Tag: AK-47

• Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

  Kalashnikov rifle factory in Venezuela “according to plan”

  

  Despite opposition from Washington, the construction of a Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifle factory in Venezuela is proceeding according to plans, Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Dmitry Shugayev told the Sputnik news service Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:41 UTC

  Gunsmith Viktor Kalashnikov passes away

  

  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.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 18:59 UTC

  Former president Allende’s family petitioning return of the AK47, a gift from Fidel Castro

  

  The family of Chile’s former president, Salvador Allende, petitioned for the rifle AK-47 used on his alleged suicide to be found. Allende is supposed to have committed suicide in the midst of a violent army coup led by general Pinochet in September 1973.