kalashnikovn.
/kəˈlaʃnᵻkɒf/, U.S. /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑf/, /kəˈlɑʃnəˌkɑf/ The name of a type of rifle or sub-machine gun made in the U.S.S.R. and subsequently in Russia; = AK n. at A n. Initialisms.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of
three-o(h)-three1683
air rifle1801
yager1817
big bore1838
seventy-five1840
telescopic rifle1850
Minié rifle1851
needle rifle1856
pea rifle1856
Lancaster1857
six-shooting1858
Whitworth1858
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polygroove1863
telescopic-sighted rifle1863
spencer1866
magazine rifle1867
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chassepot1869
Martini–Henry rifle1869
Winchester1871
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saloon rifle1881
express1884
express rifle1884
Mannlicher1884
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take-down1895
two-two1895
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hammer-rifle1907
sporter1907
French 751914
twenty-two1925
machine-gun rifle1941
assault rifle1950
assault weapon1968
kalashnikov1970
assault rifle1975
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of
Thompson sub-machine gun1920
Thompson1921
Schmeisser1922
tommy gun1929
Chicago piano1936
Owen gun1941
Sten1942
Owen1948
Sterling1958
Uzi1959
Stechkin1962
kalashnikov1970
1970 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. 41 A ragtag group of fedayeen bearing kalashnikovs, hand grenades and often Pepsi-Cola bottles, swarms around the headquarters area.
1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 19/2 AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikov). Soviet rifle (includes AKM and RPK).
1972 Times 12 Jan. 10 They consist of forays across the border by from 40 to 100 men armed with Russian mortars, rockets, recoilless guns and kalashnikov automatics.
1973 Times 11 Apr. 1/8 He ran to get his kalashnikov (a Russian assault weapon) but when he returned, the Israelis had burst through the door.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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