Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of AK47, dies aged 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the man responsible for developing the AK-47 assault rifle, has died aged 94 in his home city of Izhevsk in Russia. He had been in hospital since November.
The weapon, often referred to by the creator's surname Kalashnikov, has killed more people than any other firearm in the world since its first use just after World War Two.
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[@stephengreen2116]

He will always be a hero in my mind. A patriot who loved his country and just wanted to design the best rifle possible for its defence. He cannot be blamed for how its used and by whom. Thats like blaming Henry Ford for road deaths.

[@apaliy4887]

Yes you can. He made cars that break down and cause accidents ;)

[@lartts7483]

@@apaliy4887 Blame the engineers not Henry Ford

[@happyalltheday2275]

@@lartts7483 you can just blame the owner of the car! Same thing to blame the owner of AK 47! Not the creator

[@piggynatorcool668]

To be 100% fair one was for convenience and the other designed to harm human beings

[@Tobiasliese]

@@piggynatorcool668 Weapons are not build to harm humans. Todays weapons are mainly used to prevent attacks.

[@abdullahal-shimri3091]

He's a true engineer and inventor.

[@user-nl5hw8vp8b]

Your photo about dog really describes your character

[@walthermodel01]

@@user-nl5hw8vp8b what

[@user-nl5hw8vp8b]

@@walthermodel01 he change it

[@walthermodel01]

@@user-nl5hw8vp8b Oh, I am just curious. Do you remember what his old picture was?

[@user-nl5hw8vp8b]

@@walthermodel01 a dog wear a turban ..

[@Suikogiru]

Thank you Mikhail Kalashnikov, for the AK-47, AK-74, PKM, and RPK. Your masterpieces will never be forgotten, without it, no armies will ever have strong rifles. And also without it, there will be no shooter games right now. Thank you, RIP.

[@rootgotter355]

don't forget the AKM

[@gipsyking6003]

Lol anime kid autistic you dont know anything about him stfu

[@perfecto279]

Akm is fake

[@perfecto279]

@Ezzgys thanks

[@revertfellpapyrusfandeunde4380]

​@@perfecto279??

[@TaZ101SAGA]

R.I.P Legend!

[@lazarafarinas3911]

Ya F

[@koisrespect2754]

True rip

[@KALIMONINGRAD]

Yep Respect the inventor of The AK-47

[@sebastianliwinski222]

AK 47 is the most reliable and simple assault rifle but so perfect.

[@Rome-wt5du]

@@sebastianliwinski222 Not really

[@Jayfym912]

@@Rome-wt5duyes really and you’re pathetic for replying to a 4 year old comment

[@Mentox95]

We too prefer Ak47 in CSGO when we are at CT site we throw M4A1 to the ground and pick up Ak47.

[@opachki225]

😅

[@nostalgiccyborg2201]

Haha Nice one

[@stylishboy004]

TRUE!!

[@arrogleinadtra]

That's accurate story while playin csgo

[@grigss3027]

I mean one wounds, the other kills and for cheaper too

[@billhill7330]

im going to remember him every time i pull the trigger on my AK this weekend.

[@ibrahimatraore061]

🤨

[@richardschwartz4960]

He is gone But he is not forgotten Let his masterpiece be remembered

[@chevyvet69]

RIP Kalashnikov The world will never be the same and your gun will always live on

[@hist8332]

Mr. Kalashnikov couldn't ve said it better, Complex is useless, Simple is useful, one of the truly great gun designers of all time R.I.P..

[@MalcolmRandall]

Today I didn't even have to use my AK......I gotta say it was a good day.

[@wolve992]

"Ive made my rifle for my country and helped to defend it. But i never thought my product would ever be so popular and well known around the world" -Mikail Kalashnikov

[@kurnma3776]

Not only did he design the AK47, he designed the RPK, the Saiga, the PK, and other guns, which are all still used by almost all of the armed groups in the world, including rebel groups, paramilitaries, and special operations units, due to their cost and reliability. Compare that with the M16, which its ammo corroded in the weather of Vietnam, causing jams, while the Vietcong was literally ambushing soldiers with AK47 guns.

[@yurikovRUKR762]

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Thank you for giving us the AK-47 in the Philippines and we will Love and Honour you

[@gangweedernigga4012]

russia donated AKMs and AK74s to the philippines, not AK47s, AK47s were the ones that were milled and didnt see a huge number of production, all the AKs we see today are AKMs which is basically the AK47 but improved in a margine of ways

[@RynaxAlien]

After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists.

