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AK-47

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AK-47 (kfôrt-svn)
n.
A clip-fed, gas-operated assault rifle of Soviet design having a caliber of 7.62 millimeters and used throughout the world by armed forces and paramilitary organizations.

[Russian A(vtomat) K(alashnikova), automatic gun of Kalashnikov, after Viktor Timofeevich Kalashnikov (born 1919), Soviet arms engineer.]

AK-47
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a type of Kalashnikov assault rifle
[from A(utomat) K(alashnikov)]


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The slain militant has been identified as Mohammad Usama, police said, adding an AK-47 rifle, two magazines and 44 AK-47 rounds were recovered from him.
David Hutton, 67, and wife Ann, 69, were tied up and terrorised by a gang brandishing AK-47 assault rifles and knives, into revealing where they had hidden their cash and jewellery.
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