Kalashnikov
Iconic assault weapon
Kalashnikov is a Russian assault rifle, properly the AK-47 and its variants, named after its designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.
The weapon is renowned for reliability, simplicity, and durability under harsh conditions.
Produced by the tens of millions, it became the iconic firearm of guerrilla movements, insurgencies, and developing-world militaries: The rebels were armed with Kalashnikovs.
Soviet automatic rifle
- assault rifleAutomatic infantry combat weapon
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- triggerWhat initiates action
stock · ammunition · cartridge · recoil · sights · selector · bayonet · wooden stock
Ground combat troops
- soldierArmed forces member
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- tacticalStrategically planned
guerrilla · militia · insurgent · conscript · arms trade · conflict zone · battlefield · checkpoint
Armed uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- liberationRelease from constraint
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
uprising · coup · overthrow · armed struggle · freedom fighter · revolutionary · paramilitary · rebel
Russian form of Michael
- SovietOf the USSR
- designerOne who plans appearances
- engineerTechnical design professional
- veteranExperienced former soldier
patent · legacy · autobiography · museum · Great Patriotic War · innovation · remorse
Present in all places
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- flagCloth symbol or signal
Mozambique · emblem · recognizable · mass-produced · widespread · global · infamous · notorious
AK-47
Soviet automatic rifle
- assault rifleAutomatic infantry combat weapon
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
trigger · stock · ammunition · cartridge · recoil · sights · selector · bayonet · wooden stock · gas-operated
infantry
Ground combat troops
tactical · guerrilla · militia · insurgent · conscript · arms trade · conflict zone · battlefield · checkpoint · patrol
insurgency
Armed uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- liberationRelease from constraint
resistance · uprising · coup · overthrow · armed struggle · freedom fighter · revolutionary · paramilitary · rebel · Viet Cong
Mikhail
Russian form of Michael
veteran · patent · legacy · autobiography · museum · Great Patriotic War · innovation · remorse
ubiquitous
Present in all places
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
flag · Mozambique · emblem · recognizable · mass-produced · widespread · global · infamous · notorious · Cold War
- Russian EntitiesAeroflot, Yandex, Kremlin, RT, Pravda
- Soviet firearmsAK-47, AK-74
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- military gearuniform, rifle, boots, combat boots, ammunition
- Cold War militariesSoviet Army, Warsaw Pact, Soviet military, People's Liberation Army, tank divisions
KalashnikovM16
U.S. military rifle
AR-15 · Colt · M4 carbine · Smith & Wesson
Kalashnikovolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
plowshare · scalpel · pen · white flag · dove