Victor Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov at his father's funeral, December 2013

Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Кала́шников; 16 July 1942 – 27 March 2018) was a Russian small arms designer. He was known for developing the PP-19 Bizon and AK-74m. He was the son of Mikhail Kalashnikov.^[1] He was born in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. He began his weapon designing career in 1966 by conducting a series of tests of the AK-47.^[2]

Kalashnikov died at a university hospital in Izhevsk, Russia on 27 March 2018 at the age of 75.^[3]

References

↑ Калашников Виктор Михайлович Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. Kalashnikov Museum. museum-mtk.ru
↑ Galina Sapozhnikova (10 November 2004) Михаил Калашников: Я создавал оружие для защиты Отечества, а не для бандитских разборок!. Komsomolskaya Pravda
↑ Оружейник Виктор Калашников скончался в Ижевске (in Russian)

Other websites

Биография на сайте музея им. М.Т. Калашникова Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine

[r1-1] Калашников Виктор Михайлович Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. Kalashnikov Museum. museum-mtk.ru

[r2-2] Galina Sapozhnikova (10 November 2004) Михаил Калашников: Я создавал оружие для защиты Отечества, а не для бандитских разборок!. Komsomolskaya Pravda

[3] Оружейник Виктор Калашников скончался в Ижевске (in Russian)

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