Kalashnikov dead at 94

[Bailey Guns]

The difference is in the equation...... Quality or Quantity. Browning produced some revolutionary, quality, accurate, high tolerance guns. Kalashnikov produced a revolutionary gun process, based on low tolerance and the ability to be made easily. Roughly synonymous with the philosophies of the WW2 Panzer/Tiger tanks vs the Sherman.

I don't dispute the quality v quantity thing. There are advantages to both philosophies.

I certainly don't think he invented the process of mass manufacturing (I know you didn't use that word). Just to be clear, he may have adapted it to rifle production, but he didn't invent it.