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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.
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 ...
'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 .
Victims of a deadly Russian missile attack that struck a busy market in eastern Ukraine were buried Thursday, as Moscow kept up its assault on Ukraine’s grain export infrastructure, hitting a ...
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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 ...
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 ...