Russian - Inventor | November 10, 1919 - December 23, 2013
People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
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I made it to protect the motherland.
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The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.
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We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
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I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
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I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.
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Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and envy.
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I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.
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I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.
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I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.
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I was probably born with some designing abilities.
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I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.
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