![]() SEABROOK: The weapon's inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has expressed mixed feelings about his creation. And because anybody can use it, you can have all different kinds of level of soldiers, including child soldiers, which is one of the sad outcomes of having this weapon available. It's very inexpensive, so anybody who feels like they want to start a war can start a war or continue a small war. You can put it under water and it will work every single time. KAHANER: It's so prevalent because it works. But first, explain why this machine gun is so prevalent. SEABROOK: We're going to talk about the history of the AK-47 and its place in popular culture. ![]() LARRY KAHANER (Author): Thanks for having me, Andrea. Joining us now is Larry Kahaner, author of "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War." There are somewhere between 70 and 100 million of these machine guns in the world and they've been at the bloody center of almost every modern armed conflict: the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia. It is the Automat Kalashnikova 1947, better known as the AK-47, and few weapons have achieved its level of recognition. JACKSON (Actor): (As Ordell Robbie) AK-47, the very best there is. ICE CUBE (Rapper): (Singing) Today I didn't have to use my AK. This weapon appears on the flags of Mozambique and Hezbollah, as well as the coat of arms of Burkina Faso.
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