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The legendary designer of small arms Mikhail Kalashnikov died
Yesterday, December 23, 2013, at 95, died Mikhail Kalashnikov - the author and developer of automatic weapons, which is more than half a century is considered the most reliable in the world. According to official figures, it is still hospitalized on November 17 with a diagnosis - gastric bleeding, and since then he was in the hospital. I recall that his famous Kalashnikov rifle he designed back in 1947. Its development has become so convenient and reliable that has since been released, more than 70 million units of these weapons with various modifications. See below.