Moscow: The world famous Russian gun designer Mikhail Kalashnikov died on Monday at the age if 94.
Mikhail Kalashnikov earned maximum fame for designing the deadliest gun yet the AK-47.
The Guinness World Records book recognized the AK-47 -- AK being a Russian acronym for “Kalashnikov's machine gun” and 47 standing for its debut year—as the world's most common machine gun.
As AK-47 sowed havoc instead of crop, he often said he felt personally untroubled by his contribution to bloodshed.
Kalashnikov designed his first machine gun in 1942 after suffering injuries as a tank commander for the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.
