Mikhail Kalashnikov

Inventor

1919-11-10 – 2013-12-23

Mikhail Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian small-arms designer and military officer. He is best known for developing the AK-47 rifle family.

Quotes by Mikhail Kalashnikov

People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale.
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I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
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We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
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