Название: Images of War - Kalashnikov in Combat: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Автор: Anthony Tucker-Jones
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848845790
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Размер: 94,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Kalashnikov assault rifle, generically known as the AK-47, is the most famous small arm ever made. This weapon has transcended its Soviet designer and country of origin to become the most prolifically produced and iconic weapon in the world – and it has become a brand that has been used to sell everything from T-shirts to vodka.
Although it first appeared in the late 1940s, it did not make its decisive presence felt on the battlefield until the Vietnam War when China supplied it to the Vietnamese communists. The weapon’s durability became a legend. Since then it has been employed in practically every conflict around the globe, and it is seen as the symbol of the wars of national liberation. Probably its most celebrated moment came in the hands of the mujahideen fighting to oust the Soviets from Afghanistan.