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Mikhail Kalashnikov, AK-47 inventor, dead at 94

Name: Mikhail Kalashnikov, AK-47 inventor, dead at 94
Uploaded: 2013-12-23T13:09:31-0500
Duration: 45 s
Description: Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died at the age of 94. Jessica Hartogs reports.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died at the age of 94. Jessica Hartogs reports.