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Kalashnikov: Machine Pistols, Assault Rifles and Machine-Guns, 1945 to the Present (Greenhill Military Manuals)
Kalashnikov Machine Pistols Assault Rifles and Machine-Guns 1945 to the Present - Greenhill Military Manuals Author:John Walter *120 illustrations — * 6 x 9 — * A gun-by-gun directory identifying individual variants and types — * Includes details of sights, bayonets, and ammunition — This volume examines one of the outstanding successes in small-arms history. From the first gun designed by a convalescing Red Army sergeant in 1941, to mass production and use by a vast numbe... more »r of armed forces throughout the world, this is the complete story. The prototype was developed into the AK-47 by 1949, and by the 1950s the Kalashnikov had achieved runaway success based on simplicity and reliability. A superbly illustrated directory.« less