Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian gun designer whose AK-47 rifle became the weapon of choice for many national armies and guerrillas around the world, died at the age of 94. Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of iconic AK-47 rifle, died at the age of 94.
About AK- 47 ( ”Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947″)
The name of the rifle is ”Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947,” the year it went into production.
It is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle and has a rate of fire of 600 rounds-a-minute. The AK-47 has only eight moving parts can be broken down and reassembled in 30 seconds and will work in conditions that would render many other small arms inoperable. Invented by Mikhail Kalashnikov, who received numerous honors including the Hero of Socialist Labor and Order of Lenin and Stalin Prize.
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