Combat prototype
From the outset, Mikhail Kalashnikov sought to make the assault rifle as technologically advanced and adaptable as possible for mass production. The goal was achieved in 1959, when the production of AKM, a modernized Kalashnikov assault rifle, began. The new stamped receiver reduced the gun weight and significantly increased the number of produced rifles. In the late 1960s, the Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant alone produced more than half a million AKM rifles per year.
The weapon is still one of the most widely used around the world. The game model is now also available in the LASERWAR online shop.
