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 …

Sep 22, 2017 · Workers in Moscow have cut out part of a new monument to a Russian creator of the world famous AK-47 assault rifle because a weapon depicted on the statue was actually a …

A Type 2 AK-47, the first machined receiver variation. This process culminated in 1947, when he designed the AK-47 (standing for Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947). In 1949, the AK …

Jan 18, 2025 · 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,’ …

Sep 19, 2017 · The new statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov cradling his signature AK-47 assault rifle unveiled Tuesday in Moscow commemorates one of Russia's most renowned and reviled …

Oct 12, 2010 · One of the first true assault rifles, the AK-47, or Kalashnikov, was designed for soldiers who have to endure terrible conditions on the battlefield: It's light, it can carry a lot of …

Sep 26, 2017 · Allegations that Kalashnikov copied the StG 44 have dogged the AK-47 and its inventor for years, which makes the sculptor's mistake even more embarrassing.

Dec 23, 2013 · MOSCOW — Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, has died at the …

Sep 19, 2017 · Russia on Tuesday unveiled a new statue of the late arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov that shows him cradling his signature AK-47 assault rifle, to commemorate one of …

Dec 23, 2013 · 1986: Red Army soldiers wearing paper garlands holding their AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifles and bouquets of red carnations, wait for their plane to leave Kabul, Afghanistan, …