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AK-47
Terrorister på tværs af religioner og forskruede verdensbilleder kan blive enige om én ting. En AK-47, eller slet og ret en kalasjnikov, er det foretrukne våben til at sprede død og ødelæggelse. Forskellige versioner af stormgeværet står bag et utal af masseskyderier lige fra München-massakren i 1972 til angrebene i Paris 2015. New York Times forklarer hvorfor i en overdådig feature med historisk indblik og tegnede illustrationer.
(FILES) - - A file picture taken on July 29, 2011 shows AK 47 assault rifles seized by the Colombian police in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. The Colombian police seized 47 Chinese-made 7.62mm Norinco assault rifles (AK-47 replicas) and 214 magazines. According to authorities, the weapons belong to the criminal band "Los Comba". Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian designer of the fabled AK-47 automatic assault rifle, died on December 23, 2013, aged 94, the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked said. Kalashnikov designed a weapon that became synonymous with killing on a sometimes indiscriminate scale but was seen in the Soviet Union as a national hero and symbol of Moscow's proud military past. AFP PHOTO/Luis ROBAYO
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