Here’s What You Need To Remember: Russia’s military may no longer be using it, but the AK-74 serves a curious purpose elsewhere in contemporary Russian society: schools. It was mandatory for many ...

When I lived in southern Sudan, I would hear bursts of [AK-47] gunfire at night three or four times per week,” recalls David Lochhead, senior researcher at the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. “If it ...

The AK-47 is perhaps the most widespread firearm in the world. Carried by American enemies and allies alike since 1947, it is the standard infantry weapon for 106 countries. There are an estimated 100 ...

On the 24th of December, Mikhail Kalashnikov, a Russian gun designer, died at the ripe old age of 91. The rifle that he invented, the Kalashnikov/AK-47, in 1946, went on to become one of the most ...