[DOC] [TLE] AK-47 - Wikipedia [PAR] The AK-47, or AK as it is officially known is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and 
automatic), gas-operated 7.6239 mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet 
Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. .... The first army trial series began in early 1948. 
... In 1949, it was adopted by the Soviet Army as "7.62 mm Kalashnikov assault 
rifle (AK)". [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Kalashnikov - Wikipedia [PAR] Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Russian general, 
inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer. He is most famous for 
developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, ... In 1949, the AK-47 
became the standard issue assault rifle of the Soviet Army and went on to 
become... [DOC] [TLE] RIP Kalashnikov: 20 facts you may not have known about AK-47 and ... [PAR] Dec 23, 2013 ... The first Kalashnikov rifle was produced in 1947, bringing its creator the Stalin ... 
the standard issue assault rifle of the Soviet and then Russian army since 1949. 3
. Durability, low production cost, availability and ease of use are the ... The AK-47 
has made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the most... [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Kalashnikov - Inventor, General - Biography.com [PAR] Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov created one of the most popular guns in 
history, the AK-47. This automatic rifle first debuted in 1947 and is still being 
made today. ... He created the AK-47 rifle, one of the most widely used firearms in 
history. ... selected from a number of entries in a competition and put into 
production. [DOC] [TLE] The Troubling Legacy Of Mikhail Kalashnikov's Greatest Invention [PAR] Sep 21, 2016 ... How Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47, why it took over the world, ... In 
1932, Joseph Stalin, then leader of the Soviet Union, forced Kalashnikov's family 
into a penal colony elsewhere in Siberia, where his father died during their first ... 
use of the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle, in 1943 the Soviet Union... [DOC] [TLE] AK-47 Kalashnikov Information and Pictures - Mouseguns.com [PAR] The rifle cartridges in use at the time were larger and heavier that what was ... It 
gave me my first insight into the principles of developing automatic firearms, ... 
Mikhail Kalashnikov says his rifle was not based on the German StG44 assault 
rifle. .... In 1978, the Soviet Union began replacing their AK-47 and AKM rifles 
with a... [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Kalashnikov,Mikhail Kalashnikov,Encyclopedia_Shared ... [PAR] Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov is Soviet Russia The famous gun designer, ... 
recommended him into the ordnance technical training class in the spring of 
1939. ... Since 1949, Kalashnikov has worked and lived in Izhevsk, he continued 
to ... AK-47 assault rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov died in 23, at the age of 94. [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies at 94 - The Washington ... [PAR] Dec 23, 2013 ... Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94 ... model of 1947  as the assault 
rifle for the newly retitled Soviet Army. ... The AK first went into action to put down 
East Berlin riots in 1953 and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. ... As a weapon 
designed for military use, an authentic AK can be switched... [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Dec 23, 2013 ... "I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use ... The machine
-pistol designed by M.T. Kalashnikov in 1942 was the first of the small arms he 
designed. ... Mikhail Kalashnikov denies his assault rifle was based on the ... In 
1949 the AK-47 was put into mass production and adopted with the... [DOC] [TLE] The Economist explains: Why did the AK-47 become so popular ... [PAR] Jan 8, 2014 ... Mikhail Kalashnikov shows a model of his AK-47 assault rifle at ... Developed in 
1947 and first used by Soviet forces in 1949, the AK-47 assault rifle and ... Why 
does an ageing Soviet invention still dominate modern warfare? [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Kalashnikov: Russia's famous small arms designer | E&T ... [PAR] Jul 14, 2014 ... Was the recently deceased Mikhail Kalashnikov, known

Question: First put into use by the Russians in 1949, this assault rifle was invented by Mikhail Kalashnikov
Answer: AK-47