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Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, an acronym for "Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947", indicating its first year of production.

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Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47 take a bow

Dec 26, 2013

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