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      • 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.
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    The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова, lit. 'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge.

  3. In 1949, the AK became the standard issue assault rifle of the Soviet Army and went on to become Kalashnikov's most famous invention. While developing his first assault rifles, Kalashnikov competed with two much more experienced weapon designers, Vasily Degtyaryov and Georgy Shpagin, who both

  4. 4 days ago · AK-47, Soviet assault rifle, possibly the most widely used shoulder weapon in the world. The initials AK represent Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for ‘automatic Kalashnikov,’ for its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, who designed the accepted version of the weapon in 1947.

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  5. Nov 8, 2019 · It’s the Kalashnikov assault rifle, commonly known as the AK-47. Originally developed in secrecy for the Soviet military, an estimated 100 million AK-47s and its variants have been produced...

  6. Sep 19, 2016 · How Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47, why it took over the world, and what he wishes he'd made instead.

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  7. AK -47, Soviet assault rifle. Designed by Mikhail T. Kalashnikov (its name stands for “automatic Kalashnikov 1947”), it had both semiautomatic and automatic capabilities and fired intermediate-power 7.62-mm ammunition.

  8. Aug 8, 2022 · The Inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov. The story of the AK-47 begins with its creator, Mikhail Kalashnikov, a poor man who would eventually become a Soviet hero. He was born in November 1919, into a large peasant family in the small village of Kurya. The state viewed Kalashnikov’s family as Kulaks.