yeah I was wondering which ones. I couldn’t recall.
I wouldn’t say stamping and ergonomics are anything more than preference.
Stamping especially has a high startup cost so small countries and companies might prefer milling.
That’s another difference between AK and AR derivatives. AKs are cheaper to mass produce but you can theoretically build an AR in a garage because it’s milled.
I think at one point (different generation) making kalashnikovs were probably easier, riveting, welding and bending flats wasn’t unknown to a lot of people.
Nowadays that’s not exactly the most common of skill sets but working with a jig and milling is pretty full proof.
There are plenty of industries with light metal stamping abilities in any country - and if necessary it is possible to do it with nothing more than a hammer and an anvil!
so yeah - it is probably easier for a single person to mill a receiver… if they have a mill and training in their garage - but in any city you’re going to find many plants with presses and tool/die makers for stamping if you want more than 1 per day or week! 
a mate of mine is a former tool and die maker - now makes custom knives - has hammers and presses and could make a few dies in a week then several stamped receivers per day (depending on actual complexity.)
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That’s always the explanation I’ve seen as to why nobody makes AKs as opposed to ARs.
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I don’t doubt it - there’s many small machine shops around where “making an AR” would be possible and a point of pride/skill/interest.
I mean iirc it was in a thread asking “why aren’t there any quality AK manufacturers in the US and just garbage like dracos”
The explanation given was that no manufacturers want to foot the startup cost on an AK.
I can understand that too - with millions of Chinese and Eastern European versions around why would you want to bother?
I think the US banned imports at least to a degree, so there’s certainly a market.
US banned imports from Russia back in 2014 after the occupation of Crimea - dunno what the status of that ban is now, but those from other origins were freely available.
90% it’s still up, but all of my ammo is “made in Russia” so I’m not sure what the limitations on that ban are.
Commissar: The first man in line gets a rifle. The second, ammunition. When the first is killed, the second takes the rifle and shoots!
There is a lot of photos, references to sources (even newest) and accurate work with visualized maps. It is also only one part of great Stalingrad series. Great work and nice to watching all of the videos on the channel.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WaterloggedGranularAndalusianhorse-max-1mb.gif
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Some videos about tactics
On this day in 1945, the Battle of Berlin began. It lasted from April 16 to May 2, and the victory of the Soviet troops put an end to Hitler’s Nazi adventure in Europe. Let’s remember how it was.
English dubbed one
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