AK-47

The AK-47 (also known as the Kalashnikov, AK, or in Russian slang, Kalash) is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and automatic), gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known in the Soviet documentation as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова).

Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). In 1946, the AK-47 was presented for official military trials, and in 1948, the fixed-stock version was introduced into active service with selected units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS (S—Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.

Even after almost seven decades the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use. The AK-47 has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide, and was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. As of 2004..."Of the estimated 500 million firearms worldwide, approximately 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three-quarters of which are AK-47s".

AK-47 (disambiguation)

AK-47 is a type of automatic rifle.

AK-47 may also refer to:

A.K.47 (film)

A.K.47 (Kannada: ಏ. ಕೇ. 47 (ē. kē. 47)) is an Indian Kannada film directed by Om Prakash Rao and starring Shivarajkumar, Om Puri, Girish Karnad in pivotal roles. The music is scored by Hamsalekha This film was remade in Telugu and Hindi with same name starring Saikumar and Aditya respectively.

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It successfully completed 175 days in many centers of Karnataka and became a career highlight for actor Shivarajkumar.This movie's credit goes to many people one is Producer Ramu, Director om prakash rao, Music director Nadabramha Hamsalekha, of course Shivanna, and last but not least MS Ramesh & HS Rajshekar for their tremendous dialogue.Though it is Kannada movie, but half of the movie containing Hindi dialogue's. Om puris Hindi punch dialogue's got good appreciation. Ex':- "mera jhootha ka naam bi dawoodh hai" , " maarne keliye naa thu goodse, marnekeliye naa me gaandhi" dialogues impressed non Kannada audience. This is the first full length DTS Kannada movie.

Shortwave radio

Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave frequencies, generally 1.6–30 MHz (187.4–10.0 m), just above the medium wave AM broadcast band.

Shortwave radio is used for long distance communication by means of skywave or skip propagation, in which the radio waves are reflected or refracted back to Earth from the ionosphere, allowing communication around the curve of the Earth. Shortwave radio is used for broadcasting of voice and music, and long-distance communication to ships and aircraft, or to remote areas out of reach of wired communication or other radio services. Additionally, it is used for two-way international communication by amateur radio enthusiasts for hobby, educational and emergency purposes.

Frequency classifications

The widest popular definition of the shortwave frequency interval is the ITU Region 1 (EU+Africa+Russia...) definition, and is the span 1.6–30 MHz, just above the medium wave band, which ends approximately at 1.6 MHz.

There are also other definitions of the shortwave frequency interval:

Short Wave Live

Short Wave Live is the only album by Short Wave, a UK band related to the Canterbury Scene, consisting of Hugh Hopper (bass), Didier Malherbe (sax), Phil Miller (guitar) and Pip Pyle (drums).

The band was formed in 1991. Miller and Pyle had been playing together in In Cahoots, which had previously also included Hopper.

In 1993, they released a live album that contains material from concerts in England, 1991 and France, 1992. Short Wave was short lived - all members were also busy in other projects and bands.

The album was reissued on CD in 2005 on Voiceprint Records.

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