{"id":16141,"date":"2012-03-01T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16141"},"modified":"2012-03-01T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T07:15:41","slug":"the-end-of-kalashnikov-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/01\/the-end-of-kalashnikov-era\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of Kalashnikov era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyprus Mail<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

Moscow announced plans this week to modernise the Kalashnikov, giving a new lease of life to the Soviet-era assault rifle that is the mainstay of the Russian army and weapon of choice for paramilitaries and gangsters around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This could be just another con (they call them government grants these days) to get the money without doing much. \u00a0Or this could indeed be some modernization effort which, no doubt, will ruin the rifle and any other technology involved in the process. \u00a0Fixing things that work well for so many people in so many different environments never brings anything good…<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Kalashnikov being an assault rifle – a weapon designed for very specific purpose of killing people – I don’t necessarily see ruining it as a bad thing.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Cyprus Mail reports: Moscow announced plans this week to modernise the Kalashnikov, giving a new lease of life to the Soviet-era assault rifle that is the mainstay of the Russian army and weapon of choice for paramilitaries and gangsters around the world. This could be just another con (they call them government grants these days) … Continue reading The end of Kalashnikov era<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2987,338,2909,866],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-kalashnikov","tag-military","tag-russia","tag-weapons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19025,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/24\/ak-47-an-assault-rifle-for-everyman\/","url_meta":{"origin":16141,"position":0},"title":"AK-47: An Assault Rifle for Everyman","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 24, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"AK-47: An Assault Rifle for Everyman","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mikhail Kalashnikov","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mikhail-Kalashnikov-500x340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19022,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/23\/rip-mikhail-kalashnikov\/","url_meta":{"origin":16141,"position":1},"title":"RIP, Mikhail Kalashnikov","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the world famous AK-47 assault rifle, has passed away today, at the age of 94. \u00a0He was a true genius and a patriot of his country. \u00a0Coming from a very simple family, with very little education, after serving as a tank mechanic and later as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1949","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mikhail_Kalashnikov-327x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16541,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/23\/the-secret-online-weapons-store-thatll-sell-anyone-anything\/","url_meta":{"origin":16141,"position":2},"title":"The Secret Online Weapons Store That\u2019ll Sell Anyone Anything","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 23, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"The Secret Online Weapons Store That\u2019ll Sell Anyone Anything The Bushmaster M4 is a 3-foot rifle capable of firing thirty 5.56\u00d745mm NATO rounds, and used by spec ops forces throughout Afghanistan. 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