Clear Color photographs of the AK47 assault rifle and its variations. The First volume covers Soviet/Russian AKM/AKMS, Polish AKM/AKMS post 1990, Polish AK47 grenade launcher variations, as well as full powered sniper rifles from Yugoslavia and Romania. 80 pages of color photographs, most never published.

The AK47 catalog is simply that; Clear color photos of the AK47 and its variations. No filler text, or the same useless dimensions that are in every book. Volume 6 covers:Hungarian AKM-63, AMP-69, AK-63 & NGMYugoslavian M-70, M-70A, M-70B seriesCzechoslovakian vz 58 prototypes and concept modelsCzechoslovakian Lada family"Amazon edition" is the same as other versions, just printed by Amazon.

The AK47 catalog is simply that; Clear color photos of the AK47 and its variations. No filler text where I tell you how long the barrel is, that the stock is plastic and folds, or what you can observe from the photographs. Each volume is printed in 100% color, with all original photography. Most photographs have never been published. Many of the items have never appeared in any publication.Volume 11 covers a Albania, some Chinese rariates like the Type 56C and 88-1, the Polish Beryl, Soviet RPK74s from 1986, as well as some Bulgarian pieces from the 1990s.

The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state repression, as well as revolution, civil war, genocide, drug wars, and religious wars; and it is the arms of terrorists, guerrillas, boy soldiers, and thugs. From its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, he discusses how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.

In the sixty years since General Kalashnikov created the AK's distinctive silhouette, the gun has been at the centre of conflicts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The weapon that made him a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' has also appeared on t-shirts and vodka bottles, featured in videos and song lyrics and been re-fashioned in crystal - a gift from Putin to George W. Bush. Power, politics and passion combine in the story of a weapon that has shaped the modern world. Using testimonies of people who have experienced the gun at first-hand - including a Sudanese child soldier, a Vietcong veteran and a Yorkshire teenager - Michael Hodges provides a compelling account of how the AK47 became an icon that ranks alongside Coca-Cola as one of the most recognisable brands in the world.

It s back...but this time with more pages, more information and more photographs. The most definitive study on Kalashnikov pattern rifles to date boasts over 1,100 printed pages covering the AK rifle, as well as its variants manufactured in over 19 countries."

No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time—and had such a devastating effect—as the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing weapon, from its creation as means of fighting the Nazis to its ubiquity today in every kind of conflict, from civil wars in Africa to gang wars in L.A.