Mikhail Kalashnikov, who is the Russian gun designer and whose AK-47 rifle became the weapon of choice for many national armies and guerrillas around the world, died on Monday.

It has been revealed by sources that Mikhail Kalashnikov was the inventor of the world's most popular assault rifle, which is popularly known as AK-47. Experts say this phenomenal invention of the Russian gun designer is a simple but at the same time very durable weapon of war.

It has been seen and witnessed by many warriors that this specific weapon of war is used by millions of people in about 100 countries.

According to the latest report Mikhail Kalashnikov died at the age of 94 and it is also revealed by many sources that the man died after a long illness.

Elena Filatova, spokeswoman at Kalashnikov Concern, the plant named after the inventor, said in an interview that the extraordinary man lived in Izhevsk in the Ural Mountains. Also, sources reveal that Mikhail Kalashnikov lived in a town that produces his rifles.

Mikhail Kalashnikov had said in 2006, "I didn't put it in the hands of bandits and terrorists, and it's not my fault that it has mushroomed uncontrollably across the globe".