Download or read book Kalashnikov AK47 Series written by Martin J Brayley and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popularly known as the AK47 or just AK, the 7.62mm Avtomat Kalashnikov obrazets 1947g was accepted into service by the Soviet Army in 1947. Despite its widespread use by the Soviet armed forces, the AK only became known in the West during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, when Soviet troops sent to quell the uprising carried the new weapon. Since then it has become probably the most widely recognized firearm of all time, having seen action in most of the conflicts of the past six decades.The Kalashnikov has been produced in many variants and calibres, and this book concentrates on those in the original 7.62mm form. Illustrated with over 350 colour photographs of AK variants produced around the world, including close-ups of the many fascinating detail differences, this work will be an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in modern military firearms. The most widely used firearm of the post-war era - the Kalashnikov rifle has become an icon of revolutionary struggle. Covers the principal design features of the AK variants that used the original 7.62x39mm M1943 cartridge. Will be of great interest to militaria enthusiasts, collectors and military historians of modern military firearms. Superbly illustrated with 350 colour photographs showing the different versions produced around the world. Martin J Brayley has a keen interest in military history and is a professional photogapher, author and dedicated militaria researcher and collector.
Download or read book 7 62 mm Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle AK written by ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WASHINGTON D C. and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The document represents the standard rifleman's manual for this weapon, but includes ballistic tables. This manual is for line personnel, not for armorers or technicians. (Author).
Download or read book The AK 47 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.
Download or read book Kalashnikov AK47 Series written by Martin Brayley and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popularly known as the AK47 or just AK, the 7.62mm Avtomat Kalashnikov obrazets 1947g was accepted into service by the Soviet Army in 1947. Despite its widespread use by the Soviet armed forces, the AK only became known in the West during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, when Soviet troops sent in to quell the uprising carried the new weapon. Since then it has become one of the most widely recognized firearm of all time, having seen action in most of the conflicts of the past six decades. The Kalashnikov has been produced in many variants and calibres, and this book concentrates on those in the original 7.62mm form. Illustrated with over 350 color photographs of AK variants produced around the world, including close-ups of the many fascinating detail differences, this work will be an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in modern military firearms.
Download or read book 7 62 Mm AK Assault Rifle written by and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The AK 47 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm. Created by Senior Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, and first adopted by the USSR soon after World War II, its production continues to this day, with an estimated 75 million produced worldwide. Supported by photographs and original artwork, this book takes a look at the complete history of the weapon, discussing its design, development, and usage, taking its story from the great armies of the Soviet Union to the insurgents and criminal gangs that often employ the weapon today.
Download or read book Kalashnikov Derivatives written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: AK-47, IMI Galil, AK-74, Comparison of the AK-47 and M16, Type 56 assault rifle, RPK, FN FNC, Zastava M70, Zastava M76, Pistol Mitralier model 1963/1965, R4 assault rifle, Rk 95 Tp, Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal, OC-14-4A, AMD 65, Z 2000, Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl, Zastava M21, Vepr, Rk 62, AK-107, GP-25, AK-63, AK-103, Valmet M76, Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl, WASR series rifles, Skbk wz. 1989 Onyks, Pu c Automat model 1986, AEK-971, AK-101, Valmet M82, Galil ACE, Zastava M85/M90, Vektor CR-21, Norinco Type 86S, AK-200, Grad assault rifle, AL-7, List of weapons influenced by the Kalashnikov design, Zastava M72, AK-22, TKB-072, AK-102 assault rifle, AK-9, AO-31, 80.002, Kbkg wz. 1960, ITM Model 3, RWG -3, Zastava M77, NA-2, NA-4, AO-46 personal defence weapon, Zastava M80, OC-12 assault rifle, Zastava M77B1, Kbk wz. 2005 Jantar, AO-62 assault rifle, AO-222, Kbk wz. 2002 BIN, ADK Assault Rifle, AG-043, AO-27 rifle, Wieger StG-940, AO-38 assault rifle, AO-65 assault rifle, Shkval, Truvelo Raptor, SBS-137, SA M-7. Excerpt: The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova ( ). It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK," or, in Russian slang, Kalash. Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). After the war in 1946, the AK-46 was presented for official military trials. In 1947 the fixed-stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS (S-Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact. The...
Download or read book Official Soviet PK Machine Gun Manual written by and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov for the Soviet military, the Pulemyot Kalashnikova (PK) was introduced in the early 1960s as a replacement for the SGM and RPD machine guns. The general-purpose 7.62mm Kalashnikov -- PK, PKS (on a tripod), PKB (armored transporters), PKT (tank), PKM (modernized) -- is a powerful automatic weapon intended to defeat enemy personnel and weapons systems. The Soviet Ministry of Defense published this instruction manual for the use and maintenance of the PK in 1987, and this is the first time an English translation has been made available to the general public. The translation is very timely because U.S. military personnel in both Iraq and Afghanistan are facing this machine gun in the hands of insurgents. At the same time, U.S. instructors are training Iraqi and Afghan soldiers in the employment of the PK, and this manual will be a valuable tool for them to use in their instruction.
Download or read book Operation and Maintenance Instructions written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gun written by C. J. Chivers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs. From its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, he discusses how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.
