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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov [a] [b] (10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74 , as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun .
Kalashnikov was born 16 July 1942 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the son of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, [5] and Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Victor graduated in 1966 from a mechanical institute in Izhevsk in the Soviet Union.
'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov , it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles .
Wagner leader attends funeral of pro-war Russian blogger killed in cafe blast. Saturday 8 April 2023 22:30, Sam Rkaina. Hundreds of mourners, including the leader of Russia’s Wagner private ...
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Hundreds of mourners, many sobbing uncontrollably, gathered on Monday at the funeral of a family of five, including three small children, burned alive in a Russian drone attack in the northeastern ...
The AK-203 is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle designed to chamber the 7.62×39mm cartridge. [2] It is one of the latest iterations of the AK series of assault rifles originally designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The AK-203 was developed in the 2010s by Kalashnikov Concern in Russia.
A former Russian deputy transport minister has acquired a controlling stake in weapons maker Kalashnikov, the company said on Friday. Alan Lushnikov, who served as deputy transport between 2017 ...