Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies at 94 (Posted 2013-12-24 02:49:58) Former Red Army sergeant invented one of the world's most ubiquitous -- and deadly -- firearms

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the former Red Army sergeant behind one of the world's most omnipresent weapons -- the AK-47 and its variants and copies, used by national armies, terrorists, drug gangs, bank robbers, revolutionaries and jihadists -- died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Izhevsk, Russia. Mr. Kalas...

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Published inThe Washington post (Washington, D.C. 1974. Online)
Main Author Nelan, Bruce
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post 01.01.2013
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Military weapons
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Summary:Mikhail Kalashnikov, the former Red Army sergeant behind one of the world's most omnipresent weapons -- the AK-47 and its variants and copies, used by national armies, terrorists, drug gangs, bank robbers, revolutionaries and jihadists -- died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Izhevsk, Russia. Mr. Kalashnikov headed the design team that produced the AK-47 -- standing for automatic by Kalashnikov, model of 1947 -- as the assault rifle for the newly retitled Soviet Army.
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ISSN:0190-8286
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