This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Assault rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94 | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| The inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died aged 94, Russian TV reports. | |
| The automatic rifle he designed became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. | |
| Its comparative simplicity made it cheap to manufacture, as well as reliable and easy to maintain. | |
| Although honoured by the state, Kalashnikov made little money from his gun. He once said he would have been better off designing a lawn mower. | |
| Mikhail Kalashnikov was admitted to hospital with internal bleeding in November. | |
| He was born on 10 November 1919 in western Siberia, one of 18 children. |