Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikovwas a Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth10 November 1919
CountryRussian Federation
composed continued home life sake work
Life is composed of different inventions. I have continued to work at different things and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something.
simple useful-things complexes
Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.
ak-47 people example
I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.
ak-47 weapons faults
I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this.
simple men ak-47
When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, 'All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed' ... So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been creating weapons to defend the borders of my fatherland, to be simple and reliable.
ak-47 people facts
The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.
ak-47 fire elements
It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon.
ak-47 proud invention
I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
simple want arms
Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.
names weapons doing-good
I've always wanted to improve and expand on the good name of my weapon by doing good things.