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 the hot and humid conditions often prompted them to improvise with captured kalashnikovs rather than their own sixteen rifles kalashnikovs were far more durable than such a climate. self-taught gunsmith mikhail kalashnikov came up with a prototype of his celebrated rifle that we age of twenty two he said about designing it after 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 nine hundred ninety s. after the end of the cold war that the a k forty seven was designed as met their american m. 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'll work well. general kalashnikov autographed this piece so this is quite a rare piece and when we shoot it i'm going to everybody want i want white gloves because we don't want to smear the signature of. the kalashnikov assault rifles are mainly assembled by hand people working at the machine building plant in the city of never say weapons or sold rifle they were the two is simply the product so much with the variance of the a case of being turned out he is 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

with the machine building clones the women it's still they handle the mechanical operations requiring constant attention 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 in nine hundred forty seven was kept secret so much so that offices concealed the weapons in cases and collected used cartridges when the five point four five millimeter variant appeared in nine hundred seventy four the situation was quite different because brenda gained fame fall beyond soviet borders off to the vietnam war. special forces with some of the first to appreciate the benefits of the five point four five millimeter version shortcoming had improved it was also much lighter and the world no

complaints about harsh operating. missions. that. even though the kalashnikov rifle is much more reliable than the m sixteen it's designed and far less from his creation than his american counterpart eugene stone and. they came from completely different socio economic and political backgrounds in russia kalashnikov was honored as a national hero a regional icon but receive 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. new recruits of russian military schools are

required to learn how to strip down the collection of golf in fifteen seconds then within the same time limit the gun must be reassembled and ready to fire and. this is a reliable weapon and 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. to death to have successfully post initial tests 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 la county mumble means thank you in mozambique the words of the song sung by these freedom fighters could just as easily be addressed to mr kolesnikov in the early one nine hundred sixty s. the soviet union hopes the portuguese colony split from. the rebels quickly got a feel for the soviet rifle after their victory it became a national symbol. the city in the middle of the. flag we have you know the star. and the book the who and. the book signifies indication and the whole petition that agriculture foot and. the collaging quoth the struggle for liberation of all counts.

that is true of these. times to be a chef machine building worked around the clock in a bid to uphold what was then called internationally. the employees just because everyone in the flood 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. what's going to get. a year. closed. in a week they have regular jobs but it we can't these people change this stuff the officers battle dress. he would have 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 adapt the weapon to a game of airsoft. this thing is assembled from the same materials and all the same production lines as regular kalashnikov assault rifles. this game played by people fed up with the routine of everyday life may look pointless but in fact the purpose of each round of as soft is to achieve real tactical goals. to use as soft in the future as a cost effective method of tactical training close quarters combat. for the time being the men and women alike are only just beginning to get that. lethal version of the iconic. you. i'm not very strong because i'm

a young woman when i first began doing it my hands a. but now i feel they have been getting stronger with each training exercise i find that thing is less of a problem. right. there is another side to the popularity of the. as one war comes to an end. in huge profits by buying up used kalashnikovs and selling them in other hot spots for example after the soviet union pull the troops out of afghanistan 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 in.

chinese made kalashnikov. it was the first time. in the twenty first century those. states. by. using the very. weapons training. himself began his military service division. his first inventions were related to vehicles. because of the.

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the. professionals note that any changes to make it fashionable look and. most important feature. yak. for another exercise that. distinguishing. that if it were possible to train men to be as tough as. 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. immediately big. 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 we were shooting at 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. the concept from a design. as the end of the design to be a fairly effective 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 together claiming that it was made by some ordinary sergeant. to the shift since nine hundred forty nine he. 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 designer schmeiser 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 with these men and ready to face the. fighters in this special squad of being trained to handle standard weapons the brand new a k twelve model will be tried exactly the same conditions. russia's police with. kalashnikovs was asked about his wife his design he made no secret of the fact that he had indeed borrowed many ideas but they had come from his soviet colleagues from hugo chavez a. 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 and hand to hand fighting once bullets were available again firing could resume without worrying about cleaning lubricating the gun in battle. rifle was designed. operated. for basically. and use them under all conditions they have a documentary once history channel. where they were talking about the afghans years 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 shoes. laces our time in a knot 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. he has a concept formulated by one person is built all these design is based on a single principle the parts are interchangeable but this broad range of weapons has been designed by one person that 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. as semi automatic shotguns based on the gulf takes less than a couple of seconds to be ready for. the united states potential adverse or it has been one of the most active customers the russian made. americans have compared therefore. i got twelve design of the guns based on the kalashnikov assault rifle as it turns out twelve is a more attractive weapon is more powerful and capable of more effective rapid fire . swallow their pride. plant signed contracts with. the 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 towards the shop we're 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 not once has a jammed this gun is very durable. one of the final tests is quite possibly the toughest the assault rifle is dropped on to a concrete slab from a height of two in the hole for me to. wear at the same firing range where mr kalashnikov and stoner met in may of one nine hundred ninety there we're talking about dura bill of the 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 it 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 prove 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 allowing it to hold its ground for more than sixty years. it's equally suited both to novices who have only just laid hands on it and professionals dealing with specific tasks. that begin their needs only a short time to acquaintance or the 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 my fixed a pistol grip on to it to make it more comfortable. the magazine holds sixty cartridges more than the standard. as the special interior ministry squad wraps up its training exercise each fighter must make sure that their weapon is still ready for

battle after such extreme conditions. meanwhile the work. building plant is drawing to a close what's left is the final trial for the new. special video camera set up next to a kalashnikov that has just gone through a rigorous series of tests it records in slow motion every one of 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. three years old he's outlived most of his friends and rivals. creator of the u.s.

army's m sixteen hundred ninety seven. in recent years has become increasingly unhappy about his rifles reputation. 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 on a very year. i only wanted to help protect my country's borders three you are about well and that's what i would wish for everybody as well as myself. i have gone through every trial the tribulation and i'm ready to go on working. one hundred million like me in the world they say i have to live my usefulness. i'm not easily replaced everything is changing but i'm still as i have always been

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