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Source: Wikia. Pages: 60. Chapters: AK-47, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, American Revolution, Andersonville, Apartheid, Arlington National Cemetary, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Baltimore, Bealeton, Black people, Bounding Mine, Brazil, British Army, CSS Alabama, Canada, Confederate Party, Confederate States, Confederate States Army, Confederate States Navy, Confederate States Presidential Election, 1867, Delaware, First Rivington Bank, Fort Sumter, General-in-Chief, Illinois, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Legislation Regulating the Labor of Certain Inhabitants of the Confederate States, Maryland, Mexico, Missouri, Nashville, North Carolina, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Patriot Party, Potomac River, President of the Confederate States, Proclamation Suspending Habeas Corpus In North Carolina, Republican Party, Richmond, Richmond Massacre, Rivington, Rocky Mount, Royal Navy, Second American Revolution, Slavery in the United States, South Africa, Supreme Court of the Confederate States, Tennessee, The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, United Kingdom, United States Constitution, United States Presidential Election, 1864, United States of America, Uzi, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, White House, Wilderness, Winnipeg. Excerpt: The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947) is a gas-operated assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, and produced by Russian manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Works and used in many Eastern bloc nations during the Cold War. It was adopted and standardized in 1947. Compared with the auto-loading rifles used in World War II, the AK-47 was generally more compact, with a shorter range, a smaller 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge, and was capable of selective fire. It was one of the first true assault rifles and remains the most widely used and known. The AK-47 and its numerous variants and descendants have been produced in greater numbers than any other assault rifle and are in production to this day. Time-t...
