Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (, Mihail Timofejevič Kalašnikov ) ( born 10 November 1919 ) is a Russian small arms designer, most famous for designing the AK-47, AKM, and AK-74 assault rifles.

AKM ( or " automatic rifle Kalashnikov modernized ") is a 7. 62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.

* AK-47 / AKM Kalashnikov

63 ), itself the Romanian variant of the Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy ( AKM ) series of Kalashnikov rifles originally manufactured in Russia.

From the AKM he developed a squad automatic weapon variant, known as the RPK (-Kalashnikov light machine gun ), and also the PK (-Kalashnikov machine gun ), which used the more powerful 7. 62 × 54R of the Mosin-Nagant rifle.

Unlike the Russian RPK, which has a 24. 5 " barrel ( including a flash hider ), the actual barrel length of the Iraqi Tabuk rifle is closer to 21. 4 "-slightly shorter than a Yugoslavian RPK, but much longer than a traditional AKM or the M70 ( 16. 25 ").

The rifle can also use a fixed wooden or synthetic buttstock designed for AKM or AK-74 rifles.

74 underbarrel grenade launchers ( used with AK family rifles in use in Polish Army like the AKM / AKMS, Tantal and Beryl ) and Pallad-D wz.

The WASR series rifles use a Romanian made receiver, but lack the dimple above the magazine well seen in the SAR series of Romanian AKM rifles.

The weapon is secured against misfires through a manually operated safety ( whose lever, as in the AKM is located on the right side of the receiver ), that disables the trigger bar and limits the movement of the bolt carrier.

In addition, massive exports of small arms by the US ( M16 ), the former Soviet Union ( AKM ), People's Republic of China ( Type 56 ), Germany ( H & K G3 ), Belgium ( FN FAL ), and Brazil ( FN FAL ) during the Cold War took place commercially and to support ideological movements.

Zastava Arms of Yugoslavia originally developed this rifle from its experience in making its M70 rifles ( a variant of the AKM with some minor differences from the original ), particularly the M76.

Modern battle rifles such as the Galil, HK G3, FN FAL, and AKM were purchased from the military and INUNDIL and through drug-funded private sales.

AKM slant cut muzzle brake

Small arms reported in service included TT pistol, Browning Hi-Power, Beretta M12, FN P90, FN FAL, SKS, AK-47, AKM and AK-103 assault rifles, the FN F2000, Soviet RPD machine gun, RPK machine gun, PK machine guns, DShK heavy machine gun, KPV heavy machine guns, SG-43 Goryunov, and a number of RPG-type and anti-aircraft missile systems: RPG-2, RPG-7, 9K32 Strela-2.

In addition to that the nation possessed great many T-55, T-62, and PT-76 tanks along with huge amounts of AKM assault rifles ordered.

At 4: 30 a. m. local time on 5 September, as the athletes slept, eight tracksuit-clad members of Black September carrying duffel bags loaded with AKM assault rifles, Tokarev pistols, and grenades scaled a two-meter chain-link fence with the assistance of unsuspecting athletes who were also sneaking into the Olympic Village.

* Soviet 7. 62x39mm, also known as the 7. 62 mm Soviet, M43, or occasionally. 30 Short Combloc, designed for the SKS and used in the AK-47 and AKM assault rifles and RPK and RPD light machine guns ;

A Romania n soldier instructs a United States Marine Corps | U. S. Marine in clearing an RPK, a squad automatic weapon variant of the AKM.

On the AKM assault rifle, the brake is angled slightly to the right to counteract the sideways movement of the gun under recoil.

In Austria, the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (, AKM ) has a statutory monopoly.

* AKM 7. 62x39mm Assault Rifle

::* AK-47 rifle and all variants, including AK Hunter, AKM, AKM-63, AKS-56S, AKS-56S-1 / 2, AKS-74, AKS84S-1, AMD-65, AR Model. 223, Dragunov, Galil, KKMPi69, M60, M62, M70B1, M70AB2, M76, M77B1, M78, M80, M80A, MAK90, MPiK, MPiKM, MPiKMS-72, MPiKS, PKM, PKM-DGN-60, PMKM, RPK, RPK-74, RPK-87S, Type 56, 56-1, 56-2, 56-3, 56-4, Type 68, Type 79, American Arms AKY39, AKF39, AKC47 and AKF47, MAM70WS762, Mitchell AK-22, AK-47 and Heavy Barrel AK-47, Norinco 84S, 84S AK, 56, 56-1 / 2 / 3 / 4, Poly Technologies Inc. AK-47 / S, AKS-47 / S and AKS-762, Valmet M76, M76 carbine, M78 / A2, M78 LMG, M82 and M82 Bullpup, except: Valmet Hunter, Hunter Auto and M78

*** AKM ( Assault Rifle-7. 62 x 39 mm )

A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevish, the Young Oprichnik, and the Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov, often abbreviated as The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov written in 1837 and first published in 1838.