[@rusty7984]

Lord of War

[@republicofsandles]

The irony of a Soviet weapon being described as if intellectual property, and its imitation as theft is really amusing. Rest in peace Mr. Kalashnikov, after all your trauma in World War 2, you can now rest. The battles are behind you. Someday maybe the battles will be behind everyone else, until then your legacy, like your weapons will sustain in our memories.

[@LightCrasher]

In weapons in engeneering, patents work for 5 years only. And no, USSR, as a country, never took intellectual proprety seriously.

[@tukituki7680]

🤔🙄 😾

[@thedeadma1768]

You may find a new happy place on your new world

[@sudarshan3965]

Mikhail was really a legend. Even after so many years his rifle AK 47 hasn't lost its significance even a bit. The prestige that this rifle has got, no other rifle will ever be able to do that.

[@CCP-Lies]

Heckler mp5

[@Lilbroomstick762]

@@CCP-Lies 😂💀🤦‍♂️

[@CCP-Lies]

@@Lilbroomstick762 mp5 is still used

[@grigss3027]

​@@CCP-Lies and so is the AK platform, despite predating the G3 platform the mp 5 is based on

[@harshithsphinx1348]

KGF 🔥

[@H-TownGamer713]

Man just wanted a weapon that his country could defend itself. A true legend

[@scream2749]

i am so upset that i didn’t get to meet him in this existence

[@KamiNekoTH]

"I saw American soldiers throwing away their M16 rifles and picking up the Soviet AK-47 rifles and didn't stop there , I saw again in Iraq...." - Mikail Kalashnikov That's an EPIC words from him that's totally trolled the M16 users lol (But I love both they are awesome in the different style XD) R.I.P. Mikail Kalashnikov your invention is the one of the greatest firearms achivement in history..... you're the legend......

[@damiion666]

"That's an EPIC words from him that's totally trolled the M16 users lol"...It's also bullshit made up by him. I happened to use a variant of the m16 in afghanistan, and I've never heard of such bullshit there's no way in hell we'd pick up an ak. No need to. Any professional soldier capable of properly cleaning his weapon would have any need for a crude, inacurate ak. In fact, ak's were adequately out of range in afghanistan where several firefights would take place more than 300 yards away. In this environment, my 16 prevailed.

[@apaliy4887]

+damiion666 haters have to hate :)

[@dindanairaputri1003]

Cs go in the nutshell

[@yurikovRUKR762]

He is a Hero and Russia and Americans will love each other

[@DasKaiserManfred]

If he didnt made the AK i bet we would only have gas operated rifles the the M14 or Sks and so on

[@basileldho7642]

Kgf 2🔥🔥 kalashnikov

[@maku8075]

🤢 Indian unrealistic movie try to produce good movies

[@Boyar300AV]

Neverending honor to you Mr. Kalashnikov

[@realomon]

Rest in Piece Michail Timofejevich!

[@Griffith_x]

KGF 2 kand vanavarudo ❣️

[@twombonu]

I treasure all the Kalashnikovs and also all the Mosin Nagants I have in my collection. I even praise Russian rifles in my novel. It's tough and reliable, it's Russian! Da!

[@yurikovRUKR762]

Mikhail Kalashnikov is a true hero and must go to Heaven so we honour you and who is with me so say URA! URAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Pupuh]

オラ。

[@yani2499]

Heaven for gunsmiths?

[@glauben2713]

A man who single-handedly popularized and improved Russia even more

[@charles_phruno]

Me after watching kgf 2 movie

[@lelouchvibrittania8478]

Imagine your family name also being the name of one of the world's greatest weapons. What a legend

[@Spiderman-hb7oc]

Anybody here after KGF2 kalashniovoo...

[@Vicky-sl4tc]

Who is After KGF 2

[@user-uw9wp7ji9p]

Imagine doodling a fictional gun only to be made real and be the most popular weapon in history.

[@High_Altitude_Observer]

Thank you Mikhail.... From Yasser Arafat

[@germandudehanz]

Such a legend R.I.P Kalashnikov

[@Niksdharan]

Kgf2 post interval

[@snakeheadsss]

R.I.P. brother

[@Tallshank]

Monsterrrrr😂

[@waqarkhan8747]

The Father ok AK 47... That rifle is my favorite

[@rogeliozamora6018]

RIP, legendary gun maker. Your creation endures.

