- Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer
When did Mikhail Kalashnikov die? / Died | 23 December 2013 |
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Mikhail Kalashnikov facts
- He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun
- Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry to design arms that achieved battlefield ubiquity
- Even though Kalashnikov felt sorrow at the weapons' uncontrolled distribution, he took pride in his inventions and in their reputation for reliability, emphasizing that his rifle is "a weapon of defense" and ot a weapon for offense"
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