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AK-47
(redirected from Kalashnikov 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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uller, who only sells American vehicles, is offering a gift certificate - only to be used at a licensed dealer - for a Kalashnikov AK-47 worth 450 dollars.
What concerns the young soldier is whether he will be able to rely on the weapon when it counts, as he has done so often before with its Russian equivalent, a Kalashnikov AK-47, favoured in central Asia for decades.
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