Howdy everyone and welcome back to the show! Today I will be talking about a subject very near and dear to my heart, Soviet small arms. Ooooooohhhhh. If that sounds like something that wouldn't immediately put you to sleep, you should tune in as I discuss Kalashnikov the man, his gun, and how it shaped the 20th century.

Sources:

A Look Back at the SKS-45 Rifle: ⁠https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/a-look-back-at-the-sks-45-rifle/

An Ode to the 7.62x39m (M43) Soviet: https://www.americanhunter.org/content/an-ode-to-the-7-62x39mm-m43-soviet/

Kalashnikov's Uncomfortable Legacy: ⁠https://www.rferl.org/a/kalashnikov-uncomfortable-legacy/25210112.html⁠

Military Assault Rifles: https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep10642

Obituary: Mikhail Kalashnikov: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19870688

Russian Arms Sales to the Middle East: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/russian-arms-sales-middle-east

Soviet Arms Trade With the Noncommunist Third World: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1174128

The AK-47: Comerade Kalashnikov’s Masterwork: https://gunsmagazine.com/guns/the-ak-47/

The AK-47: Everything You Want to Know: https://www.military.com/off-duty/ak-47-all-about.html

The World’s Most Popular Gun: The Long Road to the AK-47: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43152665