AK-47s

Every night young men toting AK-47s still gather in Martyrs' Square, formerly Green Square, to let off a few celebratory rounds.

The whole reason to advertise (AK-47s) was to create buzz. . . I chose the weapon for that specific reason.

And he complained that their issued AK-47s were malfunctioning Czech imitations and his men had to rely on locals for food and shelter.

To keep American prints off the operation, he ordered anti-aircraft guns from Israel, bullets from Egypt and cut-price AK-47s from China.

We were guarded by two young men with AK-47s, and other soldiers wandered in and out, sometimes taunting us.

During the Iran-Iraq war, shown above, during which an estimated half a million people were killed, Bulgaria sold AK-47s to both sides.

And Osama is known (or was known) for having one or two AK-47s standing somewhere near him during his video appearances.

Many shopkeepers have fled. Taxi drivers smuggle ammunition and AK-47s from Egypt beneath punnets of strawberries.

Another vehicle with tinted windows, this one a pickup truck, pulled up behind them, and several men piled out wielding AK-47s.

They took rocket-propelled grenade launchers, AK-47s and anti-aircraft guns.

Some have AK-47s slung over their chests and shoulders; others flash the V-for-victory sign.

Charles Taylor invaded Liberia in 1989 with 150 men armed primarily with Soviet AK-47s, allegedly purchased through arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Brandishing AK-47s, they declared holy war on Ethiopia.