The Soviets also wanted firearms that were rugged, simple to produce and cheap to make. A few days ago, fighters from the Free Syrian Army ran American special-operations forces out of a town near the ...

The AK-47 was designed after World War II by the Soviets, who issued the guns to the communist army's conscripted forces. In the past few decades, the AK-47 has become one of the weapons of choice for ...

Key Point: The AK-47 is a product of its environment. Last year, fighters from the Free Syrian Army ran American special-operations forces out of a town near the Turkish border, hurling insults like ...

The name “Kalashnikov” immediately brings to mind an image of that all-too-famous Soviet machine gun, the AK-47. Well, at least it does to those of us who grew up playing video games or watched Rocky ...

Authorities on Monday afternoon said the type of rifle the gunman used in Sunday’s Gilroy festival shooting was a variant of an AK-47. Robert Topper, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

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The AK-47 was created by the Soviets after World War II and changed the way war is fought. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers... The AK-47: 'The Gun' That Changed The Battlefield ...