[@navinasimoes]

великий патриот Родины 🇷🇺 Покойся с миром

[@Foreskin-Bandit]

R.I.P. Mihail kalashnikov. May he rest in peace

[@aadityatanwar5996]

Kgf recommended me this

[@podsmpsg1]

RIP. He was genius.

[@AimBitX]

Rip, his legacy will live on

[@youssefslm3542]

rip i hope they make an ak94 in his remembrance

[@heilnop8014]

Well, it cant be cuz, russia have a new Weapon called An-94 ....

[@youssefslm3542]

where in cod or real life///i the vids i looked at are in cod blackops

[@azravalencia4577]

@@heilnop8014 well AN-94 is finnish i guess

[@superduperchris8746]

This reply is irrelevant because I was stupid a year ago

[@_SP64_]

@@superduperchris8746 probably the AK-05 since there is a swedish weapon of the same name

[@chiku3564]

KGF2❣️💥🔥

[@saleemimalikimusawwirbey9029]

Bravo! R.I.P Mikhail, you are missed.

[@RommelsAsparagus]

He often commented that he wished he could have spent time inventing agricultural machinery instead of being known for the AK. He was looking to design a good tank crew weapon in hospital as survival rates were low when bailing out.

[@Krishna-ez4vq]

Came here after kgf2 🔥😎

[@fawadalam4717]

Ak-47 is the best gun.. respect from Pakistan

[@mr.mostwanted6389]

He was the best man... And now he's a legend.

[@g11operator]

Thank you for giving us the rifle we all know and love

[@Liasos88]

0:42 He says that so casual like he is talking about an everyday item for common people

[@Akashjoshi92]

Salam Rocky Bhai

[@stomper_shrimp]

He literally just invented world's most popular and reliable assault rifle. Everyone on this planet know what AK-47 is, almost everybody seen Kalashnikov's creature in games or videos. And Russian people are grateful to Kalashnikov for making such a beasts as Ak-series guns

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Happy 100th birthday comrade. You truly invented one of the greatest tools to be used by humanity.

[@User_39sankyu]

Or worst... because it took million of lives around the world

[@CrossOfBayonne]

@@User_39sankyu True unfortunately

[@tonymazi6783]

@@User_39sankyu So you are saying that other weapons, have not also killed millions, But look at what it has accomplished, it has bought freedom and liberty and Independence, to colonies of Colonial Power's and made them independent Nations, in Africa, Asia and Middle East, don't forget that America to fought for It's Independence with guns, Unfortunately the A K wasn't invented yet, I'm quite sure the American Revolutionary Soldier's, would of have preferred it to the musket.

[@User_39sankyu]

@@tonymazi6783 that’s why it can be seen from 2 points of view… it can be the best or the worst stuff ever produced… i respect mr. Kalashnikov also 👍

[@mohamedhafeez9531]

Kgf💥

[@Real_itss_alexisonestate_GA]

Older than m16, G36, famas, QBZ-95, and sa80.

[@MrAmarnathraju]

After KGF 2 ...

[@haroonmuhammedessa9742]

u have served well comrade. rest in peace

[@busiyegulumamwangi270]

It worked well in Rwanda!

[@RS6frappe]

7 years today Rip Kalashnikov Mikhail

[@Rome-wt5du]

Eugene Stoner too with the M16 rifle so respect to both inventors 👍

[@novak7970]

M16...........lol.

[@Rome-wt5du]

@@novak7970 It beats the Ak-47 in design and caliber

[@45Gunner556]

And Gaston glock

[@prafullacpandey]

He is not only a Greatest Designer but also a great patriotic person as well who has never earn a profit ...

[@skeeterskoville9226]

Rest in peace, Comrade. ✊ the people standing against oppression across the globe thank you.

[@spedseacanuck]

"Everything complicated is useless." *cough cough AR15 cough cough*

[@tactigoulzztacticalkeyboar4089]

Just a phylosophy xD

[@superduperchris8746]

@CIA BETA Wingmore complicated than the AK.

[@myusername3689]

I think he prefers the AK-74 over the AK-47.

