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Friday December 12, 2008
AK-47
The AK-47 assault rifle is one of the most recognizable weapons in the world and has become more than what it was intended for. An assault rifle is a gun with a smaller cartige than a rifle allowing for a softer blowback, but still utilizes a powerful enough cartige for long distance shooting. The Allies of WWII became really interested in assualt rifles when they saw how the Germans utilized the STG-44 assault rifle. Thus after the war, Mikhail Kalishnikov began on the design for an assualt rifle for the Soviet Union. Then in 1949, Mikhail Kalishnikov came out with the design for the AK-47.
The AK-47 was an innovative piece of military technology when it first came out. As time went on other countries produced assault rifles of their own, and the AK-47 became less effiecent. Nonetheless it was rugged and cheap, so many third world countries were able to purchase these guns for their armies. Because of this, the AK-47 has become a symbol of revolution because many revolutionary parties, that used frce to attain power, used an AK-47. No better example of this can be seen with Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who brought revolution to Latin America with the use of force and the use of the AK-47.
Posted at 06:42AM Dec 12, 2008 by Robert Earle in General | Comments[18]
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umm umm
Posted by MoH on January 13, 2009 at 04:05 AM EST #
yay
Posted by 75.91.39.116 on February 21, 2009 at 11:57 AM EST #
This is an awesome gun.
Posted by 75.91.39.116 on February 21, 2009 at 11:58 AM EST #
ne
Posted by 205.155.15.223 on March 18, 2009 at 04:36 PM EDT #
coolest gun
Posted by 205.155.15.223 on March 18, 2009 at 04:45 PM EDT #
jh
Posted by df on March 26, 2009 at 05:44 PM EDT #
it is easy
Posted by 68.17.195.139 on March 28, 2009 at 02:01 PM EDT #
this that g shit my nigg
Posted by 71.1.225.68 on April 04, 2009 at 01:46 PM EDT #
THE AK-47 WAS USED AT THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO IN 1946.
Posted by 206.248.152.188 on April 04, 2009 at 05:34 PM EDT #
awsome
Posted by 70.195.124.122 on April 08, 2009 at 08:01 PM EDT #
dunb asses what if your mother was shot with this
Posted by 75.31.136.32 on April 17, 2009 at 08:25 PM EDT #
for real i was
Posted by 75.31.136.32 on April 17, 2009 at 08:26 PM EDT #
quem iventou essa arma?
já ouvi falar que é uma arma prática e de fácil operação.
gostaria de saber também se esse tipo de arma pode ser vendida livremente nos estados unidados.
agradeço de antemão a resposta.
Posted by sampaio on April 17, 2009 at 08:29 PM EDT #
cool
Posted by JOEL on April 23, 2009 at 06:41 PM EDT #
geresnio ginklo niekas jau nesukurs :) ji tureti - mano svajone...!!!! pize afigenas!
Posted by nerka on May 17, 2009 at 02:39 PM EDT #
Being small and light means this gun is the one most used for child soldiers, sometimes as young as 5
Posted by EMMA on May 20, 2009 at 12:07 AM EDT #
es la mejor arma del mundo K-jo!
L M 16 es una porqueria
los YAnkis...
viva rusia...
Posted by Julio on June 21, 2009 at 12:21 PM EDT #
muito maneira
Posted by nelsinho on November 11, 2009 at 02:33 PM EST #