RIP brother,....God will forgive you because according to DMX,....guns dont kill people,...people kill people,......Your invention did not kill people,...it was the wickedness of man that prevailed over man,...

Garri the 1st: RIP.....

Your invention made the world a safer place...

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaahaahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa... mehnnn u wan kill me

AK wonder RIPs

RIP bro...more guns than a matrix neo reload got ur face twist

RIP Sir.

My own invention...

Osama will forever be grateful to him

Hell awaits you Kalashinikov! Satan will be so glad to welcome you home. You have caused the death of millions of people around the world. Hope you get a nice space in the hottest part of hell!

Sleekydee: ..but then I undastand, who wants money made 4rm violence...*just mi tinkin aloud*

Alfred Nobel and the invention of the dynamite.

Yeah!

It is well.

Yaba_Leftist: Hell awaits you Kalashinikov! Satan will be so glad to welcome you home. You have caused the death of millions of people around the world. Hope you get a nice space in the hottest part of hell!

I guess knives and bottles manufacturers will rot in hell as well. Car manufacturers too, DOKPEMU.

See una head, d guy no cause anything, if to say him no invent a.k 47 una tink say dis world for dey safer. Oda guns dey na see lar, m16,m4 carbine, bolt action rifle. e.t.c. And as one parable talk 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' so no blame the maker, blame the idiots weh dey use im invention anyhow. Una d'o.

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DEVA1:

wen last did u listen to d news? Ak-47 made d world safer?
SMH

brother its sarcasm o.

russianmob27: RIP Mr Kalashnikov, the great inventor, wanted to invent better tractors to improve his farm land but had to change it to Avtomat Kalashnikov in order the protect his territory from the nazis, you are forever a hero not only for the russians but for the world for giving your soldiers the ability to tackle Hitler, i wonder if Adolf conquered russia, he could have faced the blacks and jehovah witnesses...

Err.. The Ak47 was invented AFTER ww2

DEVA1:

wen last did u listen to d news? Ak-47 made d world safer?
SMH

stil gat some figure of speech class lession to take DEVA1

Rest In Piss AK47

Rest in peace sir!

rip

Yaba_Leftist: Hell awaits you Kalashinikov! Satan will be so glad to welcome you home. You have caused the death of millions of people around the world. Hope you get a nice space in the hottest part of hell!

Nigga please

Sleekydee: Quite bemused u arent among d fore front billonaire we av on earth...its even more shockin u made just little 4rm ur invention...but then I undastand, who wants money made 4rm violence...*just mi tinkin aloud*

People make BILLIONS from wars.

Chuck Norris blood type is: AK47

He brought equality to the world. RIP

Jakumo: Arguably, Mikhail Kalashnikov's invention of the AK47 assault rifle is the most influential event to have taken place throughout the entirety of post-WW2 global geo-politics till date.

Easy to disassemble for cleaning without tools, able to fire reliably even when caked in dirt, and with a virtually unlimited operational lifespan, the ubiquitous AK47 has been issued to more infrantry-men than any other weapon designed over the course of human evolution thus far. From the shifting war zones of the Middle East, to the brush-fire conflicts of sub-Saharan Africa, to the jungled mountain peaks of Pacific Rim nations where insurgency rages, to the mean streets of inner-city America, the AK47 "chopper" is the meat-grinder of choice, wherever high body-counts at low cost are what is desired.

The AK47 easily out-sells all other assault rifle variants put together. Eugene Stoner, the inventor of the Colt M16 assault rifle that is standard issue in most branches of the US armed forces, would turn in his grave if he could only have seen the global noteriety that Mikhail Kalashnikov, his Russian contemporary, garnered for his far more popular death-dealing invention - the Avtomat Kalashnikova 47.

You are definitely a Nerd.

DEVA1:

wen last did u listen to d news? Ak-47 made d world safer?
SMH

He was just being sarcastic, I guess

"I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame
for failing to come to an agreement and resorting
to violence"


- Mikhail Kalashnikov

should HE be ceebrated or scorned?

Dude wanted to design something better for his country's armed forces and did quite a stunning job( that its the most popular firearm in the world says a lot; considering its a model of 1947). Its not his fault that it was widely accepted around the world by people with wrong intentions too.
And yea, in a way, he did make the world a safer place (like someone said earlier, its an "irony" cause a lot of nations armed forces wouldn't have a firearm as reliable as the AK-47, so yea, he was a genius!!.

R.I.P

RIP Kalashnikov: 20 facts you may not have known about AK-47 and its creator
Published time: December 23, 2013 23:05



AFP Photo / Luis Robayo


Fail-safe, simple to use and cheap to produce – the world’s most popular weapon, AK-47, will long remain a monument to its late ‘father,’ Mikhail Kalashnikov, who died in Russia on Monday aged 94.

1. Mikhail Kalashnikov, who was a tank commander during World War II, began his career as a weapons designer after a shoulder injury during the Battle of Bryansk. While in hospital in 1942, he overheard wounded soldiers complaining about Soviet rifles and decided to change that.


Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov as he designed his AK-47 assault rifle. (RIA Novosti)
2. The first Kalashnikov rifle was produced in 1947, bringing its creator the Stalin Prize and the Order of the Red Star. The AK-47 has been the standard issue assault rifle of the Soviet and then Russian army since 1949.

