The Timeless, Ubiquitous AK-47
Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Bucharest, Romania, 1989
In an example of acute historical irony, this anticommunist civilian uses an AK-47 to hunt down secret police during the overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania's oppressive communist dictator.
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