The Avtomat Kalashnikova or AK-47 was developed by Russian weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, as the first firearm in the AK family of rifles for the Soviet Army. The AK differs from the SKS in ...

Love it or hate it, the AK-47 is no doubt one of the most important ... Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in the eastern Russian district of Altai Krai in November of 1919, in the thick of the Russian ...

"Sputnik V is like an AK-47, a Russian rifle, [it is] simple, reliable and effective. The encouraging data was published in a highly respected journal, late, but nonetheless. During the first and ...