Freedom fighters brandished their AKs in photos and videos in any corner of the globe where civil wars or resistance movements were breaking out, holding them up as if to say “we’ve got Kalashnikovs, and we’re not gonna budge.” It’s become such a powerful political tool that it appears on the emblems of several war-torn countries - and features prominently on the flags of both Mozambique and the Hezbollah.
— Inventions that changed the world: Mikhail Kalashnikov’s AK-47
