AK47: The Story of the People's Gun

In the sixty years since General Kalashnikov created the AK''s distinctive silhouette, the gun has been at the centre of conflicts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The weapon that made him a ''Hero of the Soviet Union'' has also appeared on t-shirts and vodka bottles, featured in videos and song lyrics and been re-fashioned in crystal - a gift from Putin to George W. Bush. Power, ...