The creator of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, developed the weapon in response to a German-engineered firearm called the Sturmgewehr 44 rifle. Let's take a look at the AK series by the numbers.

Century Arms expanded its AK-style BFT rifle line in 2024 with two new models chambered for 5.56 NATO and 5.45x39 mm, ...

A man armed with an “AK-47 style rifle” allegedly fired a barrage ... her life was cut short just as she was about to start a ...

KAMPALA - The children of the late Emmanuel Mayanja, better known as AK 47, have returned to Uganda after spending seven years in the United States, where they had been living with their maternal ...

linking New York City and New Jersey. In 1947, development of the AK-47 is completed by the Soviet Union. Between 70 and 100 ...

SUKMA: Two police constables in Chhattisgarh were injured on Sunday morning when Naxalites, disguised as civilians, attacked ...

Andrew Rada, 44, pulled up to a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, and fired the shots from an “AK-47 style rifle”, the Mesa Police Department ... She was on her way to her new job. Rada then grabbed his ...

"A search of [a] vehicle by police allegedly located an imitation AK-47 assault rifle. With the assistance of Polair [helicopter], officers found a man in nearby grassland," a New South Wales ...

In this case the Russians saw the AR-15 and were inspired to create a new line of the AK family of weapons. The newest iteration is the AK-12. This is the modern assault rifle used by Russian ...