Russia plans to crack down on manufacturers who sell copies of its famous Kalashnikov assault rifle, also known as the AK-47. Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Russian: ...

As Mikhail Kalashnikov died yesterday, the AK-47 that he designed in 1947 remains the most popular assault rifle in the world, used from Russia to South Sudan (above). Its competition includes the ...

Viktor Kalashnikov, son of the legendary Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, died in Izhevsk on March 27, the Izhevsk State Technical University announced on Wednesday. Kalashnikov ...

A self-taught inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47.