How to Become a Great Gun Designer

MK (of AK-47 fame ) : When I was a young boy, there was not a single door lock around that I wouldn't have disassembled to see what was inside and how they worked. I was very young and fascinated by machines. But, in my village, there was no chance to study machines.

"I read in some book, maybe holy scripture that all that is complex is not useful and all that is useful is simple. This is my whole life's motto." -- love that one :) So does Steve Jobs (late).

Wikipedia : .. a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry to design arms that achieved battlefield ubiquity.

So, to sum up, what have the Russians given the world? The AK-47, Tetris, and.. you tell me..