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Russian weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov presents his legendary assault rifle, the AK-47, to the media while opening an exhibition of his work at a weapons museum in Suhl, Germany, in 2002. Kalashnikov died on December 23 at the age of 94. Click through to see where else in the world the AK-47 has appeared. Jens Meyer/AP
A soldier in the anti-government army of the Sudan holds his AK-47 rifle at the ready in 1971. John Downing/Express/Getty Images
A diver retrieves an AK-47 from the bottom of the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1975. Jonathan S. Blair/National Geographic/Getty Images
Fighters with the Eritrean People's Liberation Front sit with their rifles in 1978. Alex Bowie/Getty Images
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members assemble during a commemoration of their foundation in Tehran in 1981. Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images
A Shiite Muslim militiaman fires his AK-47 during a battle in West Beirut, Lebanon, in 1987. AP
A Russian sailor stands guard with an AK-47 in Moscow during a visit from then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Rex USA/Courtesy Everett Collection
An anti-Communist civilian fighter runs with an AK-47 during a street-fight in Bucharest, Romania, in 1989. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images
Then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein brandishes an AK-47 during his visit to villages in northern Iraq in 1998, in this Iraqi News Agency released photograph. stringer/AFP/Getty Images
Osama bin Laden fires an AK-47 in this still frame from the infamous video of him released after September 11, 2001. Getty Images
A soldier with the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac guards his position near the village of Shoshaj, Yugoslavia, in 2001. David Greedy/Newsmakers
A soldier stands guard at the entrance to a sanctuary for Kim Jong Il in Myohyangsan, North Korea, in 2005. Patrick AVENTURIER/gamma-raphno via getty images
A man guards the the village of Jebel Shugruf in the Haraz Mountains of Yemen in 2006. Matjaz Krivic/Getty Images
A Pakistani tribesman carries an AK-47 assault rifle after an air strike in Damadola, Pakistan, in 2006. TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/Getty Images
An Iraqi policewoman receives guidance firing an AK-47 during target practice in Karbala, Iraq, in 2008. MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the Karo Tribe pose with AK-47s in Korcho, Ethiopia, in 2008. Eric LAFFORGUE/RAPHO/Getty Images
Kenyan policemen confront demonstrators during post-election clashes in the Mathare slums of Nairobi in 2008. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Newly recruited Rangers practice with their AK-47s during a training session at a military camp in the southern Narathiwat province of Thailand in 2009. MADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images
A man shoots an AK-47 at a shooting range in West Point, Kentucky, in 2009. Matt McClain/Getty Images
Anti-Libyan-government militants gather on the front line in Brega, Libya, in 2011. XINHUA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
A Syrian opposition fighter poses with his AK-47 in Aleppo, Syria, in 2012. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages
A soldier with the Malian army patrols a street in Gao, Mali, with an AK-47 on February 25, 2013. JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
