While none of those mass shootings were carried out with an AK-47, the alleged perpetrators used similar weapons to slaughter their victims. Last week, in the wake of the violent attacks, the ...

The AK-47 is surely the most recognisable rifle in the world. The gun, with its banana-shaped magazine, is used by professional armies, militias, criminals and revolutionaries the world over.

A Ranger finally may have settled the debate between fans of the AK-47 and adherents of the AR-15. Joe Stenzel and Jared Potter, veterans of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, met while serving in the Army ...

In AK-47 journalist Kahaner gives the reader several stories. To begin with, it’s a biography of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the World War II Red Army man who invented it. But the book is also a biography of ...

Besides the M16/M4/AR-15 series, the most famous, or “infamous,” depending on whom you ask, and iconic military rifle of modern times is the Avtomat Kalashnikova, i.e. the AK-47 7.62x39mm ...