AK-47 rifle and Mikhail Kalashnikov were agriculture's giant loss

Looking at the life of Mikhail Kalashnikov, father of the AK-47, the temptation to rearrange pieces of history is overwhelming.

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47, 1919-2013

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TIL That, shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, Eugene Stoner, inventor of the AR-15, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, met near Washington DC and developed a friendship that lasted until

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AK-47 rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

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New AK-12 rifle from Kalashnikov exceeds by far Defense Ministry's non-stop fire standard - Military & Defense - TASS