The creator of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, developed the weapon in response to a German-engineered firearm called the Sturmgewehr 44 rifle. Let's take a look at the AK series by the numbers.
The Avtomat Kalashnikova or AK-47 was developed by Russian weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, as the first firearm in the ...
The Russian gun maker of the AK-47 unveiled a brand new rifle on Monday called the AK-308. The AK-308 weighs about 9.5 pounds with an empty 20-round magazine, and has a dioptric sight and foldable ...
A Russian convict soldier, in a horrifying act of violence, reportedly killed 11 of his comrades using a grenade and an AK-47 ...
"Sputnik V is like an AK-47, a Russian rifle, [it is] simple, reliable and effective. The encouraging data was published in a highly respected journal, late, but nonetheless. During the first and ...
it could be reasonably argued that the AK-47 is the greatest small arm ever. Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in the eastern Russian district of Altai Krai in November of 1919, in the thick of the ...
THIS is the incredible moment Ukraine unleashes a shotgun-wielding drone to hunt down and destroy Russians on the battlefield. The impressive footage, captured from the frontlines, shows the ...
The drawing on the base of the statue (on the right) which showed Germany's StG 44 rifle Workers in Moscow have cut out part of a new monument to a Russian creator of the world famous AK-47 ...
Russian manufacturing firm Kalashnikov has wheeled out a retro-looking electric car it says will give Elon Musk's Tesla a run for its money. The firm behind the famous AK-47 assault rifle ...
The newest iteration is the AK-12. This is the modern assault rifle used by Russian forces it fires a 5.45mm round and is part of their Ratnik program. By Chris Capelluto Updated on Dec 11 ...