Tuesday, June 25, 2013

AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov Flown To Moscow Hospital For Treatment

Mikhail Kalashnikov, world famous inventor, with an AK-47 assault rifle. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Vyatkin)

Legendary Gunmaker Kalashnikov Flown To Moscow For Treatment -- RT

93-year-old Mikhail Kalashnikov has been flown to Moscow for hospital treatment on an Emergencies Ministry plane after being taken ill in his home city of Izhevsk. The iconic gunsmith is said to be in a serious condition.

The inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle endured the flight well and has been sent to undergo medical treatment in a Central military hospital in the Russian capital, reports Itar-Tass.

Kalashnikov had been admitted to a cardiology hospital in the city of Izhevsk, in the Urals, after suffering a pulmonary thrombosis, when doctors “decided to send Kalashnikov to a Moscow’s clinic for medical supervision,” said Emergencies Ministry’s spokesperson Irina Rossius.

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More News On AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov Being Flown To A Moscow Hospital For Treatment

Plane to Take AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov to Moscow Hospital -- RIA Novosti
AK-47 Inventor Airlifted to Moscow -- Moscow Times
Mikhail Kalashnikov Airlifted to Moscow for Medical Treatment -- Guns.com
AK-47 creator, 93-year-old Kalashnikov, to be flown to Moscow for medical treatment -- AP
Kalashnikov To Be Airlifted To Moscow In New Health Scare -- Defense News/AFP
Kalashnikov Undergoing Medical Tests In Moscow -- Radio Free Europe
Doctors consider Kalashnikov’s condition critical, but stable -- Russia & India Report

My Comment: This is not he first time that he has been sick. As for his AK-47 .... I have test fired it on a number of occasions, and while I do like the AR-15 .... for some reason .... and it must be the Russian in me (my nationality is Russian) .... I have always preferred the AK-47. On a sad note .... I now live in Canada where the AK-47 is banned .... but I will confess that when I go back to the old country .... I have always made a point of visiting the firing range with my cousins.

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