We all know that Scotch was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad, but there were Soviet inventions that had foreign roots and not necessarily the ones you might think. Check out this video to see which of the Red Army's weapon originated abroad and which are surprisingly original.
***Sources and further reading***
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2022/07/two-turrets-from-leningrad.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2021/01/armoured-confusion.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2014/03/t-50s-ancestor.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2023/09/copper-horns.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/07/kalashnikov-and-intermediate-round.html
https://www.tankarchives.ca/2017/09/kalashnikov-vs-schmeisser-for-umpteenth.html
Y. Pasholok, Sodraniye Sochineniy v Mirovom Tankoprome
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