3. Durability, low production cost, availability and ease of use are the features, which assured AK-47 global success. Kalashnikov’s creation performs in sandy or wet conditions that jam more sophisticated weapons. The designer called it a “symbol of the creative genius” of the Russian people.

4. The AK-47 has made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the most widely spread weapon in the world, with 100 million Kalashnikov rifles currently in use.

5. Military and special forces in 106 countries around the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe are now armed with AK-47s.

6. Russia not only distributes the Kalashnikov rifles all over the world, but also licensed its production in over 30 other countries, including China, Israel, India, Egypt and Nigeria.

7. It is believed that AK-47s have caused more deaths than artillery fire, airstrikes and rocket attacks combined. An estimated quarter of a million people are gunned down by bullets from Kalashnikovs every year.

8. But Mikhail Kalashnikov himself never experienced self-reproach about the blood spilled with the help of his invention as he created AK-47 for protection. “I sleep well. It’s the politicians, who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence,” he said in 2007.


Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan displays a AK47 gun transformed to a guitar at Vienna's U.N. headquarters September 11, 2007. (Reuters / Herwig Prammer)

9. Relative cheapness has always been one of the most important advantages of AK-47. The average global price of the assault rifle was estimated at $534 in 2005, according to Oxford University economist Phillip Killicoat. Though in African countries the price of AK-47 is on average $200 cheaper.

10. Osama bin Laden always had a Kalashnikov rifle with him during his video appearances. According to some reports, it was the US, which gave the Al Qaeda founder his first AK-47 to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.


Osama Bin Laden (Reuters / Hamid Mir / Editor / Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn)

11. During the Vietnam War, many American soldiers gave up their M16s for the more reliable Kalashnikov rifles, which they picked up from dead enemies. Even now, the US marines carry AK-47 magazines with them because of how common the weapon is.

12. The image of AK-47 appears on the flag of Mozambique as well as coats of arms of Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso (1984-97) and East Timor. The Kalashnikov rifle is also present on the flag of Lebanese militant organization, Hezbollah.

13. The parents in some African states name their babies ‘Kalash,’ which is another nickname for the Kalashnikov assault rifle, according to a documentary by Russia’s Channel One.

14. Russia’s top basketball player, Andrey Kirilenko, born in the city of Izhevsk, which hosts the Kalashnikov rifle factory, has played under No.47 in the NBA and was nicknamed ‘AK-47.’

15. Egypt has immortalized the AK-47 by erecting a giant monument, portraying a barrel and bayonet of a Kalashnikov rifle at the Sinai Peninsula.

16. A gold coated Kalashnikov assault rifle was recovered by US troops from the weapon collection of former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein.

17. Coins dedicated to Mikhail Kalashnikov and his creation were issued not only in Russia, but also in such a peaceful place as New Zealand, which marked the rifle’s 60th birthday with special two-dollar pieces. They came in cases shaped after the AK-47 magazine.

18. French newspaper, Liberation, has named AK-47 the most important invention of the XX century, with the Russian rifle leaving the atomic bomb and space flight behind.

19. Mixing vodka, absinth, lemon, cinnamon and sugar is the recipe for the Kalashnikov shot drink. There’s also a Kalashnikov vodka brand, which has been sold in bottles resembling the shape of an AK-47 since 2004.

20. Colombian artist, Cesar Lopez, has transformed a dozen of AK-47s into guitars, with then UN General Secretary, Kofi Annan, getting one of the musical instruments as a gift in 2007.


Malian army paratrooper Ousmane Sangare, aged 26, holds an AK-47 assault rifle in Gao north of Bamako (AFP Photo / Joel Saget)

Most people use the generic name of AK-47 for any model of Kalashnikov but little do they know that there have been several models and modifications on the original AK-47 over the years. Some changes have been with the mechanics of the rifle itself. Some has been with the type of ammunition or cartridge size.Some have been with the length of the barrel, etc

Original AK-47,7.62x39. (1949 - Present) This was manufactured using a milled receiver. Note the large groove above the magazine well


AKS-47, 7.62x39 (1949 - Present) Basically the same as the AK-47, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock


AKM, 7.62x39 (1959 - Present) The improved version of the AK-47, featuring a number of refinements such as a stamped receiver (as opposed to the milled receiver of the original AK-47), a slant compensator on the tip of the barrel (to reduce recoil), an improved gas tube (without vents), and use of lighter materials to reduce weight and simplify construction.


AKMS, 7.62x39 (1959 - Present) Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.

Mikhail Kalashnikov poses with the very first production AK-47 rifle

Continued:

AKMSU, 7.62x39, Chopped and shortened version of the AKM, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun. AKMSU was not produced in large quantities in the Soviet Union; however, many other countries, including Yugoslavia, massively built their own versions.


AK-101, 5.56x45, (1994 - Present) Modern Russian AK rifle full size.


AK-102, 5.56x45, (1990s - Present) The AK-102 is a modern day AK that is the carbine version of the AK-101


AK-103, 7.62x39, (1994 - Present) Modern Russian AK rifle full size.


AK-104, 7.62x39, ( - Present) Modern Russian AK rifle carbine

ceejayluv:
I guess knives and bottles manufacturers will rot in hell as well. Car manufacturers too, DOKPEMU.

He created a tool that will be used solely for killing, gerrit? MPAMA.