Key dates behind the AK47 and the AK47 Identification Playing Cards.
1947
Mikhail Kalashnikov completes his assault rifle design. The name AK-47 comes from this year.
1949
The Soviet Army adopts the AK-47.
1959
The AKM, a modernized version of the AK-47, enters service.
1974
The Soviet Union adopts the AK-74.
2013
Mikhail Kalashnikov dies in December at age 94.
September 2015
AK47 Identification Playing Cards, our first Kickstarter project, closes at $13,141 pledged, 438% funded, with 625 backers.