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From 1949, Mikhail Kalashnikov lived and worked in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. He held a degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971)[1][2] and is a member of 16 academies.[16]
Over the course of his career he evolved the basic design into a weapons family. The AKM (Russian: Автомат Калашникова Модернизированный – Kalashnikov modernized assault rifle), first appeared in 1963, was lighter and cheaper to manufacture owing to the use of a stamped steel receiver (in place of the AK47's milled steel receiver), and contained detail improvements such as a re-shaped stock and muzzle compensator. From the AKM he developed a squad automatic weapon variant, known as the RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемет Калашникова – Kalashnikov light machine gun), and the PK(Russian: Пулемет Калашникова – Kalashnikov machine gun), which used the more powerful 7.62×54R cartridge of the Mosin-Nagant rifle. The PK series is a general-purpose machine gun. It is cartridge belt-fed, not magazine-fed, as it is intended to provide heavy sustained fire from a tripod mount, or be used as a light, bipod-mounted weapon. The common characteristics of all these weapons are simple design, ruggedness and ease of maintenance in all operating conditions.
Approximately 100 million AK-47 assault rifles have been produced by 2009,[8] and about half of them are counterfeit, manufactured at a rate of about a million per year.[11][17] Izhmash, the official manufacturer of AK-47 in Russia, has patented the weapon only in 1997, and in 2006 accounted for only 10% of the world's production.[7] Kalashnikov himself claimed he was always motivated by service to his country rather than money,[6] and made no direct profit from weapon production.[18] He did however own 30% of a German company Marken Marketing International (MMI) run by his grandson Igor.[19] The company revamps trademarks and produces merchandise carrying the Kalashnikov name, such as vodka,[8] umbrellas and knives.[20][21] One of the items is a knife named for theAK-74.[19]
Weapon designs[edit]
During his career, Kalashnikov designed about 150 models of small weapons.[16] The most famous of them are
Incorporates information from the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia
From 1949, Mikhail Kalashnikov lived and worked in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. He held a degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971)[1][2] and is a member of 16 academies.[16]
Over the course of his career he evolved the basic design into a weapons family. The AKM (Russian: Автомат Калашникова Модернизированный – Kalashnikov modernized assault rifle), first appeared in 1963, was lighter and cheaper to manufacture owing to the use of a stamped steel receiver (in place of the AK47's milled steel receiver), and contained detail improvements such as a re-shaped stock and muzzle compensator. From the AKM he developed a squad automatic weapon variant, known as the RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемет Калашникова – Kalashnikov light machine gun), and the PK(Russian: Пулемет Калашникова – Kalashnikov machine gun), which used the more powerful 7.62×54R cartridge of the Mosin-Nagant rifle. The PK series is a general-purpose machine gun. It is cartridge belt-fed, not magazine-fed, as it is intended to provide heavy sustained fire from a tripod mount, or be used as a light, bipod-mounted weapon. The common characteristics of all these weapons are simple design, ruggedness and ease of maintenance in all operating conditions.
Approximately 100 million AK-47 assault rifles have been produced by 2009,[8] and about half of them are counterfeit, manufactured at a rate of about a million per year.[11][17] Izhmash, the official manufacturer of AK-47 in Russia, has patented the weapon only in 1997, and in 2006 accounted for only 10% of the world's production.[7] Kalashnikov himself claimed he was always motivated by service to his country rather than money,[6] and made no direct profit from weapon production.[18] He did however own 30% of a German company Marken Marketing International (MMI) run by his grandson Igor.[19] The company revamps trademarks and produces merchandise carrying the Kalashnikov name, such as vodka,[8] umbrellas and knives.[20][21] One of the items is a knife named for theAK-74.[19]
Weapon designs[edit]
During his career, Kalashnikov designed about 150 models of small weapons.[16] The most famous of them are
- AK-47
- AKM
- AK-74 / AKS-74U / AK-74M / AKS-74
- AK-101 / AK-102
- AK-103 / AK-104
- AK-105
- AK-12
- RPK / RPK-74
- PK / PKM / PKP
- Saiga semi-automatic rifle
Incorporates information from the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Apostle Andrew the First-Called[23]
- Mikhail Kalashnikov was twice named Hero of Socialist Labour. In 1998, he was awarded an Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete.
- On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a "Hero of the Russian Federation" and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of."[8][18]
- In 2012, Izhevsk State Technical University was named after Kalashnikov.[24]
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"I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this."
"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists. I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawn mower."
Mikhail Kalashnikov, 10th November 1919 to 23th December 2013.
"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists. I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawn mower."
Mikhail Kalashnikov, 10th November 1919 to 23th December 2013.
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RIP keep twoAK-47s loaded guns in coffin if god asked him abut something he can answer with gun ................
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RIP kalashnikov
The heritage of Russia,
The tradition of China,
The strategy of America,
The power of terror,
& the terror of Taliban....
The AK-47 Kalashnikov...
Rest in peace sir....
The heritage of Russia,
The tradition of China,
The strategy of America,
The power of terror,
& the terror of Taliban....
The AK-47 Kalashnikov...
Rest in peace sir....
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