Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the assault rifle AK-47, has died at
the age of 94
the age of 94
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of
the assault rifle AK-47, has died at the age of 94. A spokesman for the Udmurt
Republic’s president said Kalashnikov died on Monday in his home city of
Izhevsk, the capital of the republic.
The spokesman did not give the cause
of death. State media reported that Kalashnikov was fitted with an electric
heartbeat stimulator at a Moscow hospital in June and had been in hospital in
Izhevsk since Mid-November. Kalashnikov was in his 20s when he created the
AK-47 just after World War Two.
The AK-47, which rarely jams even in
adverse conditions, went into service in the Soviet armed forces in 1949.
Today, Kalashnikov rifles are still a mainstay of Russia’s armed forces and
police. Kalashnikov, a son of Siberian peasants, said pride in his iconic
invention was mixed with the pain of seeing it used by criminals and child
soldiers.
Hmm, may his soul rest in peace? Can someone respond to this?
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