The SR-2MSMG Finding a Match for the Potent SP-10 Cartridge
In the new millennium, the young Russian state needed a main sidearm—something modern, hearty and comparable in size and function ...
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The Rare, State-Developed SR-1 Vektor: The Russian Service Pistol That Sort-of Was
In 1990, the Soviet Ministry of Defense was facing considerable economic strain. It nonetheless was confronted with the fact that ...
Badge of Honor: The Stechkin Automatic Pistol
In Chechnya, the Stechkin Automatic Pistol (APS) is considered a badge of honor. Like the AKS-74U in the mountains of ...
Keeping Cover in Turbulent Times: The KGB Escort Briefcase
In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union had begun construction of sports facilities for the upcoming 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. ...
A Machine Without Error—The Evolution of the AK
By Lynndon Schooler Sudayev 1944 AS-44 prototype The bloodiest conflict in human history brought unthinkable hardships and suffering to the ...
The AK of Tomorrow: Innovations on a 1947 Design
By Lynndon Schooler In typical paradoxical fashion, the Soviet Union’s greatest tragedy and greatest triumph were a singular event. The ...
Avtomat AO-63: The Assault Rifle that Never Was
1974 AK-74 pre-serial production. By Lynndon Schooler Peter Andreevich Tkachev was a small arms engineer for TsNIITochMash, the Central Scientific ...
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