Soviet engineer Mikhail Kalashnikov quickly adapted the German concept, using a less-powerful 7. 62 × 39mm cartridge derived from the standard 7. 62 × 54mmR Russian battle rifle round, to produce the AK-47, which has become the world's most widely used assault rifle.

Shortly after leaving their Royal Swazi National Airways aircraft, an airport security guard spotted a Kalashnikov assault rifle in their luggage ; the discovery launched a gun battle in which hostages were taken.

Mozambique's parliamentary opposition would specifically like to see removed from the flag the image of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, which symbolizes the nation's struggle for independence, according to press reports.

The organization outwardly projects this relation through its mimicry of the Hezbollah flag which also bears a fist clenching a Kalashnikov rifle and stylized writing.

Mikhail Kalashnikov later developed a prototype submachine gun in 1942 that operated by a screw-delayed blowback principle, which is also found on the Fox Wasp carbine.

Internally, the CR-21 uses a slightly modified version of the Kalashnikov action found in the R4 assault rifle, which is known for its reliability and relatively low weight.

In Iraq, the country in which the war would take place, protesters were forced to march down Palestine Street in Baghdad where several thousand Iraqis — many carrying Kalashnikov rifles — joined in the global protests.

Some of Robinson Armament's better known products include the Stoner 63 derived M96 Carbine, and the Kalashnikov based Vepr series of weapons which are imported from Russia.

Soon after World War II, the Automatic Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle was fielded by the Soviet Union and other Communist allies within the Eastern Bloc, also including nations such as China, North Korea, and North Vietnam.

Kalashnikov was born on 10 November 1919 in Kurya, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, one of nineteen children to Timofey Aleksandrovich Kalashnikov ( 1883-1930 ) and Aleksandra Frolovna Kalashnikova ( 1884-1987 ).

Timofey Kalashnikov was deported when Mikhail was still a boy.

In his youth, Kalashnikov wrote poetry, and his dream was to become a poet.

In 1938, Kalashnikov was conscripted into the Red Army, and became a tank driver and mechanic, achieving the rank of senior sergeant tank commander serving on the T-34s of the 24th Tank Regiment, 12th Tank Division stationed in Stryi before the regiment retreated after the Battle of Brody in June 1941.

From 1942 onwards Kalashnikov was assigned to the Central Scientific-developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of the Chief Artillery Directorate of RKKA.

Mikhail Kalashnikov was twice named Hero of Socialist Labour.

On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a " Hero of the Russian Federation " and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating " the brand every Russian is proud of.

It began during 1988 in Bergen, Norway, under the name Kalashnikov, that was used until 1989 ; from 1989 to 1990 was renamed into Uruk-Hai, and finally in 1991 was called Burzum.

" Rubinstein was a prolific composer, writing no fewer than twenty operas ( notably The Demon, written after Lermontov's Romantic poem, and its successor The Merchant Kalashnikov ), five piano concertos, six symphonies and a large number of solo piano works along with a substantial output of works for chamber ensemble, two concertos for cello and one for violin, free-standing orchestral works and tone poems ( including one entitled Don Quixote ).

The reconstruction of events in Račak was prevented by two armed Albanians, one with a Kalashnikov and the another with a pistol, who chased off court officials, telling them, " we don't want any cockroachs ( Serbs ) in our village.

On October 19, 2006, three days before the elections, Dmitry Fotyanov, the mayoral candidate from the United Russia party who came second in the initial round of elections, was gunned down with Kalashnikov assault rifle fire.

Tapered cases require the use of highly curved magazines similar to that of the Kalashnikov although for the short magazines of the Pedersen and Garand rifles, this was immaterial.

After a brief conversation they rounded up all the members of the Hindu households and then summarily gunned them down with Kalashnikov rifles The massacre was allegedly committed by Abdul Hamid Gada of Hizbul Mujahideen and was timed to coincide with the Shab-e-Qadar, the holiest night of the month of Ramzan, when believers stay awake until dawn.

Bontade ’ s close ally, Salvatore Inzerillo, was killed three weeks later with the same Kalashnikov.

The guard regiment was equipped with small arms ( pistol Makarov, Walther PP, Kalashnikov AK-47, AK-74, LMG, RPG-7 ) to light armored personnel carriers ( SPW 60 PB, SPW, 70, PSH ).

This requirement was later changed to require the weapon to accept and feed from Kalashnikov magazines.