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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