by: John Walter
Topics include: front sight block, butt folded, butt wrist, butt that can, folding butt, knife pattern, automatic sear, tubular butt, plastic pistol grip, four grooves, earliest guns, six grooves, tool bayonet, stamped receiver, fixed butt, bolt cover, wooden butt, typical gun, bolt carrier, ribbed plastic, gas port, bayonet lug, plastic magazine, factory mark, empty magazine
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Book Description:
Book Description -- This volume examines one of the outstanding successes in small-arms history. From the first gun designed by a convalescing Red Army sergeant in 1941, to mass production and use by a vast number of armed forces throughout the world, this is the complete story. The prototype was developed into the AK-47 by 1949, and by the 1950s the Kalashnikov had achieved runaway success based on simplicity and reliability. A superbly illustrated directory.
book has much erroneous information, lacks indepth research -- Walter's book on the Kalashnikov rifle started with a good premise-to catalog the many different variations of the AK family among it's 70 million produced weapons. The book falls far short of Masami Tokoi's masterpiece and classic reference work"AK-47 & KALASHNIKOV VARIATIONS." and is still inferior to Kalashnikov arms own catalog on the subject. Many of the entries were incomplete or glossed over, and there were glaring omissions of numerous variations. Additionally many of the photos were improperly captioned,giving one the impression that the author really doesn't know his subject matter very well. for the low price an o.k. book, for serious reference work very poor.
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