Mikhail Kalashnikov RIP

iainment

He shot from the hip. RIP

Brendan_O_Connell

RIP

MeebaumAzanitch

Son of a gun. RIP.

soapy_jones

They'll be in mourning from Somalia to Afghan. RIPski

Lincsaddick

if he'd been on royalties, he would have died a multi multi billionaire

ShootersHillGuru

More than 100 million of the AK-47 were produced. I wonder how many deaths ? RIP.

BIG_ROB

Stone me, I was gonna start this but after the schtick I got from the Ronald Biggs thread I thought better of it. Mind you, the AK is the Commies weapon of choice so not that surprising! ; )

RIP

ShootersHillGuru

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ShootersHillGuru

http://rt.com/news/kalashnikov-rifle-ak47-facts-691/

BIG_ROB

Not seen the link SHG, but I know MK said that he hated seeing his invention in the hands of criminals and child soldiers.

ShootersHillGuru

The AK-47 is so simple it has only eight moving parts. That's one more than my brain.

BIG_ROB

ShootersHillGuru said:

The AK-47 is so simple it has only eight moving parts. That's one more than my brain.

7.5 more than mine pal ; )

Merry Christmas