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Kalashnikov museum tour

Author: 4044415.livejournal.com

Published: 29 December 2010

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A trial sample of a balanced AK assault rifle (made in 1964)

A number of contemporary АK-74 (5.54 mm)...

...and АK-100 (various calibers, including NATO ones), the Saiga-12 and the Vepr carbine

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 weighs only 76 kilos, with 12,000 shots a minute

Submachine gun Bizon-2 with a helical magazine

Above – the АK-108 and the AN-94. Below – the new SV-98

AK and the Dragunov sniper rifle magazines

The numerous, sleek display cases house archive blueprints, test samples of old and modern weapons, German and other foreign guns (that were sent to Soviet factories in abundance for the engineers to borrow the best ideas from). Some of the display cases contain Kalashnikov’s numerous inventions, as well as gifts and souvenirs that he received. He must have run out of room in his apartment.

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