Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munyika dzaitsigira chiKomonisiti, AK-47 yakava chiratidzo cheshanduko yeNyika Yechitatu. Akashandiswa muCambodian Civil War uye
Hondo yeCambodian neVietnam. Mumakore ekuma1980, Soviet Union yakava mutengesi mukuru wezvombo kunyika dzairambidzwa nezvombo nenyika dzokuMadokero, kusanganisira nyika dzokuMiddle East dzakadai seLibya neSyria, idzo dzakagamuchira kutsigira kweSoviet Union kurwisa Israeri. Pashure pokuwa kweSoviet Union, AK-47 dzakatengeswa pachena uye pamusika mutema kumapoka ose ane mari, kusanganisira mapoka ezvinodhaka uye hurumende dzinotonga, uye munguva pfupi yapfuura dzave dzichionekwa mumaoko emapoka echiIslam akadai seAl-Qaeda, ISIL, uye Taliban muAfghanistan neIraq, uye FARC, Ejército de Liberación Nacional guerrillas muColombia.