inspiration from the StG44, is humorous. I guess it is like Pepsi drawing inspiration from Coke! In reality, it should read, MK utilizing the forced slave labor of a real weapons designer, Hugo Schmeisser, he [mk] was able to take credit for the design of the AK-47.
