Cold War Weapons of the Soviet Union

Download or read book Cold War Weapons of the Soviet Union written by Source Wikipedia and published by Books LLC, Wiki Series. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: AK-47, Tsar Bomba, AK-74, ZSU-57-2, ZSU-23-4, SKS, Dragunov sniper rifle, Makarov pistol, RPK, Ghost rockets, Novichok agent, PK machine gun, AK-630, RPD, S-5 rocket, PMN mine, BM-30 Smerch, APS amphibious rifle, VA-111 Shkval, 2A28 Grom, RBU-6000, 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42, AGS-17, GP-25, Stechkin APS, Kashtan CIWS, SPP-1 underwater pistol, S-8 rocket, RGD-5, 9K52 Luna-M, SPG-9, S-13 rocket, BM-27 Uragan, ShKAS machine gun, AK-230, Sprut anti-tank gun, B-10 recoilless rifle, RPO-A Shmel, RKG-3 anti-tank grenade, MON-50, 82-PM-41, PSM pistol, PFM-1, Drozd, MON-100, AK-176, VR, MON-90, 2B9 Vasilek, 2K6 Luna, Kolokol-1, Slostin machine gun, BM-14, TKB-072, TM-62 series of mines, GShG-5.45, B-11 recoilless rifle, 53-65 torpedo, 80.002, Type 65 torpedo, NA-2, NA-4, AO-46 personal defence weapon, Savin-Narov machine gun, AO-62 assault rifle, GShG-7.62 machine gun, AO-222, RBU-1000, AG-043, TKB-506, AO-27 rifle, Gerasimenko VAG-73, Policeman submachine gun, BARZ, Type 53 torpedo, TM-72 mine, S-24 rocket, Kiss of death, S-25 rocket, MON-200, 82-PM-37. Excerpt: The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62 39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova. It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK," or, in Russian slang, Kalash. Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). After the war in 1946, the AK-46 was presented for official military trials. In 1947 the fixed-stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS-47 (S-Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact. Th...