The huge worldwide production of the weapon, particularly in countries with low labor costs, has driven prices downward. Today, global prices often run in the hundreds of dollars, but some AK-47s can be had for as little as US$50. With a service life of 20 to 40 years, AKs are easily relocated and repurposed. military has acted as a distributor of the weapon in conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. have used semi-automatic versions of the weapon in killings in Stockton, California, and Dallas. The hostage-takers who stormed the Olympic Village in Munich in 1972 were armed with Kalashnikovs, and mass shooters in the U.S. This is the famous under-folding 'Pigsticker' Spike bayonet seen on the 'early' Chinese NORINCO/POLY. The worldвЂ™s most abundant firearm is also well suited to crime and terrorism. AK47 Original Folding Spike Bayonet Fits PolyTech/ Norinco Rifle. And I hear American soldiers in Iraq use it quite often.вЂќ вЂњDuring the Vietnam War,вЂќ he said in a 2007 interview, вЂњAmerican soldiers would throw away their M-16s to grab AK-47s and bullets for it from dead Vietnamese soldiers.

Kalashnikov liked to boast about the rifleвЂ™s superiority to the American militaryвЂ™s M-16 rifle.

A Cambodian soldier carries his AK-47 rifle in 1970.

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