Business Insider India6 年
The Russian maker of the AK-47 has a new assault rifle and may have a buyer in a close US ally
Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian maker of the AK-47, unveiled a new rifle in August called the AK-308. It's unclear if the Russian military or police will purchase the rifle, but it appears ...
Task & Purpose4 年
The AK-47 family of weapons is evolving with Russia’s new Ratnik AK-12
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.
Task & Purpose4 年
The AK-47 family of weapons is evolving with Russia’s new Ratnik AK-12
In this case the Russians saw the AR-15 and were inspired to create a new line of the AK family of weapons. The newest iteration is the AK-12. This is the modern assault rifle used by Russian ...
Business Insider India6 年
The Russian military is replacing the AK-74M with these 2 new rifles
The two new weapons will be part ... troops of Russian Armed Forces," the Russian defense manufacturer, Kalashnikov Concern, which also made the AK-47 and AK-74M, said in a press statement in ...
BBC7 年
Kalashnikov statue changed because of German weapon
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 ...
TASS3 年
AK-12 assault rifle to become basic weapon for Russian troops in coming years
The AK-12 assault rifle developed by the Kalashnikov firearms manufacturer (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) will become the basic weapon for Russian ... renowned AK-47 assault rifle ...
BBC6 年
Kalashnikov's CV-1 electric car touted as Russia's answer to Tesla
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 ...