LAST EDITED ON Feb-28-17 AT 09:25 PM (EST)
 
>The speed with which Tokarev was able to develop the TT pistol owed
>much to the fact that, like many firearms designers (and not just
>Soviet ones), he followed the Lobachevsky principle: "Plagiarize, only
>be sure always to call it, please, research." Let us consider,
>for a moment, the profile of Tokarev's pistol.

I am never forget the day, I first meet great Kalashnikov*.
In one word he tells me the secret of success in armaments:
"Plagiarize!"

Plagiarize,
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes,
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, PLAGIARIZE!
...Only be sure always to call it, please, "research".

And ever since I meet this man my life is not the same
And Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov is his name! Oy!
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashni-

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Iä! Iä! Moe fthagn!

(*Tokarev does not scan with Lobachevsky.)