Researching Hungarian Kalashnikovs: Interview with László Becz
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Published 2024-05-07
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Nic Jenzen-Jones, Director of Research for Headstamp Publishing, spent some time in Budapest speaking with László Becz, author of "Rifles on the Danube: Hungarian Kalashnikov Firearms 1959-2002". They talked about everything from the history of the FÉG factory to the difficulties in finding and interviewing retired engineers who don't have phones. All in all, Laszlo has put twenty years of work into this book, and it's exciting to see it come fully to fruition now!
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All Comments (21)
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Rifles on the Danube: Hungarian Kalashnikov Firearms 1959-2002 is available now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-t…
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Ian is more Australian than I remember
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Can’t wait to get the book and comb through all the details, seems like a lot of time and effort went into this. Köszönöm szépen Nic és László!
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Woah Ian, you aged backwards!
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I have an AMD-65, AK-63D and AK-63F. I was excited to hear about this book being published and ordered a copy for myself.
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I for one like seeing a non-Ian host! If this means we can have more Forgotten Weapons content, especially for something like books coming out, I consider that purely a good thing. It's not like this means Ian is doing less.
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I'd really love to buy one of these books even more so after the fact he mentioned how rare or difficult to access the data was. Seems like something you can't find anywhere else
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Thanks, guys! Lot of people asked me, who is Becz László. This is a perfect answer.
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Ian didn’t think we’d notice it was a body double! Just kidding, I thoroughly enjoyed this interview and the fact that he looks like an Australian Ian was the cherry on top. More Ians from around the world please!
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Such an interesting subject to pick, I'm sure Mr. Becz will do a great job exploring it. I wonder what Headstamp has in store next.
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Kedves László, Nagyon köszönjük a taralmat és a könyvet. Kapható lesz-e esetleg magyarországon? Vagy csak a feláras EU változat az egyetlen esélyünk megvásárolni?
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Very interesting interview, thanks for posting.
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I have just read the news that in Croatian Arms factory in city of Karlovac ,the owner accidentally shot a guest from US, i immediately checked is Ian posting something , hopeful he is not involved .
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The book is on my must have list. Very interesting and informative.
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Mr Becz! I bought your book. I'm looking forward to it.
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There is an old joke about coverd weapon manufacturing: A young couple expecting a baby and don't have the money for baby stroller. But the husband works in a baby stroller factory he brings the parts home and try assembly. After some week the man get angry and say to his wife: - I give up! No matter how many time i put this together its became a tank!
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I am very excited for this book! Had to buy two copies, including a collectors edition.
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Looking forward to this. There's a lot of scope for books about Warsaw pact firearms development particularly the Czech, Polish and East Germany. Although if you guys did a book about Italian Service Firearms I'd buy that too.
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🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺 A.O.A and Atlantic have been bringing in some Hungarian things, in case anyone is looking! Would go GREAT with this book!
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Üdvözölnöm németországától! Jó könyv!
