The creator of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, developed the weapon in response to a German-engineered firearm called the Sturmgewehr 44 rifle. Let's take a look at the AK series by the numbers.

Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian maker of the AK-47, unveiled a new rifle in August called the AK-308. It's unclear if the Russian military or police will purchase the rifle, but it appears ...

It's a world away from the sort of lifestyle Kandelaki promotes for herself on her popular Instagram account: The new Kalashnikov AK-12 was approved for use by the Russian military at the end of ...

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was released ... involved upgraded ...

"Sputnik V is like an AK-47, a Russian rifle, [it is] simple, reliable and effective. The encouraging data was published in a highly respected journal, late, but nonetheless. During the first and ...

The drawing on the base of the statue (on the right) which showed Germany's StG 44 rifle Workers in Moscow have cut out part of a new monument to a Russian creator of the world famous AK-47 ...

Russian cinema has their own handsome men, on par with the likes of Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Johnny Depp.

The Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” who was released two years ago in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is now back in business selling arms to the Houthi rebels ...

By the mid-1960s, most main force Vietcong troops were armed with Chinese versions of the Russian AK-47 submachine gun ... dangerous business of creating new weapons began. Local forces also ...

Andrew Rada, 44, pulled up to a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, and fired the shots from an “AK-47 style rifle”, the Mesa Police Department ... She was on her way to her new job. Rada then grabbed his ...

In this case the Russians saw the AR-15 and were inspired to create a new line of the AK family of weapons. The newest iteration is the AK-12. This is the modern assault rifle used by Russian ...

By the mid-1960s, most main force Vietcong troops were armed with Chinese versions of the Russian AK-47 submachine gun ... dangerous business of creating new weapons began. Local forces also ...