no failure i would take pride in my work but for one thing. you do not know my child is. not the one who kills that distinction belongs to the man who calls my tree. i am an assault rifle my name is kalashnikov. somewhere near moscow a group of elite soldiers from russia's interior ministry are about to start an exercise in the morning they line up information according to tradition they pay homage to past comrades who have died in the line of duty. this unit has taken part in many counterterrorist operations across russia. they have a variety of firearms at their disposal but their weapon of choice is still the. rifle to these men it's known simply as kalash. there yet. these soldiers will enjoy

a course of special training lasting almost until dusk its regular procedure but you modifications to the kalashnikov assault rifle to be tested in such units it will be hard to imagine a tougher testing ground but in your gun. one rifle for every bench is thoroughly scrutinized before being sent to units in a field in truth it's more like torture than a scientific trial. the rifles design and michele kalashnikov once recalled that when he realized his first model was to be subjected to a severe test he looked away he couldn't bear to see it with his own eyes. testing a new variant of the kalashnikov goes through seven stages first the gun is placed into what's known as the dust chamber where the room is filled with sand.

sure it does chambers filled with fine particles of silica sand the next stage will lead us to the sprinkler room it imitates a subtropical climate when u.s. commandos fought in vietnam the hot and humid conditions often prompted them to improvise with captured kalashnikovs road sixteen rifle kalashnikovs were in such a climate. self-taught gunsmith mikhail kalashnikov came up with a prototype of his celebrated rifle at the age of twenty two he says about designing it off to he was wounded in action during the second world war recognition of his achievement came five and a half years later in one nine hundred forty seven when his model came first in a defense ministry firearm design contest the new weapon was designated bake a forty seven. i took care to think over every single part to make them more technologically suitable for mass production. at the same time i needed to

make sure that the gun was as reliable and durable as its design dictates that was not an easy task but in general any designer must be very careful with regard to every detail of the design the. vietnam war veterans frequents this firing range in the u.s. state of virginia it was here in the one nine hundred ninety s. after the end of the cold war that the a k forty seven s design has met their american am sixteen counterparts following the gathering mikhail kalashnikov put his signature on one of the rifles belonging to the club and this is russian ammunition. so i'm sure it will work well. general kalashnikov autographed this piece so this is quite a rare piece and when we shoot it i'm going to everybody what i want white gloves because we don't want to smear the signature of.

kalashnikov assault rifles are mainly assembled by hand people working at the machine building plant in the city of never say weapons or a soldier rifle. to is simply a product some twenty variants of the a k have been turned out to be as in one thousand nine hundred forty seven people across the board instantly recognize the kalashnikov it is the most widespread firearm in the world today. the rifle is not only functional but it's also a handsome model. likes to say that it cries out to be touched most of the workers at the machine building blonde women it's told they handle a mechanical operations requiring constant attention from that of them and they know the rifle inside and out even though the weapon is intended primarily from them so i often have to teach male workers not only the newcomers but also those

who already know their job well when i watch films on t.v. i instantly recognize something made in our shop it gives me great joy to see our products on screen. the first batch of kalashnikovs made a nine hundred forty seven was kept secret so much so that offices concealed weapons in cases and collected used cartridges when the five point four five millimeter very interfered in nine hundred seventy four the situation was quite different because brenda gained fame far beyond soviet borders after the vietnam war. special forces were some of the first to appreciate the benefits of the five point four five millimeter version. tightening and improved it was also much lighter and the world no complaints about harsh operating conditions. however. even though the kalashnikov rifle is much more reliable than the m sixteen based designer and far less from his creation than his american counterpart eugene

stone. they came from a completely different socio economic and political backgrounds in russia kalashnikov was honored as a national hero a regional icon but received no compensation stoner received a dollar a rifle for a royalty course they sold millions of them and so in the united states few people know who stoner is although he became wealthy from the us in russia many people know him but he didn't become wealthy for different approaches different societies different values. what is that bit. new recruits of russian military schools are required to learn how to strip down the kalashnikov in fifteen seconds and then within the same time limit the gun must be reassembled and ready to fire and. miss is a reliable weapon from it's a personal weapon that all students must have

a good knowledge of down to the smallest part. sometimes they even have to take it apart and reassemble it and clean it while they're blindfolded. and then to have successfully post initial tests to take an oath of allegiance to the ritual goes back to the mid seventeenth century and since the one nine hundred fifty s. it's featured full dress uniform and a kalashnikov. yes i. do hereby swear allegiance to my country after taking the oath judy ballons to use their weapon to protect russia's interests. ah. thank you in mozambique the words of the song sung by these freedom fighters could just as easily be addressed to mr a kalashnikov in the early one nine hundred sixty s. the soviet union fell. the portuguese colony spied for. the rebels quickly got

