Mikhail Kalashnikov News, Pictures & Buzz

Kadda Sheekoff: from Haiti to Cameroon  ABOUT INSIDER

More Than Just the AR of Shotguns: Rock Island Armory VR80  The National Interest

The AK-47 family of weapons is evolving with Russia's new Ratnik AK-12  Task & Purpose

The Kalashnikov: 200 Years of Russian Guns (Not Just AK-47s)  The National Interest

Pashinyan Tours Kalashnikov Assault Rifle Plant  Hetq Online

Behold: The Five Greatest Firearms Innovators of the 20th Century  The National Interest

Russia's PKM Is Only Really Scary Machine Gun. Let Us Explain Why.  Yahoo News

Profile: Mikhail Kalashnikov, the man behind the AK-47  Al-Arabiya

Kalashnikov’s first weapon  Russia Beyond

These Are The Biggest Myths About the Infamous AK-47  The National Interest

These Are The Biggest Myths About the Infamous AK-47  The National Interest

75 Million And Counting: Why the AK-47 May Never Stop Shooting  The National Interest

Top misconceptions about the AK-47  Russia Beyond

As deception designer Mikhail Kalashnikov changed his life  The Global Domains News

What was invented by Mikhail Kalashnikov, in addition to the machine – The Global Domain News  The Global Domains News

How the AK-47 earned its (controversial) reputation  Military Times

Kalashnikov USA just announced an all-American AK-100 series rifle  Military Times

The AK-47 Might Be the Most Legendary Assault Rifle Ever  The National Interest Online

How Well Do You Know The AK-47? Here's 5 Little Known Facts  The National Interest Online

This Day in History: Mikhail Kalashnikov Dies  AmmoLand Shooting Sports News

FFairing: @DrunkEngineerHF Perhaps inspired by Mikhail Kalashnikov

0Deflati*^&~: RT @Reaperfeed1: Eugene St*^&~er holding a Kalashnikov and Mikhail Kalashnikov holding an M16... Taken when the pair met in Chicago I believe…

interstate_blog: RT @Reaperfeed1: Eugene St%!er holding a Kalashnikov and Mikhail Kalashnikov holding an M16... Taken when the pair met in Chicago I believe…

MartinEigenste1: RT @Reaperfeed1: Eugene St^*!&er holding a Kalashnikov and Mikhail Kalashnikov holding an M16... Taken when the pair met in Chicago I believe…

lawlednahkdnana: @ColSanjayPande Mikhail Kalashnikov designed his AK 47 singlehandedly and DRDO??? 🤔 I guess too many cooks have been spooling the broth

Seriously, I read a lot of complaints about Mikhail Kalashnikov on internet, saying he should go to hell, kill himself, etc. for his AK47, as it kills a lot of people. If it kills a lot of people, then it means it is very effective and should be used commonly by the good sides, isn't it? It is the good side' fault for ignoring it and using less-effective weapons.

By Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian designer of the AK-47 assault rifle which has killed more people than any other firearm in the world, died on Monday aged 94, officials said. Kalashnikov, who was in his 20s when he created the AK-47, died in his home city of Izhevsk near the Ural Mountains, where his gun is still made, a spokesman for the Udmurtia province's president said on state television. No cause of death was given. Kalashnikov was fitted with a pacemaker at a Moscow hospital in June and had been in hospital in Izhevsk since November 17, state media reported. Sombre music accompanied tributes that led evening news reports on state TV, and President Vladimir Putin expressed "deep sympathy" for Kalashnikov's loved ones. A son of Siberian peasants who never finished school, Kalashnikov invented one of the Soviet Union's best-known and most imitated products. Shortly after fighting in World War Two, he created the AK-47, whose number stands for the year 1947. The "A" is for "avtomat" - automatic rifle - and the "K" for Kalashnikov. Later versions of the AK-47 are still a mainstay of Russia's armed forces and police more than 60 years after the original rifle went into service in the military in 1949. At a Kremlin ceremony on Kalashnikov's 90th birthday, then-President Dmitry Medvedev bestowed upon him the highest state honor - the Hero of Russia gold star medal - and lauded him for creating "the national brand every Russian is proud of". But Kalashnikov said pride in his invention was mixed with the pain of seeing it used by criminals and child soldiers. As well as being embraced by armies, anti-Western revolutionary movements and leftist leaders around the world, the relatively cheap and simple rifle has been used by gangsters, drug traffickers, militants and rebels of all stripes. The last of the great gun designers. Lee, Mauser, Browning, Maxim, Saive, Garand, Stoner, etc. As big a game changer to Mankind as the Jet engine or the PC.... Browning made money for his work. MR. K? Nothing.

One of my friends told me that Mikhail Kalashnikov did not really make the AK-47, that it was designed by a German, whom Kalashnikov stole the design from and killed. Is this true? Please no comments about my friends IQ lol