According to encyclopedia, the AK-47 (also called Automatic Kalashnikov) was developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1944. Two years later, the rifle was presented for official military trials, and in 1947, the fixed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later).
It was one of the first true assault rifles, and due to its durability, low production cost and ease of use, remains the most widely used assault rifle in the world; so much so that more AK-type rifles have been produced than all other assault rifles combined.
This is why the AK-47 became the jihadi terrorist weapon of choice: In the early years after 9/11 the suicide belt, the car bomb and the homemade explosive device were the weapons of choice for jihadis: hidden, brutal and hard to counter.
But as 2015 heaves to a close, its atrocities littered across the calendar – Charlie Hebdo, Sousse, Garissa, Tunis, Copenhagen and Paris – it is the AK-47 that has come to the fore.
Across Europe more terrorist attacks have been carried out with Kalashnikov-type assault rifles this year than with any other device. In the 13 November Paris attacks, suicide bombers killed few but gunmen killed many. Further afield, in Tunisia and Kenya, it was also automatic weapons that did the damage.
Now, here is the point, the bullets of AK-47 are "Ratata...! Boom... boom...!" Hope you can relate? No wonder action movie stars do make use of it. It causes destruction in a twinkle, unlike common little guns.
A good example is the movie, "Lord of War" (2005), played by Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, which happens to have a heavy focus on this rifle. During the opening credits, you get to see the production of a 7.62x39mm round which ends up being used by an AK-47 during a war in Africa.
But then, hold on for a while and let's see Psalms 47 (KJV):
" O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted."