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Sadly, no. The writer has been an insurance guy before he hit the big time (I recall reading)

My father in law, Thomas E. Clancy, was the project engineer on the F-82/P-82 after having been the engine man for the P-51 from prototype stage to the F-82. I recall him saying that it was quite slow in roll and hence not a good fighter platform for dogfighting although it was relatively fast...

The STG 44 design was essentially stolen by kalashnikov the the AK series. The cartridge was nearly identical, the STG44 used a 7.9x32mm and the AK went to 7.62x39; more powder I guess.

I trained with the M1, M14 and M16 (ok i'm old) and vastly preferred the M14 to the M16, which I thought was a bit flimsy, and didn't throw enough of a projectile at the bad guys. I grew up with the marksmanship/hit what you aim at mentality, where ammunition was a precious resource. Still think...