Top GUN - MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV turns 93 Father of AK-47 93th BIRTHDAY on Saturday, November 10
Top GUN - MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV turns 93
Father of AK-47 93th BIRTHDAY on Saturday, November 10
Izhevsk, Russia
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The Russian gunsmith Mikhail Kalashnikov developed his famous AK-47 in the 1940s and it remains one of the world's most popular and reliable submachine guns.
Kalashnikov says he always lived according to the principle All complicated is unnecessary, all necessary is simple.
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The AK-47 assault rifle, designed in the 1940s, remains the hands-down winner when it comes to machine guns.
It's simple design and ease of use has made it popular among working soldiers around the globe.
Made in 11 countries, used by 55 armies, the Ak-47 (or Avtomat Kalashnikova) was developed after the Great Patriotic war.
It was the brainchild of a 21-year-old tank commander named Mikhail Kalashnikov. He was wounded in battle in October 1941 and decided to create a gun to repel the invaders from his home country.
I read this maxim. The Great Lord said, 'All complicated is unnecessary, all necessary is simple.' This is a slogan I have been living and working all my life, Kalashnikov said.
This gun has had a huge influence on warfare over 60 years.
The AK-47 was used during the Vietnam War, and is still in use in the Middle East, Africa, and throughout Latin America.
Military forces throughout the world recognize the advantage of the simple weapon.
It's estimated there are about 100 million AKs in the world -- more than any other assault firearm.
The gun is depicted on the flags and coat of arms of several countries and organizations.
But its inventor is upset by misuse of the gun. Kalashnikov as long called for strict controls on the sale and production of AKs.
We need them to be under strict control and we need to counteract the manufacturing of counterfeit assault rifles by those who aim just at killing or wounding someone. We need an unequivocal struggle against this. This is what I demand, he said.
Retired General Kalashnikov made no money from his gun. But he has sold the Kalashnikov brand name. Now it appears on goods as varied as watches, mp3 players and off-road cars.
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Pre-recorded footage [Archive]
1. Various: Mikhail Kalashnikov showing around his dacha (location: outside Izhevsk) [0.00 -- 0.46]
2. Mid, close-up: Mikhail Kalashnikov at his dacha (location: outside Izhevsk) [0.46 -- 0.56]
3. Close-up: monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [0.56 -- 0.59]
4. Wide, mid: views of Kalashnikov museum (exterior) (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [0.59 -- 1.04]
5. Various: guns, interior of the display (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [1.04 -- 2.11]
6. Various of monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [2.11 -- 2.18]
7. Mikhail Kalashnikov, speaking Russian (location: Izhevsk, Russia):
I read this maxim. The Great Lord said, 'All complicated is unnecessary, all necessary is simple.' This is a slogan I have been living and working all my life.
8. Mikhail Kalashnikov, speaking Russian (location: Izhevsk, Russia):
We need them to be under strict control and we need to counteract the manufacturing of counterfeit assault rifles by those who aim just at killing or wounding someone. We need an unequivocal struggle against this. This is what I demand.
9. Mid: Kalashnikov in museum (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [3.17 -- 3.25]
10. Various of guns, interior of the exposition (location: Izhevsk, Russia) [3.25 -- 4.18]
press conference (Moscow, Russia) [4.18 -- 4.35]
11. Close-up: Mikhail Kalashnikov holding a gun (archive footage) [4.35 -- 4.39]
12. Close-up: Mikhail Kalashnikov shooting a gun (archive footage) [4.39 -- 4.42]
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Kalashnikov Cast in Bronze in Moscow
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And now, let's talk about how Gunsmith Day is celebrated in the Capital. The main event was the unveiling of a monument to legendary gunsmith Mikhail Kalashnikov. The 8-meter tall monument is located on the Garden Ring, near Oruzheyny Lane. Georgy Podgorny observed the grand ceremony.