Download or read book The Official Soviet AK 74 Manual written by U.S.S.R Army and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AK-74, basically a rechambered AKM rebored to fire a 5.45mm cartridge, has the same general appearance as the AKM with some notable differences. This manual was originally published in the Soviet Union and is now available in English. Written to teach Russian soldiers every detail of the operation and maintenance of the Kalashnikov Assault Rifle (AK-74) and Kalashnikov Light Machine Gun (RPK-74), this manual includes ballistic tables, zeroing information, combat firing instructions, data for the 5.45mm service cartridge and more.
Download or read book The Official Soviet AKM Manual written by U.S.S.R. Army and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official military manual, available in English for the first time, was originally published by the Soviet Ministry of Defence. The 7.62mm AKM assault rifle and its folding-stock twin, the AKMS, were based on the popular AK-47 design. This illustrated manual covers the history, function, maintenance, assembly and disassembly, confirmation of zero, penetration characteristics of various cartridges, trajectory and dispersion patterns, accessories and more.
Download or read book Weaponomics the global market for assault rifles written by Phillip Killicoat and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles. A model of the small arms market is developed and empirically estimated to identify the key determinants of assault rifle prices. Variables which proxy the effective height of trade barriers for illicit trade are consistently significant in determining weapon price variation. When controlling for other factors, the collapse of the Soviet Union does not have as large an impact on weapon prices as is generally believed.
Download or read book The Gun that Changed the World written by Mikhail Kalashnikov and published by Polity. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it’s ‘Kalashnikov’. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-47 assault rifle became the most widely used weapon in the world: from Vietnam to Palestine, from Cuba to Iraq, it was at the heart of conflicts and struggles everywhere. It is the only firearm that has ever been depicted on a national flag – that of Mozambique, where it symbolizes liberation. Mikhail Kalashnikov himself, who was born in 1919, here tells his life story, with the help of Elena Joly, for the first time: his deportation to Siberia with his family while still a child; his time as a soldier in a tank regiment; his invention of the world’s most famous weapon and his turbulent life under Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin. This is a remarkable portrait of a man of ingenuity and vitality in the context of the often frightening and terribly unforgiving Russia of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Weapons of Russia written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: AK-47, AK-74, Dragunov sniper rifle, AKM, RPG-7, Makarov pistol, Russia and weapons of mass destruction, Soviet biological weapons program, List of Russian weaponry, PP-19 Bizon, 9M133 Kornet, Suitcase nuke, RPD, S-5 rocket, Molot Bekas-M, PMN mine, BM-30 Smerch, ZPU, APS amphibious rifle, OC-14-4A, KS-23, Biopreparat, Fedorov Avtomat, AN-94, Metel Anti-Ship Complex, AK-107, AGS-17, ADS amphibious rifle, GP-25, PP-90, Pecheneg machine gun, NSV machine gun, SPP-1 underwater pistol, S-8 rocket, List of Russian weaponry makers, OTs-33 Pernach, VSS Vintorez, RMB-93, Project Abakan, Osa, S-300VM, S-13 rocket, 9A52-4 Tornado, Shtora, ShKAS machine gun, Kord machine gun, ASM-DT amphibious rifle, 9K115-2 Metis-M, AEK-971, MP-443 Grach, DP-64, PP-2000, Shashka, PFM-1, TP-82, TKB-022PM, AS Val, AGS-30, AK-200, SR-2 Veresk, TOZ-194, PSS Silent Pistol, VKS sniper rifle, OTs-02 Kiparis, AL-7, TKB-059, PP-90M1, AVB-7.62, RPG-18, AO-63 assault rifle, TKB-072, Berkut rifle, SR-3 Vikhr, 9A-91, S4M, TKB-517, OTs-38 Stechkin silent revolver, AO-31, VSK-94, KSVK 12.7, OTs-21 Malysh, 2B14 Podnos, GShG-5.45, 6P62, 80.002, Kbkg wz. 1960, RPG-16, ROKS flamethrowers, OTs-23 Drotik, PP-91 KEDR, NA-2, NA-4, RPG-22, AO-46 personal defence weapon, Savin-Narov machine gun, AO-62 assault rifle, GShG-7.62 machine gun, AO-222, TKB-09 No. 1, TKB-0146, TKB-011 2M, TKB-010, TOZ-17, 2B-A-40, AO-27 rifle, MP-448 Skyph, AO-38 assault rifle, Saritch 308, Gerasimenko VAG-73, OTs-27 Berdysh, AO-65 assault rifle, Shkval, TMK-2 mine, P-96 pistol, RPG-26, Molniya, Udav-1 anti-submarine system, SBS-137, OTs-01 Kobalt, OTs-20 Gnom, SVDK, Pelena-1, AEK-999, S-24 rocket, OSV-96, S-25 rocket, PP-93, M1867 Russian Krnka, PTM-3 mine, TOZ rifle, BS-1 Tishina. Excerpt: The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet...
Download or read book Kalashnikov written by John Walter and published by Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal. This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to Kalashnikov rifles.
Download or read book 5 45 mm Kalashnikov Assault Rifle Ak74 Aks74 and Aks74U and 5 45 mm Light Machine Gun Kalashnikov Rpk74 and Rpks74 Medium Level Repair Manual With Rate of Application of Materials and Spare Parts written by Martin Ivie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English language translation of 1988 Soviet repair manual for the AK74 and AKSU Kalashnikov rifles and the RPK74 Kalashnikov light machine gun.
