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Inventor of AK-47 Rifle Dies at Age 94

Anja KochDecember 23, 2013

The inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov has died at the age of 94 in western Russia. Kalashnikov developed the AK-47 for the Soviet army back in 1947. It's since become the most widely used firearm in the world. Here's more.

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