Ask an infantry soldier of any army of the world, what personal weapon he would like to carry in operation? The answer would be AK 47 rifle. This weapon is the most effective one in close-quarter combat. It fires many rounds in burst fire. It is easy to aim and light in weight. It can be fired from the shoulder, it can be fired from the hip, it can be fired on the walk, on the run and in any position that a human being is capable of taking.

The designing of this most preferred and most effective personal weapon did not take place in an ordnance depot or on the drawing board of a small arms industry. The Birmingham Small Arms, the British arms manufacturing industry never thought of making a jam-proof jungle warfare, anti-terrorist infantry weapon like AK 47. A terror outfit that would pay a fortune to own any number of them never projected their requirement for it.

Strange are the ways of military manufacturing of a weapon. Mikhail Kalashnikov of the Soviet Army, wounded in battle while fighting against the German Army, then invincible, was evacuated to the Military hospital back home. As he lay in bed he was a little restless thinking how effective the infantry personal weapon of the German soldiers was. He thought of designing and making a similar rifle for the Soviet infantry. He knew nothing of designing and mechanics of manufacturing. Yet he persisted with the idea of making a rapid firing and jam-proof, light to carry and easy to maintain infantry rifle.