Category Archives: 1980

AK47: The Complete Kalashnikov Family Of Assault Rifles; 1988

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AK47: The Complete Kalashnikov Family Of Assault Rifles
Duncan Long
Paperback: 192 pages
Paladin Press, (September 1, 1988)
ISBN-10: 0873644778
ISBN-13: 978-0873644778
A medium quality book for it’s time
Some drawings and photographs (all black & white)
Covers a lot of topics, but doesn’t offer a lot of information on them
OK to pass on this one unless it’s quite cheap


alt cover art?


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The Ak47 Story; 1988

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The Ak47 Story
Edward Clinton Ezel
Paperback: 256 pages
Stackpole Books (January 1, 1988)
ISBN-10: 0811722473
ISBN-13: 978-0811722476
Good for its time
before the Soviet collapse
before Ezell met M. Kalashnikov
Edward Clinton Ezell, was Curator of the Division of Armed Forces History at the National Museum of American History
Heavy on history and information about the evolution and development of the AK series (up through 1985)
Photos and drawings are all black & white and are fairy dark, but still informational
Worth owning

German Language Cover
Automat Kalaschnikow, AK47 Geschichte und Entwicklung
by Edward Clinton Ezell
Published by Verlag-Stocker-Schmid AG, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988
Hardcover w/Jacket, 196 pages
Black and white photos, line drawings.


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Soldier of Fortune; April 1987

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AKM bayonets are both fascinating and varied. Left to right: Hungarian, Yugoslav, East German, Romanian, Egyptian, Soviet (attached to rifle in the wire-cutting position), PRC black and red) and Polish. In the foreground are Hungarian and Yugoslav fighting knives and another Russian AKM bayonet.

Soldier of Fortune Magazine April 1987 SOF Inspects the Sharp End of the AKM

Color photographs




AKM bayonets are both fascinating and varied. Left to right: Hungarian, Yugoslav, East German, Romanian, Egyptian, Soviet (attached to rifle in the wire-cutting position), PRC black and red) and Polish. In the foreground are Hungarian and Yugoslav fighting knives and another Russian AKM bayonet.

 
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