Mikhail Kalashnikov: AK-47 assault rifle designer is - Firesit ...
The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova or) is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62 mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. It took several years to develop and refine what later became an internationally recognized instrument perfect killing. AK is a Russian acronym for "Kalashnikov submachine gun, the 'and 47 stands for the year it was invented. Sustainability Mikhail Kalashnikov invention has been demonstrated to be stumbling against stones and thrown into the mud and water.He was still able to draw in heat and cold.
Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service worldwide. It was manufactured in many countries and served with the regular armed forces as irregular, revolutionary and terrorist organizations around the world for AK-47 was one of the first assault rifles and true, because of its durability, low production cost and ease of use, the weapon and its many variants are the assault rifles used widely in the world - so more of AK-type have been produced that all rifles assault on other handsets.The AK-47 has also been used as a basis for the development of many other types of individual and crew served weapons fire.
During Mikhail Kalashnikov career, he has changed the basic design of a family of weapons. The common characteristics of its weapons are simple, elegant and engineering of their robustness and ease of maintenance in all operating conditions. Kalashnikov recently tested a new brand of a machine gun, he said, is 40 percent more efficient than existing models.At his advanced age, he still works in his office studying the development of new lines of arms.
Mikhail Kalashnikov quote:
"It is a thousand times more difficult to make simple things complicated. It is very important because a soldier has no university degree. It needs a simple and reliable weapon. As a scholar, moreover, in a combat situation. There is simply no time to figure how to run a complex weapon and press the number where the enemy ahead of you....
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