Arena

Season 1 • Episode 481: Kalashnikov • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 481: Kalashnikov

March 19, 1994

Seventy million Kalashnikov (or AK-47) guns are scattered across the world. It was the Russians' Cold War weapon and is still the first choice of terrorists, guerrillas and mercenaries. Through the story of Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, Arena asks whether the AK-47 is a cultural icon or just a killing machine.

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