Boker Kalashnikov Bayonet DamastIn 1947, Mikhail Kalashnikov presented the AK 47 assault rifle he had designed to the Red Army and immediately convinced the decision making bodies of its development. Only two years later, the now world famous AK 47 was officially put into service as the "7. 62 mm Awtomat Kalasshnikova obraztsa 1947". Even then, the simple and reliable design as a gas pressure loader with a rotary head breech, the consistent use of sheet metal stampings that could be