Cika wannan magana: A cikin jihohin da ke goyon bayan kwaminisanci, AK-47 ya zama alama ce ta juyin juya halin Duniya ta Uku. An yi amfani da su a cikin yakin basasa na Kambodiya da kuma
Kambodiyanci-Yakin Vietnam. A cikin shekarun 1980, Tarayyar Soviet ta zama babban dillalin makamai ga kasashen da kasashen Yammacin Turai suka sanya wa takunkumi, gami da kasashen Gabas ta Tsakiya kamar Libya da Siriya, wadanda suka yi maraba da goyon bayan Tarayyar Soviet kan Isra'ila. Bayan faduwar Tarayyar Soviet, an sayar da AK-47 a fili da kuma a kasuwar baƙar fata ga kowane rukuni tare da tsabar kudi, gami da masu safarar miyagun ƙwayoyi da jihohi masu mulkin kama karya, kuma kwanan nan an gan su a hannun kungiyoyin Islama kamar Al-Qaeda, ISIL, da Taliban a Afghanistan da Iraki, da FARC, Ejército de Liberación Nacional 'yan bindiga a Colombia.