[@inmemoryofjstark7893]

I mean it is a better rifle

[@Krrrimmi]

Watching this because of "KALASHNIKOV" biomovie. 💖🎬🎥

[@AbhisheK-pt5jz]

Today I watched the Kalashnikov AK-47 movie. Wow It's Brilliant made. Very inspiring. "Everything useful is simple,"

[@aftabmansur6576]

who is here after watching K.G.F 2😅

[@hinakotakami3463]

Thanks Mikhail Kalashnikov for giving AK rifles to Syria....Rest In Peace ☹️

[@yurikovRUKR762]

Yes and we Agree

[@likhithsrivathsaks3780]

Who is here after kgf chapter 2 🥳🥳🥳

[@emperor_napoleon]

We Remember Kalashnikov as a Patriot and We Shall Remember his invention as a weapon for defending his homeland known as their Motherland! And not remembered used in a crime, or terrorists activity.

[@yogeshml]

Hope you came here after KGF2 😁✌️🔥🔥🔥

[@wagwangames7644]

Creator of kalashnikov died, нет! You soviet legend

[@BEOWULF_VON_KRIEGER]

Good to see the legend who made the most ICONIC weapon of all time

[@CCP-Lies]

Without him, fps game won't be same

[@45Gunner556]

Now we lose Gaston Glock 😢

[@sum12see]

I own 5 of the AK 47 platform rifles and pistols...I would trust it with my life in a serious combat scenario....

[@chabadabada67]

J'ai entendu dire qu'avec son invention, aux USA il serait devenu milliardaire. Ça donne plutôt l'impression que de ce point de vue, il a eu de la chance de rester "pauvre". Car je n'imagine pas qu'il serait devenu si vieux que ça avec cette invention-là en devenant en plus milliardaire, mais plutôt victime de son invention (la bourse ou la vie?)

[@70stunes71]

He was right. The AK47 was/is superior to the M16.

[@godlikenovauniverse1118]

When it comes to accuracy 🙅🏻 nope

[@grigss3027]

​@@godlikenovauniverse1118 if you were trained at all as a soldier and not using a ak from 1956 that has never been cleaned or maintained then maybe you could see an accuracy problem. However a well maintained AK and a trained soldier can accurate hit and eliminate targets at the 300-400 meter distance just like the AR-15 platform

[@SunilSingh-xw2hg]

The greatest generation of all time ❤❤❤❤❤

[@kishorem.r.3693]

Who came here after watching kgf 2 😅🔥

[@panzerfaust4544]

What is kgf 2?

[@akatsongcastronaga7992]

Thanks to you, sir kalasnikov

[@jamesr.2017]

“I am often asked this question or those close to it. But I'll tell you this, any country must defend its borders. I’ve made weapons not for attack, but for the defense of the borders of my Fatherland. And that is how it should be. And the fact that it is used in other ways is not the designer's fault. These are politicians who cannot agree peacefully without using weapons. This question can be directed at them.” -Mikhail Kalashnikov

[@inpsyne3750]

Who's here after kgf?

[@user-gs9lf3sw6k]

He died protecting the motherland

[@teukurajahitam8225]

R.I.P Great Inventor

[@offtraileddino5989]

I was 13 when he died.

[@noone7692]

I was 12

[@JesusisGodsaviour]

Even in cs go and cs1.6 we pick ak 47 that has a cheaper price than the m16 He is a truly legend

[@megastack95]

"Everything complicated is useless. Everything useful is simple"

[@CliveTheFrog]

Rubbish saying

[@onestar6359]

​@@CliveTheFrogyour parents about you be like:

[@Moskal91]

R.I.P Товарищ.

[@vinayrashivadekar5654]

I come here After watching KGF 2, Kalashnikov RIP 💐💐 SALAAM ROCKY BAHI Everybody is a gangster Till you see the monster Bairiya

[@kurskbhc6779]

He's the only russian man as can defeat Thanos with your Kalashnikov 47.

[@bananaassasin7514]

rest in peace

[@Ghost_ninja_weeto]

May his sole rest easy

[@oz9680]

I agree with him when he says that everything complicated is useless and everything simple is useful.I like to cook and when i see some recipes,the simplest ones always tastes better.

[@nicknamenick9448]

That’s true😁

[@inko_gnito_]

Rip comrade (im not russian)

[@vib_di]

I'm from finance background buy I really got inspired by those lines "Everything complicated is useless, everything simple is useful."