Russian AK-47 designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94 (1 Viewer)

[BLReed]

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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 age of 94.

The AK-47 — "Avtomat Kalashnikov" and the year it went into production — is favored by guerrillas, terrorists and the soldiers of many armies. An estimated 100 million guns are spread worldwide.

He died Monday in a hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurtia republic where he lived, said Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the republic's president.

 

[Scott]

I got a chance to fire one once. Fun. A Cambodian army vet I worked with told me about his war experience with one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/w...-era-ak-47-weapon-is-dead-at-age-94.html?_r=0

 

[Scott]

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From Comedian Dana Gould on FB

[/h]"The inventor of the Kalishnikov died peacefully in his sleep at 94.

RELATED: the inventor of Fluffy-Soft baby wipes was torn apart by dogs."

 

[PanzerAce1944]

The man made a world renowned weapon and lived a very long life !

 

[TomB]

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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 age of 94.

The AK-47 — "Avtomat Kalashnikov" and the year it went into production — is favored by guerrillas, terrorists and the soldiers of many armies. An estimated 100 million guns are spread worldwide.

He died Monday in a hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurtia republic where he lived, said Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the republic's president.