World's deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47

One hundred years ago, the inventor of the most deadly weapon of the 20th century was born in Russia. Now more than 100 million of his namesake guns have been manufactured and used around the world.

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 in the Soviet Union, has died at age 94. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the most widely recognized and used rifles in history. PICTURED

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