Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov's design won a state competition in 1947 (thus the name AK-47) and went into mass production two years later.

The two gunmen were members of "counterrevolutionary groups" he said and added that they were using Kalashnikov rifles.

The Kalashnikov went into production in 1947 and was adopted by the Russian army in 1949. Up to 100 million have been built.

Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says the attacker was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and was killed on the scene.

Soldiers and civilians, some dancing, others firing Kalashnikovs into the sky, enthusiastically pledged their loyalty to the regime.

Kalashnikov is said to have come up with the idea for the submachinegun while he was in hospital recovering from shell-shock* in 1941.

Unlike the Kalashnikov rifles it copies, the SVD actually uses a lower-recoil system so as not to spoil the accuracy of a given shot.

On Tuesday, Feb. 22, I woke up to the scrap-metal sound of a Kalashnikov outside my window.

London's Design Museum has added a Kalashnikov to its collection. But can a killing machine be a design classic?

That means American consumers are now buying about the same number of Kalashnikov-style weapons from Izhmash as the Russian army and police.

Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian peoples greatest export.

Kalashnikov's career as a weapons designer began in 1941, after he was wounded during the Red Army's crushing defeat at the .

All of a sudden, Samaruddin leveled his Kalashnikov at the foreigners and opened fire, killing two soldiers.

That's why it is hard to be romantic about a Kalashnikov.

Another rebel showed me the date and serial number on his Russian-made Kalashnikov.

The $30 Nokia 1100 handset remains the Kalashnikov of communication for the poor: 50m of them are in use in Africa.

Kalashnikov's original 1947 model, however, is an exceedingly rare find.

His Kalashnikov, decorated with green and red tape, was laid on the floor between us.

A young Taliban scout led us to the compound, his Kalashnikov hidden under a blanket.

Kalashnikov'soriginal 1947 model, however, is an exceedingly rare find.

Kalashnikov has just been acquired by London's Design Museum.

They teach monkeys how to use Kalashnikov, Bren machine gun, and even mortar, and how to attack those who wear US army uniforms.

"The Kalashnikov gun, the USSR. "

"The Kalashnikov Gun" .

Kalashnikov, now 89, has expressed regret that his AK-47 has become the weapon of choice in the terrorist world, but he suffers .

The atlatl, sometimes dubbed the Stone Age Kalashnikov, throws a flexible dart that can kill a deer at 40 metres.

It recently bought 100, 000 Kalashnikov rifles (more than its total number of regular troops). These are to replace ancient Belgian rifles.

Kalakov is the Afghan name for a new model of Kalashnikov that is lighter and uses smaller bullets.

Elements of the StG 44 are plainly evident in Kalashnikov's original AK-47.

A half-dozen men sat along two walls of the room, Kalashnikov rifles at their sides.

A Somali government soldier demonstrates to children how to use a Kalashnikov rifle in Mogadishu, on Sept.