Moscow, Nov.26 (ANI): The latest model of the legendary Kalashnikov rifle is due to be unveiled in December, and leaked reports in the Russian press suggest that its key feature will be that all major functions can be performed with one arm.
According to The Independent, owners of the factory in the Urals that produces the guns hope the new model will meet approval from the Russian army, which earlier this year said it would stop buying the rifles.
But there are already mutterings that the military is not impressed.
The first weapon in the series was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, a Red Army tank commander during the Second World War, and entered mass production in 1949.
Mr. Kalashnikov is still alive and lives in the city of Izhevsk, where the rifles are still being produced.
More rifles based on Mr. Kalashnikov's design have been produced than any other gun in military history. Factories around the world have copied it.
Earlier this year, the Russian army said it would no longer order Kalashnikov rifles until the plant developed a new model.
Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff, said the army already had too many of the guns stockpiled complained that the technology was out of date.
At the time, members of the designer's family said they were not telling Mr. Kalashnikov about the decision for fear of upsetting him.
"It might kill him," said one. (ANI)
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