AK-47
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The AK-47, full name Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947, is officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, it is an assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian
Trial prototype weapon with slab-sided steel magazine
AKMS with a stamped Type 4B receiver (top) and an AK-47 with a milled Type 2A receiver
Wound Profiles of Russian small-arms ammunition compiled by Dr. Martin Fackler on behalf of the US military
The gas-operated mechanism of a Chinese Norinco Type 56
Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and
AK-47
…the Kalashnikov or just AK), it is an assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles. After more than seven decades since its creation, the AK-47 model and its…
Kalashnikov Mikhail
Kalashnikov, c. 1944
Kalashnikov (right) and Eugene Stoner (left) hold the rifles they designed, taken in May 1990.
The SMG predecessor of the Kalashnikov rifle, the PPK-42