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[[Image:MarineAK47.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A US Marine firing the AK-47 assault rifle.]]

[[Image:MarineAK47.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A US Marine firing the AK-47 assault rifle.]]

'''The AK-47''' is the designation of an [[assault rifle]] designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]. It stands for ''Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947'' in [[Russia]]n. During the design, Kalashnikov built upon many elements introduced by the [[Nazi]] [[Sturmgewehr44]]. His main competitor was [[Eugene Stoner]] who designed the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle.

'''The AK-47''' is the designation of an [[assault rifle]] designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]. It stands for ''Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947'' in [[Russia]]n. During the design, Kalashnikov built upon many elements introduced by the [[Nazi]] [[Sturmgewehr44]]. His main competitor was [[Eugene Stoner]] who designed the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle. The modernized version of the AK-47 is the [[AK-74]] assault rifle, the standard-issue infantry rifle of the [[Russian Federation]].

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[[Category:Guns]]