A statue of the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle featured an embarrassing mistake: it accidentally included a diagram of a German World War II assault rifle. The mistake, which was quickly ...

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The SFR Yugoslavia came into the AK game pretty late, perhaps due to the Soviet-Yugoslav split. While development of a domestic AK variant to replace the SKS variants began early in 1959, it was based ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Many countries built their own AK-47 because they were licensed to do so, or becuase they had politically split from the Soviet Union. The AK is one of the most ...

The AK-47 is perhaps the most widespread firearm in the world. Carried by American enemies and allies alike since 1947, it is the standard infantry weapon for 106 countries. There are an estimated 100 ...

The former Soviet Union's weaponry during World War II, especially its tanks, were reasonably advanced. But it struggled to produce a gun that was comparable to those used by German soldiers, ...