"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 ...

with the AK-47’s 300-meter range bested by the 460-meter reach of the M16. There has also been a long-running debate about the ammunition each weapon uses. Most consider the Russian 7.62x39mm a ...

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 ...

Izhevsk is known for manufacturing the AK-47 assault rifle. The man moved to Kunashiri three years ago and acquired a plot in the island’s southernmost district under a Russian program that ...

While insurgent forces and militias favor the AK-47, professional armies lean toward the M4’s technological edge. With Ukraine adopting NATO-standard weapons, its shift to the M4 signifies a deeper ...

The Kalashnikov Group, the creator of the world-renowned AK-47 assault rifle ... on the delivery of AK-12 automatic weapons to the Russian troops. China, Russia to optimize visa regime ...

had been directed to kill Alinejad by fellow members of a Russian mob organization known as Thieves-in-Law, Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, prosecutors said. In his car was an AK-47 style assault ...