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AK-47
(redirected from Kalashnikov assault rifle)

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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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