Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and
Kalashnikov Mikhail
Kalashnikov, c. 1944
Kalashnikov (right) and Eugene Stoner (left) hold the rifles they designed, taken in May 1990.
The SMG predecessor of the Kalashnikov rifle, the PPK-42
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The AKM is a 7.62×39 mm Soviet assault rifle introduced in 1959 as a lighter, more modern successor to the AK-47.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
…general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun. Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate…
The AKMS (top) compared to an AK-47 (bottom)
AKM Bolt carrier assembly and gas piston
AKMS with a 30-round "bakelite" magazine. Despite their name, the magazines are actually made of fiberglass and resin along with steel reinforcements. The magazine has an "arrow in triangle" Izhmash arsenal mark on the bottom right.
A 6H4-type bayonet and scabbard.