Mikhail Kalashnikov
<div class="IPBDescription">goes the hiphop entrepreneur route</div> <a href='http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/20/kalashnikov.vodka.reut/' target='_blank'>MK does it again.</a>
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Monday, September 20, 2004 Posted: 1657 GMT (0057 HKT)
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Kalashnikov raises a toast in London to launch his namesake vodka.
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.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Monday, September 20, 2004 Posted: 1657 GMT (0057 HKT)
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Kalashnikov raises a toast in London to launch his namesake vodka.
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.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Comments
I wouldn't say weak, 82 proof is still ~ 41% alcohol.
But i am so going to buy this stuff, vodka is great. *hugs the bottle of Smirnoff he's been drinking all night*
Just another good reason for CWAG to buy this stuff.
Oh wait, Russia isn't communist any more. Too bad.
That guy better watch out though, or <b>Mi</b>kojan <b>G</b>urevich vodka will make him hard competition.
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General Kalashnikov (proper)
This man deserves the congressional medal of kickassness...and should be the president of the NRA.
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And General Kalashnikov is quite the capitalist, he's been sueing governments left and right for illegally using his design in weapons.
Is it any good?
Quoted for emphasis.
Like so?
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Like so?
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Somehow, the idea of pointing that down my throat is just wrong. I feel that this will not be a very strong franchise.
Generally, you don't drink from the bottle... Unless you are a super wacko alcoholic...
(the word shot takes on a new meaning now o.o)
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with friends i usually shoot from the bottle because 1) they're too cheap for glasses 2) all they wanna do is get f*d up
with certain friends, i can enjoy the DRINKING part of drinking and not just the DRUNK part of drinking.. oh well.
and i bought my own case.
I only drink it when cleaning guns. Since most of my guns are varients of the AK-47..
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What about esuna?
Also, Uzi, that has to be the stupidest thing ever. Why, oh dear god why, would you do *anything* with a gun whilst drinking? I look forward to the news reports.
"Drunk Hulk-lookalike blows his own face off for being dumb enough to mix alcohol and guns. Film at 11"
I still have a bottle of Everclear (98% alcohol. Not proof - %.) sitting on my fridge that I brought back from Arizona - so far only Tyr has been brave enough to try even a half-shot of it, and the face he made as it went down was NOT happy.
That goes for the bottle, too.