a feel for the soviet rifle after their victory it became a national symbol. was in the middle of our. flag we have the star. and the book the who and. the book signifies indication and the who put this in the culture the foot and. the collaging quoth the struggle for the british of of all counts. it is from these. times to be a shift machine building worked around the clock in a bid to uphold what was called internationalism. the employees job because every

one of the plant was like robots if they were ever to find another job even at a factory making meat grinders the end product would still be a kalashnikov. that was going to get. closed. in a week they have regular jobs but it weekends these people change this stuff the officers scrub battle dress. to kalashnikovs but these weapons a loaded with plastic bowls instead of bullets flourishes no making a kalashnikov with a difference some call them fake because they kill everything else about these non-lethal rifles remains true to the original. design and appearance. everyone can feel like a real soldier. it's not a fake but rather a genuine kalashnikov basically this is the first attempt to use an electric

mechanism to combat weapon to a game of airsoft. this thing is assembled from the same materials the same production lines as regular kalashnikov assault rifles. this game played by people fed up with the routine of everyday life. but in fact the purpose of each round of airsoft is to achieve real cool go. in the future as a cost effective method of tactical training. for the. men and women alike are only just beginning to get that. of the iconic. very strong because i am a young woman when i first began doing it my hands. but now i feel they have been getting stronger with training exercise i find that. right.

there is another side to the popularity of the. as one war comes to an end. profits by buying up used kalashnikovs and selling them in. for example after the soviet union pulled its troops out of. a single rifle cost a mere fifteen dollars a day the price for a functional kalashnikov in the middle east is around one thousand dollars. we use this rifle as the main weapon of our struggle because it never misses targets. has proven its reputation demonstrated its steadiness in complex conditions. with thousands of chinese made kalashnikov. it was the first time that soviet designed with ns were used against soviet soldiers in the twenty first century though but those same firearms turned against the united states. by

nato forces using the very rifles that the us both call them so. the russian military schools are undergoing weapons training on a tank range. began his military service in russia as a division. forty seven his first inventions were related to vehicles but they could not be implemented because of the onset of world war two. he survived after being wounded when his tank. as a result he couldn't resume active service and so he devoted his efforts to designing small. to.

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the first assault rifle models designed by mr gained popularity because they were waterproof and later version was made for cartridges smaller than the seven point six two millimeter original day of the gun jammed. received no formal education in engineering either before or after that time it didn't take him long to resolve a problem that many of his colleagues had been unable to cope with the result was the case seventy full variant which used five point four five millimeter cartridges

just like its older brother is to was waterproof. today critics often claim to be a k. is outdated but professionals know that any changes to make it more fashionable modern looking would inevitably affect its most important feature reliability yeah yeah well they did good work well if you need these soldiers i will send for another exercise that could and then the rights to wear the crimson distinguishing sign that marks them out as soldiers belonging to an elite squad they like to joke that if it were possible to train men to be as tough as the kalashnikov they would be the world's best. special forces units. after the decision was made to select this weapon as the new soviet assault rifle the russians immediately began improvements on it even before it was issued. and

they kept improving it working on every feature of the rifle to optimize performance. the difference in that story is when the united states selected the m. sixteen rifle from colt they forced. the rifle to be issued for combat use before adequate testing the united states government literally did nothing for fifteen to twenty years after world war two to get serious about a lightweight semi automatic rifle. and then put the safety back on the impact and we were shooting it twenty five yards the bullet is not fast but it's a heavy pounding bullet very effective. as a specialist in ballistics. he is skeptical of the superiority of the iconic brand

even claims that somebody other than. he alleges that kalashnikov borrowed the concept from a german design. as the end of the war designed to be a fairly effective t.g. forty four. and it is true that kalashnikov design does resemble the german variant . and other german specialists contributed to the development of the new product. inventors worked on it together claiming that it was made by some ordinary sergeant is utterly preposterous. since nine hundred forty nine he and his colleagues have. claims that they took advice from. so many times they think the debate is pointless. this place is awash with rumors it's no secret that the german designers worked in this building after the

war i've seen an article on the internet claiming that he gave casual advice to the young mikhail kalashnikov just in passing it sounds ludicrous. the work was a carefully guarded secret obviously hero schmeiser had no access to it. with a kalashnikov still to be carried through these men are ready to face is. special being trained to handle standard weapons the. exactly the same condition. police with. kalashnikovs was about his wife his design he made no secret of the fact that he had many ideas but they had come from his soviet colleagues from hugo.

