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German gun scrubbed from Kalashnikov monument in Moscow

by Chris Eger

Russian workers redacted a portion of AK47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov's new monument last week to scrub away the presence of a controversial German rifle.

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Outrage as German weapon pops up on Kalashnikov’s new monument

by Chris Eger

In the latest installment in the 70-year running argument in the "AK was based on the StG" fracas, Mikhail Kalashnikov's new monument may include a Sturmgewehr.

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Kalashnikov statue unveiled in Moscow ceremony (VIDEOS)

by Chris Eger

The legendary designer of the AK47 and AK74 rifles, as well as the PK and RPK machine guns, saw some love from the Motherland on Tuesday.

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Kalashnikov set to get monument, film treatment in Russia (PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

The legendary designer of the AK47 and AK74 rifles, as well as the PK and RPK machine guns, is more popular in the Motherland than ever.

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Think of the Kalashnikov SVC sniper rifle as the Dragunov 3.0 (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Kalashnikov group's new SVC Chukavin is a semi-auto designated marksman rifle that aims to build on the old SVD's rep but with modern features.

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Cheers and Tears for American Biathletes, Past and Future

by Aaron Samsel

The reptiles that own Guns.com sat down their faithful editor, Aaron Samsel, and told him in the most ungrounded and confusing of terms to start writing pieces that mean something to him.  To his surprise, it didn’t take too much juice, for something to shake loose.  One word, three syllables: bia

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