Legendary Russian Gunsmith And a General Mikhail Kalashnikov inventor Of The AK-47 Assault Rifle
Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry to design arms that achieved battlefield ubiquity. Even though Kalashnikov felt sorrow at the weapons' uncontrolled distribution, he took pride in his inventions and in their reputation for reliability, emphasizing that his rifle is a weapon of defense and not a weapon for offense.
During his career, Kalashnikov designed about 150 models of small weapons. The most famous of them are:
AK-47
AKM
AK-74 / AKS-74U / AK-74M / AKS-74
AK-101 / AK-102
AK-103 / AK-104
AK-105
AK-12
RPK / RPK-74
PK / PKM / PKP
Saiga semi-automatic rifle
From 1949, Mikhail Kalashnikov lived and worked in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. He held a degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971) and was a member of 16 academies.
Over the course of his career, he evolved the basic design into a weapons family. The AKM(Russian: Автомат Кала́шникова Модернизированный – Kalashnikov modernized assault rifle) first introduced in 1959, was lighter and cheaper to manufacture owing to the use of a stamped steel receiver (in place of the AK-47's milled steel receiver), and contained detail improvements such as a re-shaped stock and muzzle compensator. From the AKM he developed a squad automatic weapon variant, known as the RPK(Russian: Ручной пулемет Кала́шникова – Kalashnikov light machine gun).
He also developed the general-purpose PK machine gun (Russian: Пулемет Кала́шникова – Kalashnikov machine gun), which used the more powerful 7.62×54Rcartridge of the Mosin–Nagant rifle. It is cartridge belt-fed, not magazine-fed, as it is intended to provide heavy sustained fire from a tripod mount, or be used as a light, bipod-mounted weapon. The common characteristics of all these weapons are simple design, ruggedness and ease of maintenance in all operating conditions.
Approximately 100 million AK-47 assault rifles had been produced by 2009, and about half of them are counterfeit, manufactured at a rate of about a million per year. Izhmash, the official manufacturer of AK-47 in Russia, did not patent the weapon until 1997, and in 2006 accounted for only 10% of the world's production. This arm became famous due to its reliability in the most extreme climatic conditions, functioning perfectly in the desert as in the tundra. It is in official use by the militaries of 55 nations, and has been so influential in military struggle that it has been used on national flags. Prominent examples include the flags of Mozambique and Hezbollah, as well as the East Timorese and Zimbabwean coats of arms.
Kalashnikov himself claimed he was always motivated by service to his country rather than money, and made no direct profit from weapon production.
Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
In 1998, he was awarded an Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete
On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a Hero of the Russian Federation and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating the brand every Russian is proud of
In 2012, Izhevsk State Technical Universitywas named after Kalashnikov
On 7 November 2014 a statue of Kalashnikov was unveiled at the Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyanattended the opening ceremony.
On 19 September 2017 a 9 metres (30 ft) monument of Kalashnikov was unveiled in Garden Ring, central Moscow. A protester, later detained by police, attempted to unfurl a banner reading a creator of weapons is a creator of death.
Russian Federation
Decorations
Hero of the Russian Federation (2009)
Order of St. Andrew (2008)
Order For Merit to the Fatherland, Second Class (1994)
Order of Military Merit (Russia) (2004)
Awards
State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design (1997)
Award of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2003)
All-Russian Literary Prize of Suvorov (2009)
Honorary diplomas
Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (1997, 1999)
Medals
Jubilee Medal 50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Medal Symbol of Science (2007)
Gold Medal of Zhukov
Medal For outstanding contribution to the development of the collection business in Russia
Acknowledgements
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (1997, 1999, 2002, 2007)
Soviet
Honours
Hero of Socialist Labour (1958, 1976)
Order of Lenin (1958, 1969, 1976)
Order of the October Revolution (1974)
Order of the Red Star (1949)
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class (1985)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957)
Order of Friendship of Peoples (1982)
Medals
Medal Hammer and Sickle (1958,1976)
Medal For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945
Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
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