Mikhail Kalashnikov%2C father of the AK-47%2C is dead The Russian weapon designer was 94 He once aspired to design farm equipment MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, passed Monday at 94 in a hospital in the Russian republic of Udmurtia.

The inventor of the iconic AK-47 automatic rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died. Kalashnikov's simple, durable and easily maintained gun became the world's most popular rifle, with more than 100 ...

The AK-47 has a rate of fire of 600 rounds-a-minute • Kalashnikov reportedly told his friends that he sometimes wishes he had become an agricultural engineer instead of a weapon designer.

Kalashnikov once aspired to design farm equipment. But even though his most famous invention — the AK-47 assault rifle — sowed havoc instead of crops, he often said he felt personally ...

Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47 assault rifle, is joining the throng of companies looking to compete with Elon Musk's electric car company, Tesla. The Russian firearms manufacturer this week ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the 93-year-old inventor of the world's most-used assault rifle -- AK-47, has been hospitalized.

LAS VEGAS — The famous Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles have been made in frigid Moscow since their inception 69 years ago. Soon, they’ll be made in sunny Florida, too. Kalashnikov USA has ...

Russia on Friday buried Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-opened cemetery for national heroes.

Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, a cheap, simple, rugged assault rifle that became the weapon of choice for more than 50 standing armies as well as drug lords, street gangs, revolutionaries ...