CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -AK-47 , also called Kalashnikov Model 1947, Soviet assault rifle, possibly the most widely used shoulder weapon in the world. The initials AK represent Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for “automatic Kalashnikov,” for its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov , who designed the accepted version of the weapon in 1947.

Detailed explanation-2: -Is it the weapon of choice for any state armies? About 50 standing armies use the AK-47 - including those of China, Egypt, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran and Iraq.

Detailed explanation-3: -They were originally manufactured in the Soviet Union, primarily by Kalashnikov Concern, formerly Izhmash, but these rifles and their variants are now manufactured in many other countries. The Kalashnikov is one of the most widely used guns in the world, with an estimated 72 million rifles in global circulation.

Detailed explanation-4: -To upgrade the Indian Air Force, the elite force has been equipped with ‘easy to operate’ Russian-origin AK-103 assault rifles and the American-made Sig Sauer, news agency ANI said on 22 December.