The AK-47, which stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova (Kalashnikov's Automatic), is a Soviet-designed assault rifle developed ... he came across the German Sturmgewehr 44 (StG-44), sometimes referred ...

As the war drew to a close, Germany was in the beginning stages of slowly replacing its bolt action rifle with the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44) assault rifle designed by Hugo Schmeisser—and that ...