Cold War Weapons of the Soviet Union
Author | : Source Wikipedia |
Publisher | : Books LLC, Wiki Series |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2010-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 115703022X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781157030225 |
Rating | : 4/5 (225 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cold War Weapons of the Soviet Union written by Source Wikipedia and published by Books LLC, Wiki Series. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: AK-47, Tsar Bomba, AK-74, ZSU-57-2, ZSU-23-4, SKS, Dragunov sniper rifle, Makarov pistol, RPK, Ghost rockets, Novichok agent, PK machine gun, AK-630, RPD, S-5 rocket, PMN mine, BM-30 Smerch, APS amphibious rifle, VA-111 Shkval, 2A28 Grom, RBU-6000, 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42, AGS-17, GP-25, Stechkin APS, Kashtan CIWS, SPP-1 underwater pistol, S-8 rocket, RGD-5, 9K52 Luna-M, SPG-9, S-13 rocket, BM-27 Uragan, ShKAS machine gun, AK-230, Sprut anti-tank gun, B-10 recoilless rifle, RPO-A Shmel, RKG-3 anti-tank grenade, MON-50, 82-PM-41, PSM pistol, PFM-1, Drozd, MON-100, AK-176, VR, MON-90, 2B9 Vasilek, 2K6 Luna, Kolokol-1, Slostin machine gun, BM-14, TKB-072, TM-62 series of mines, GShG-5.45, B-11 recoilless rifle, 53-65 torpedo, 80.002, Type 65 torpedo, NA-2, NA-4, AO-46 personal defence weapon, Savin-Narov machine gun, AO-62 assault rifle, GShG-7.62 machine gun, AO-222, RBU-1000, AG-043, TKB-506, AO-27 rifle, Gerasimenko VAG-73, Policeman submachine gun, BARZ, Type 53 torpedo, TM-72 mine, S-24 rocket, Kiss of death, S-25 rocket, MON-200, 82-PM-37. Excerpt: The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62 39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova. It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK," or, in Russian slang, Kalash. Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). After the war in 1946, the AK-46 was presented for official military trials. In 1947 the fixed-stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS-47 (S-Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact. Th...