Don't Tread On Me
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Of all the designers, JMB was the greatest genius as far as coming up with innovations on his own. Even then, he did work with others including his brother. But, he of all great designers - was the most innovative without the use of design teams.
But there's a lot of truth to what SlamFire says. Virtually everything had already been invented. It is small refinements and changes to already existing design concepts and piecing together the right ones in the right way that made most of the systems we see today. JMB himself did not invent most of his great works - instead, he improved already existing designs and made them much, much better. Not only a great inventor, but great at improvement.
I personally do not believe that Kalashnikov was even 70% responsible for the AK-47. I do believe he had a major role though.
It is foolish. If I sat down to "invent" a new pistol, it would be uttery impossible to do so without implementing already existing designs or features. I believe this to be to the point where hypothetically, even if I had been some super-genius, it would still be impossible to create a new firearm from 100% or even 90% original design concepts. Impossible.
It is like the WHEEL. There is something universal and fundamental about it. There are similar concepts in firearms design. You cannot avoid them and end up with a firearm that does certain tasks (like shoot a bullet, autoload, eject etc...)
But there's a lot of truth to what SlamFire says. Virtually everything had already been invented. It is small refinements and changes to already existing design concepts and piecing together the right ones in the right way that made most of the systems we see today. JMB himself did not invent most of his great works - instead, he improved already existing designs and made them much, much better. Not only a great inventor, but great at improvement.
I personally do not believe that Kalashnikov was even 70% responsible for the AK-47. I do believe he had a major role though.
It is foolish. If I sat down to "invent" a new pistol, it would be uttery impossible to do so without implementing already existing designs or features. I believe this to be to the point where hypothetically, even if I had been some super-genius, it would still be impossible to create a new firearm from 100% or even 90% original design concepts. Impossible.
It is like the WHEEL. There is something universal and fundamental about it. There are similar concepts in firearms design. You cannot avoid them and end up with a firearm that does certain tasks (like shoot a bullet, autoload, eject etc...)