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    FROM RUSSIA WITH LAV

    Jul 27, 2018 4 minutes
    STORY AND PHOTOS BY JAMES RUPLEY WITH COMMENTARY FROM LARRY VICKERS AND IAN MCCOLLUM

    The Soviet Union was responsible for the most iconic and ubiquitous rifle in the world, introducing the Avtomat Kalashnikova in the late 1940s. While the Soviet Union is no more, in Russia, the Kalashnikov Concern carries on the legacy of its namesake.

    Earlier this year, Larry Vickers and I traveled to Russia to finish photography for our newest book release in the series. Our goal was to see not only current small arms offerings in Russia but also to document historic Kalashnikov-type rifles dating back to just after the Second World War.

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