This day in history. Part 3.
On November 10, 1919, the outstanding small arms designer Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov was born. The greatest achievement of Kalashnikov is not only the creation of an excellent design of the AK assault rifle, but also the establishment of mass production of these weapons. The main machine gun of our army is not only surprisingly durable in battle, reliable and accurate in shooting, but also cheap to manufacture and has a small mass. The design and organizational achievements of Mikhail Timofeevich are enormous precisely in the development of production technology for assault rifles and Kalashnikov machine guns.
On November 10, 1924, one of the founders of Soviet cosmonautics, Mikhail Fedorovich Rashtaniev, was born. Its main activity was communication satellites and light "Cosmos" launch vehicles. Under the leadership of Reshetnav, satellites of the Molania, Raduga, Akron, Ofek, Sterla and GLONASS systems were created.