Pedzisa mutsara uyu: Pashure pokunge apedza giredhi rechinomwe, Mikhail akabvumirwa nababa vake vokurera kusiya mhuri yake ndokudzokera kuKurya, achifamba makiromita anoda kusvika 1 000. MuKurya, akawana basa somugadziri pane imwe nzvimbo inogadzirwa matarakita. Mumwe murongi wepati akanga ari mufekitari akaona unyanzvi hwomurume wacho ndokumupa murayiridzo ("napravlenie") wokushanda pahofisi yaiva pedyo yokugadzira zvombo, kwaaishandira somunhu anoedza zvigadziro zvepfuti. Muna 1938, akanyoresa muuto reRed Army. Nemhaka yokuva kwake muduku uye unyanzvi hwouinjiniya akapiwa basa rokuva makanika wetangi, uye gare gare akava mutungamiriri wetangi. Achiri kudzidziswa, akaita zvigadzirwa zvake zvekutanga, izvo zvaisanganisira kwete matangi chete, asiwo zvombo zvidiki, uye akapihwa wachi yechiuno naGeorgy Zhukov. Kalashnikov akashanda paT-34s ye24th Tank Regiment, 108th Tank Division yakamira muStryi regiment isati yadzokera shure mushure me
Hondo yeBrody muna June 1941. Akakuvadzwa muhondo muHondo yeBryansk muna Gumiguru 1941 uye akaiswa muchipatara kusvika muna Kubvumbi 1942. Mumwedzi mishomanene yokupedzisira yokuva muchipatara, akanzwa vamwe varwi vaichema pfuti dzavo dzazvino, idzo dzakanga dzichitambudzwa nezvinetso zvokutendeseka, zvakadai sokuvhiringidza. Sezvaakaramba achinzwa zvichemo zvaiva nevarwi veSoviet, achangobviswa muchiuto, akaenda kunoshanda pane chaizova chombo chakakurumbira chokurwisa AK-47.