Kalashnikov AK47 Series: The 7.62 X 39MM Assault Rifle in Detail

by Martin Brayley

Popularly known as the AK47 or just AK, the 7.62mm Avtomat Kalashnikov obrazets 1947g was accepted into service by the Soviet Army in 1947. Despite its widespread use by the Soviet armed forces, the AK only became known in the West during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, when Soviet troops sent in to quell the uprising carried the new weapon. Since then it has become one of the most widely recognized firearm of all time, having seen action in most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184797483X
• ISBN13: 9781847974839
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 12.0"