Who Created the AK-47 Rifle, One of the Most Used Weapons in the World and by Mexican Cartels?

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There are objects that, because of their importance, can be used to narrate the history of the world. One of them is the AK-47 rifle, an automatic assault weapon created by Soviet General Mikhail Kaláshnikov (1919-2013), which shaped the course of the second half of the twentieth century, years marked by guerrilla uprisings, revolutions and counterinsurgencys. “It was going to become one of the most lethal weapons of war and terrorism,” describe…