Publication/Issue: AK-47 & Soviet Weapons 2016

One of the most secretive societies in the world today is North Korea, a reclusive communist nation that is often ...

There used to be a time when magazines and clips (two different things) were considered disposable or a permanent part ...

ComBloc guns and gear were made following a straightforward philosophy—simplicity and rugged reliability were paramount. But that does not mean ...

The Inter Ordnance AKM 247-C is an American-made classic AKM that’s bound to attract attention on our side of the ...

The PL-14 pistol was first announced to the general public during the 2015 Russian Arms Expo, which was held in ...

We have all heard the story. A grizzled Soviet tank sergeant, himself of peasant stock and the 17th of 19 ...

It seems at times that the Soviets actively resisted the idea of accessories on AKs. The very design of the ...

The AK-12 is the newest creation of Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash). It is intended to replace the older AK-74M and ...

Available only from K-VAR, which bills it as “the finest personal protection shotgun in the world,” the newest version of ...

For a long time, it was not an easy thing to mount an optic on an AK. They just weren’t ...

In the past decade, the semi-auto AK, once largely scorned in the U.S. as being ugly, inaccurate, cheap and ugly, ...

Thanks to the longstanding Soviet tradition of keeping large stocks of military surplus weapons and equipment just in case World ...

If the standard Warsaw Pact AK stock feels a bit on the short side for the average American, that is ...

Shooters trying to divine the next big thing in AK carbines need only look at the AR-15. Just like that ...

As an annual publication, AK-47 & SOVIET WEAPONS strives to give today’s shooters everything they need to know about the AK ...

Early on in its modern history, the burgeoning state of Israel was desperately short of weapons. In the years immediately ...

It seems like the AR will always be America’s Rifle, but an old challenger from the East is giving the ...

There are about 100 million rifles with AK operating systems in service all over the world today, and Americans are ...

The AK-47, AKM and AK-74 have proven themselves around the world as prolific, viable, durable and effective weapons. The AK ...

The AK’s popularity in the U.S. is hard to refute, and it’s not going to be stemmed any time soon, ...