Tag: Lynndon Schooler

In Chechnya, the Stechkin Automatic Pistol (APS) is considered a badge of honor. Like the AKS-74U in the mountains of ...

In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union had begun construction of sports facilities for the upcoming 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. ...

By Lynndon Schooler Sudayev 1944 AS-44 prototype The bloodiest conflict in human history brought unthinkable hardships and suffering to the ...

By Lynndon Schooler In typical paradoxical fashion, the Soviet Union’s greatest tragedy and greatest triumph were a singular event. The ...

1974 AK-74 pre-serial production. By Lynndon Schooler Peter Andreevich Tkachev was a small arms engineer for TsNIITochMash, the Central Scientific ...