AK-47: An Assault Rifle for Everyman

AK - 47

From Wired News:

It’s probably not a stretch to describe Mikhail Kalashnikov’s AK-47 assault rifle as the most important small-arms weapon of the 20th century.

Born out of Kalashnikov’s obsession to create a weapon capable of driving the invading Germans from his motherland, the Soviet weapons designer produced an assault rifle renowned as much for its simplicity as for its effectiveness.

Although it never saw service during World War II, the AK-47 became the standard infantry weapon for the Red Army, as well as most of the other Warsaw Pact armies. National liberation movements supported by the Soviet Union also found themselves generously equipped. More famously, it continues finding its way into the arsenals of rebels, drug traffickers, street gangs and terrorists the world over.

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My Comment: I am surprise that Mikhail Kalashnikov, the AK-47’s inventor, is still alive. He looks pretty goof for someone who is 90 .... but then again my mom is 83 and she looks better than most women at 65.