The Avtomat Kalashnikov AK (автомат Калашникова), colloquially known in the West as the Kalashnikov AK-47, was one of the results of Soviet intermediate cartridge program. This program commenced in mid-1943, after close examination of the captured German MKb.42(H) assault rifle and US M1 carbine, supplied through the Lend-lease. Soviet experts found the idea of an
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