The AK-47 is the weapon finished in 1947, that would revolutionize how the world views firearms.
The Avtomat Kalashnikova, translated somewhere along the lines of 'Automatic Kalashnikov', was created by Mikhail Kalashnikov with some inspiration from Germany's StG 44 and the MP40 (as the AK's design originally had a near exact under-folding stock).
It would also be modified numerous times, being transformed into nearly any type of firearm known to man.
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