AK47: The Complete Kalashnikov Family Of Assault Rifles

By Duncan Long

The Soviet AK47/AKM assault rifle is tough and dependable, and has spawned many spinoffs worldwide. These rifles are now available in the U.S., but solid information on them is scarce. Learn about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873644778
• ISBN13: 9780873644778
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Paladin Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting Story of the Most Influential Rifle in History

The AK-47 may not have been the very first "assault" rifle created to fill the gap between smaller sirearms and largerer machine guns in the military, but it is certainly the most influential and important rifle in the history of the 20th century. Duncan Long's tale explains the gun's origins, functioning, and its influence on the design and construction of such vaunted modern firearms as the FN-FAL (a weapon used heavily in Europe and by UN forces), the Galil (the Israeli assaut rifle), etc.Is this book a manual on how to care for your Kalashnikov rifle or a catalog of its varied accessories? No--and it's not meant to be. Instead, it is a thorough and very readable history of the AK-family, from the AK-47's origins as a successor to the not-so-good SKS to its endurance as one of the best weapons ever designed to its successor the AK-74 and beyond.If you have an interest in this fine firearm, please give Long's book a read--you'll enjoy it.

Everything you wanted to know about the Kalashnikov rifle

Long's extensive knowledge of weapon systems in general, and the Kalashnikov system in particular enables him to write a very readable, accurate, and enlightening book. Following the development of Russian weapons in general, Long goes on to describe in usefull detail the Kalashnikov and its many copies, clones, and spin offs. Pictures and diagrams round out this absorbing publication. For the owner of a Kalashnikov, select fire or semi auto, this is book you should have.