Dmitry Tarasov, General Director of Kalashnikov, told Russian media that Rosguard forces have adopted both basic and special modifications of the pistol (MPL and MPL1, respectively).

Both Kalashnikov and Stechkin submitted auto-pistols. Like the APS, the Kalashnikov pistol boasts a wooden holster stock. Initial prototypes fed from an 18-round magazine.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian armorer credited with inventing the AK-47 “Kalashnikov” automatic rifle, ... “I designed a machine gun for a soldier,” Kalashnikov said years later.

CzechPoint USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Czech Small Arms, is now importing a number of new vz.58 rifles and pistols, including ...

FROM AK-47 guns to a giant killer robot, Russian manufacturer Kalashnikov has now set its target to Tesla as it creates an electric 'supercar'.

The Kalashnikov is one of the most popular small arms models in the world, ... Fyodor Tokarev, the well-known Soviet designer of the TT pistol and SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, ...

European sanctions, imposed on the Russian arms industry in the wake of the Kremlin’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, have forced Kalashnikov arms producer into a radical rethink of its ...

Weapons designed by gunmaker Mikhail Kalashnikov have been used in many places for many purposes, and now they're considered art. A glass case filled with Kalashnikov's guns occupies an honored ...

June 13, 2025: The Russian 9A-91 assault rifle has been the standard national police automatic weapon since 1994. Most of the time police are armed with just a 9mm pistol. When more firepower is ...

The guns created in Pompano Beach are expected be sold to retailers nationwide, as the licenses given to Kalashnikov USA do not allow the company to sell guns in the South Florida city, nor make ...