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For all its strengths, the rifle carries one infamous compromise: precision. The AK-47 was never designed to be an American M21. Its varied tolerances and powerful cartridge, the very things that made ...
But America’s affair with AK-47s on the battlefield didn’t end. Today, with the Cold War over and the rifle still in widespread service around the globe, the Pentagon is once again buying the guns on ...
The AK-47 was created by the Soviets after World War II and changed the way war is fought. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers... The AK-47: 'The Gun' That Changed The Battlefield ...
The AK-47 assault rifle, otherwise known as the "Kalash" (or just "AK" if you're Ice Cube) is the most successful assault rifle ever made. Tens of millions have been made, serving everywhere from the ...
Army Sgt. Kevin Beuse and Spc. Johnny Long, assigned to U.S. Army Cyber Command, simultaneously fire AK-47 assault rifles during the 2017 Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (Sgt. Steven L ...
The PK was also invented by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Although it resembles the M240, it is in the same class as the U.S. Marine Corps’ M-27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, or the NATO Minimi/M-249 Squad ...
MOSCOW --Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94. Kalashnikov once ...