kalashnikov who was able to integrate various solutions within one designed to best advantage. the new assault rifle it was much more sturdy than its rivals. whenever a kalashnikov ran out of ammunition it was still very useful in fighting. fire and could resume. cleaning. in battle. operate. basically. and. they had a documentary once history channel. they were talking about the afghans using the case in afghanistan and they had no concept of cleaned it why would you do that. and so they said they finally taught them to take their shoelaces off time in

a not dip it in motor oil and pull that shoestring through the board said there was cleaners with clean enough. kalashnikov made his weapon in nine hundred forty seven the soviet army desperately needed a modern assault rifle. was a timely solution over time kalashnikov created a wide variety of rifles and machine guns. we could he has a concept formulated by one person who's built all these items there's on is based on a single principle the ports are interchangeable the fact that this broad range of weapons has been designed by one person makes them very convenient. in the early one nine hundred ninety s. mikhail kalashnikov had his first opportunity to attend international small firearms exhibitions. times and changed nelson billion weapons for hunting and sporting purposes were being developed based on his rifle.

personally test of the new models as he had always done his products. a semiautomatic shotgun based on the kalashnikov takes less than a couple of seconds to be ready to fight the united states potential adverse or it has been one of the most active customers for the russian made. because the americans have compared before. i got twelve design of the guns based on the kalashnikov assault rifle as it turns out i got twelve years. attractive weapon is more powerful and capable of more effective rapid fire. i mean the americans had to swallow their pride they leave the sierra plant signed contracts with the americans for thousands of so i got twelve units to be supplied to the police force but he

does the whole collection of models are assembled in the same shop and goes through the same quality control tests before being shipped to a customer or it's a show where entering the freezer now to pick up the assault rifle. it's been exposed to temperatures of up to minus fifty degrees celsius for nearly an hour. my mother but in my experience the kalashnikov has never had any problems working in freezing conditions there was no wants has a jammed this gun is very general. one of the final tests is quite possibly the toughest the assault rifle is dropped down to a concrete slab from a height of two and a metre. we're at the same firing range where mr kalashnikov and stoner met in may of one nine hundred ninety they were talking about dura billet

e of the weapons and what kind of tests they had to go through to make sure they were durable enough to withstand battlefield conditions and one of the things that stoner said was that he was required to drop this weapon from eleven feet and drop on concrete and be able to pick up the weapon and fire and at that point kalashnikov started laughing and they asked him what he was laughing about and he said well the way we do it in russia is if the weapon doesn't function properly they take the designer and they drop him from eleven feet onto a concrete floor. yes

another key feature of the kalashnikov is that almost anyone can use it. to hold its ground for more than sixty years. both who have only just laid hands on it and professionals dealing with specific tasks. that begin their needs only a short time to acquaintance up with a rifle veteran kalashnikov uses such as special forces can modify their weapons of choice depending on the mission. when we get a kalashnikov assault rifle from the depo we fitted out with a site. this is a sample chewed up for a marksman that features a retractable stalk for ease of use i can change the length of the stock to fix the pistol grip on to it to make it more comfortable. the magazine holds sixty cartridges more than the standard. as

a special interior ministry squad training exercise each fighter must make sure that their weapon is still ready for battle after such extreme conditions. meanwhile the work machine building plant is drawing to a close what's left is the final trial for the new rifle. for special video camera is set up next to a collection that has just gone through a rigorous series of tests. in slow motion every one that the kalashnikovs moving. the gun saves the lives of soldiers on assignment. that's what it's supposed to do and it always functions to the best of its abilities whether covered in mud or frost. is now ninety three years old he's outlived most of his

friends and rivals. creator of the u.s. army's m sixteen died in nine hundred ninety seven. in recent years kalashnikov has become increasingly unhappy about his rifles reputation each year an average of a quarter of a million people were killed by bullets fired from one of his weapons. i didn't want to design a weapon that was going to be used in wide scale fratricidal war is a very yeah. i only wanted to help protect my country's borders three you are teaches about well and that's what i would wish for everybody as well as myself. i have gone through every try the tribulation and i'm ready to go on working there are some one hundred million like me in the world they say i have yet to outlive my usefulness. will be around for several decades more i'm not easily with

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