Why do all russian guns look ugly even with quality over quantity?

I've had that same observation, Dennis. In WWII, Germans had aesthetically beautiful weapons (like the Luger)while the Russian weapons were butt ugly. But they were deadly, not to mention rugged, as hell

CML, the Luger, although used in WW2, was more of a WW1 weapon as the P-38 was the official sidearm. Waffen SS initially used old Mauser C-96s and German paras used the Sauer 38(H) as well as foreign arms stocks when captured. The Soviet-era weapons were to be mass produced so they were simplified and rugged. More Soviet troops in WW2 carried the PPSh-41 SMG than Nagant rifles and seldom used pistols unless under German attack or occupation. As rugged and lethal as Soviet weapons were in WW2, the German counterparts were still better in every category (P-38 pistol, MP-40 SMG, STG-44 assault rifle, MGs 34 and 42, and sniper was any WW2 rifle with a 4x scope mounted!). The Russian SMG only has mass-production superiority over the MP-40. Today, the post-Soviet weapons are far better and more competitive in the world. The AK-series of rifles are certainly the most rugged assault rifles on earth and most produced at over 60 million. That has a lethal beauty all its own (taken of course from the WW2 MP-43/STG-43/STG-44 family with cartridge). The German weapons remain high-quality and complex, more revolutionary than evolutionary. The G-11 caseless would have made the AK-series look like scrap metal, but was cancelled due to reunification costs. HK's 416, 417, G-36 and XM-8 offspring are still well-made but politically volatile as Congress blocked the adoption of the XM-8 and G-11 in the past 2 times a new US ACR was considered, saving Colt's ass a total of 3 times (first was with AAI's ACR). Russian pistols are better made now, but lack durability. Most pistols in the world made by anyone cannot compete with HK and Walther for performance, German guns able to blow through 50,000+ rds w/o barrel warp, stoppages or jams of any kind. Most world don't even make it to 10,000 rds and US pistols are poor performers. But what looks ugly to one may be beautiful to another. To me the Colt 1911A and Kimbers look like heavy pieces of junk compared to my Walther P-99QA and the new PPQ. I think that's a matter of patriotism and historical ratings vs modernality and function. Just my opinion as a gun owner and historian...