{"product_id":"kalashnikov-the-arms-and-the-man-9780889352674","title":"Kalashnikov: The Arms and the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name of Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov has become well known the world over because of the Avtomat Kalashnikova  the eponymous assault rifle which he designed and perfected. Today  Kalashnikov designs have become the most widely manufactured and best known military small arms in history. Since the introduction of the AK design in 1947  between fifty and seventy million Kalashnikov-type rifles and LMGs have been manufactured  in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact nations  in the Communist East  and in such \"western\" countries as Egypt  Finland  India  Israel  and South Africa. The original edition of The AK47 Story was published in 1986  and the events of the intervening fifteen years have provided much fresh new material. Beginning with an introduction by Dr. Kalashnikov himself  we present a most comprehensive study of the \"life and times\" of the AK  starting with the early history of small arms manufacture in Czarist Russia and then the Soviet Union. We follow the development of the AK (originally designed in caliber 7.62x41mm) and all the offshoots and clones which make up the Kalashnikov \"family\" of small arms  including an important new summary of technical information on the numerous loadings of \"intermediate\" ammunition  right up to the \"AK for the 21st Century\" - the AK100 series  now being manufactured by the Joint Stock Company \"Kalashnikov\" in Izhevsk  Russia in three 7.62x39mm  5.45x39mm  and 5.56x45mm NATO.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914153484341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0889352674","price":479.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780889352674.jpg?v=1787337240","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/kalashnikov-the-arms-and-the-man-9780889352674","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}