To understand how the AK became as important as it is, ones must revisit the context in which it was designed. Last year, fighters from the Free Syrian Army ran American special-operations forces out ...

But America’s affair with AK-47s on the battlefield didn’t end. Today, with the Cold War over and the rifle still in widespread service around the globe, the Pentagon is once again buying the guns on ...

The AK-47 was created by the Soviets after World War II and changed the way war is fought. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers... The AK-47: 'The Gun' That Changed The Battlefield ...

The image is iconic: the stubby barrel, the inverted arc of the banana clip. Osama bin Laden included one in his video after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Saddam Hussein had a pair with him when he was ...

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Authorities on Monday afternoon said the type of rifle the gunman used in Sunday’s Gilroy festival shooting was a variant of an AK-47. Robert Topper, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

The Madlanga commission of inquiry was told on Tuesday the AK-47 rifle used in the murder of engineer Armand Swart was also ...