Developed to supply a poorly-trained conscript army, the AK-47 remains one of the most reliable rifles ever built. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Steven L. Galimore) The AK-47 has seen action in numerous ...

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The AK-47 has become the most recognizable assault rifle in the world, celebrated for its simplicity, durability, and devastating reliability in combat. In this video, we trace its origins in the ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, who died today at the age of 94, was thinking of the Soviet military when he designed the AK-47 assault rifle in 1947, but it quickly made its way to pretty much every corner of ...

It’s probably not a stretch to describe Mikhail Kalashnikov’s AK-47 assault rifle as the most important small-arms weapon of the 20th century. See also: This Day in Tech July 6, 1947: The AK-47, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, ran for it but he left behind what Bradshaw described as an AK-47-style assault rifle, along with a ...

The atomic bomb rested on a tower 100 feet above the ground. Known as RDS-1, it was shaped like a huge metal teardrop with rivets and bolts along its sides. Everything had been prepared. Inside its ...

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