Monday, December 23, 2013

Gun designer and poetry lover Kalashnikov dies

Russian gun designer Mikhail Kalashnikov died today.

He was born in November 1919 and served in the Red Army until he was injured in 1942.

The Kalashnikov killed more people than any other weapon.

In an interview some years ago he said had it not been for the Germans the gun would never have been invented as he would most likely have designed farm machinery.

One hundred million Kalashnikovs have been made. And designed by a man who spent his life reading poetry.

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