Wanda ya kirkiri bindigar AK-47 shi ne Mikhail Kalashnikov, wani janar na Tarayyar Soviet da kuma haifaffen kasar Rasha wanda shi ma ya yi rayuwar shi a matsayin mai kirkira, injiniyan soja, marubuci, da kuma zanen kananan makamai.
An haife shi a shekara ta 1919, Mikhail Kalashnikov ya rasu a shekara ta 2013. Ya rasu yana da shekaru 94 a duniya.
Bayan shiga yakin duniya na biyu, Mikhail Kalashnikov ya kera ko kuma ya kirkiro makamin AK-47. An ƙirƙira ƙirar shi a cikin shekarar da lambar “47” ta nuna a cikin sunan. A 1947, an kirkiri ta. Tana nufin makamin atomatik da aka sani da “Avtomatt,” kuma K yana nufin Kalashnikov.
Bayan sa hannu a yakin duniya na biyu, Mikhail Kalashnikov ya kirkiri bindiga. Lokacin da Mikhail Kalashnikov yana da shekaru 91, ana tunanin ya halarci coci a karon farko. Mikhail Kalashnikov ya mika wata wasika ga shugaban kasar Rasha kafin ya rasu yana mai cewa wata tambaya ta bata masa rai.
A cikin rubutun nasa, ya ce, “Ina ci gaba da samun irin wannan tambayar da ba a amsa ba; idan bindiga ta ta kashe mutane, to yana iya zama ni Mikhail, Kirista kuma mai bi na Orthodox, na yi laifin mutuwar su.” Ya yi iƙirarin cewa tsawon rayuwar shi, wannan tambayar ta ci gaba da bijro mai a kai tana sa shi rashin jin daɗi.
A halin yanzu ana amfani da bindigae akan sikelin duniya. Yana da shekaru 91, Mikhail Kalashnikov ya rasu a shekara ta 2013.
