Joshua Wooten)Ī real 1947 Kalashnikov is surprisingly difficult to fire for a standard infantry weapon, but it was still very easily produced and easily used. AK-47 model weapons are also dirt cheap in many places around the world - but the further away you are from the production centers, the more expensive it can be.Īn Iraqi security forces soldier practices a prone shooting position at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Feb. In many countries, it's not only legal to own an AK model firearm, it's necessary and/or celebrated. The legality of the AK-47 depends on what country you're reading this in.
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The country made so much money from exporting the weapon that Kalashnikov received special treatment in the USSR and later Russia for the rest of his life. His creation was so simple and dependable that the Soviet Union began exporting the weapon en masse. If a round is chambered in an AK-47, chances are good that weapon is going to fire.
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It was designed for all-around ease of use: easy to repair, easy to unjam (if it ever does), easy to maintain. The AK-47 was designed to do the same.īut the true brilliance of Kalashnikov's invention was in its simplicity.
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It didn't shoot a heavy round but could still lay down heavy fire. Called StG-44 for short, the Sturmgewehr was the first real mid-range infantry rifle. It was based on a number of other designs floating around at the time, mostly Germany's Sturmgewehr-44. AK-47 designer and Red Army soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1949.Īfter five years of engineering, the former agricultural engineer made his famous weapon.