Kalashnikov, the famed weapons maker behind the AK-47, has reported a spike in small-arms sales. The Russian company says there's been a boom in exports and sales to civilians overseas. The increase ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Small improvements in small arms can yield surprising results. Soviet weapons have a reputation for being reliable, but crude and inaccurate. However, there is often ...

Few firearms have shaped global history as profoundly as the AK-47. Designed in the aftermath of World War II, this rifle emerged from a world exhausted by industrial conflict and hungry for ...