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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'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 .
Russia SR-2 Veresk: 9×21mm Gyurza: 1999–present SR-2M Russia Vityaz-SN [5] closed bolt blowback operated Kalashnikov variant 9×19mm Parabellum: 1990s–present standard SMG for all branches of Russian military and police forces [6] Vityaz-SN Russia PP-2000: 9×19mm Parabellum: 2008–present standard SMG for all branches of police forces [6 ...
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 ...
In July 2014, Kalashnikov Concern was sanctioned by the United States and the European Union as a result of the Russian annexation of Crimea and Russian military intervention in Ukraine. [16] Since Europe and the United States were the largest customers of the concern's civilian firearms , the concern was forced to rethink its marketing strategy.
Russia has escalated attacks on Ukraine’s grain export infrastructure since mid-July, when it exited a U.N.-backed deal that had allowed for the safe shipping of Ukrainian grain during the war.
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.
The Kalashnikov assault rifle 1974 model by Izhmash, Russia (AK-74) The logo that is currently being used by Kalashnikov Concern to represent its series of AK-branded rifles. Kalashnikov rifles (Russian: Автоматы Калашникова ), also known as the AK platform , AK rifles or simply the AK , are a family of assault rifles based ...