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Notes

  1. ^ Table data are for AK-47 with Type 2/3 receiver
  2. ^ Poyer, Joe. The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations. North Cape Publications. 2004.
  3. ^ a b "Weaponomics: The Economics of Small Arms". http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/workingpapers/pdfs/2006-13text.pdf.
  4. ^ a b "AK-47 Inventor Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Havoc Wrought With His Invention". Foxnews.com. 2007-07-06. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288456,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
  5. ^ Bolotin, D.N, "Soviet Small-Arms and Ammunition", pp 68.
  6. ^ Bolotin, pp 69-71.
  7. ^ J.F.S. (July 1983). "IMI Galil". Soldier of Fortune (AK-47.net). http://www.ak-47.net/ak47/galil.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
  8. ^ "Firearm Model History - Remington Model 8". Remington.com. http://www.remington.com/library/history/firearm_models/centerfire/model_8.asp. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
  9. ^ "AK-47 Inventor Says Conscience Is Clear, Mikhail Kalashnikov Blames Politicians For Millions Of Deaths Involving His Assault Rifle". CBS News. July 6, 2007. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/06/world/main3025193.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_3025193. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
  10. ^ Ezell, Edward Clinton (1986). The AK-47 Story: Evolution of the Kalashnikov Weapons. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0916-7.
  11. ^ VAL SHILIN. "Mikhail Kalashnikov". Power Custom. http://www.powercustom.com/AKPages/MikhailKalashnikov.htm. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
  12. ^ Bolotin, pp 64.
  13. ^ Poyer, 8
  14. ^ a b Poyer, 9
  15. ^ a b Ezell, 36
  16. ^ Poyer, 11
  17. ^ a b Poyer, 2
  18. ^ "An AK for Every Market by James Dunnigan April 23, 2003". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2007-03-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070325171640/http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/20030423.asp. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
  19. ^ Rivas, Oswaldo. "Soldiers from special force unit “COE” take part in a military training exercise at the military base, near Managua". Reuters. http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2007/06/14/mimes-fighting-to-be-heard/. Retrieved on 2008-12-09.
  20. ^ Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. Assault Rifle The Crowood Press Ltd. (2005) ISBN 1-86126-700-2.
  21. ^ a b Department of the Army. Operators Manual for AK-47 Assault Rifle. 203d Military Intelligence Battalion
  22. ^ "Medialb.com". Medialb.com. http://www.medialb.com/forumi/detaje.asp?forumi=22&kat=7&faqja=2&tema=4626. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
  23. ^ Nigeria to mass-produce Nigerian version of AK-47 rifles. Retrieved on October 5, 2008.
  24. ^ "MAZ". Military Industry Corporation. http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/en/MAZbn.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-08.
  25. ^ MARTIN SIEFF (August 15, 2007). "Defense Focus: Venezuela's Kalashnikovs". UPI.com. http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Industry/Analysis/2007/08/15/defense_focus_venezuelas_kalashnikovs/1273/. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
  26. ^ "Восточная Европа захватила рынок продаж автоматов Калашникова". Lenta.ru. http://www.lenta.ru/news/2006/06/13/rifles/. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
  27. ^ "'Ижмаш' подсчитал контрафактные автоматы Калашникова". Lenta.ru. http://lenta.ru/news/2006/04/15/fake. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
  28. ^ "Carnegie Council. ''ILLICIT: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy''. Moisés Naím, Joanne J. Myers. November 9, 2005". Cceia.org. 2005-11-09. http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5279.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
  29. ^ "The AK-47: The World's Favourite Killing Machine." ControlArms Briefing Note. Internet, available from http://www.controlarms.org/en/documents%20and%20files/reports/english-reports/the-ak-47-the-worlds-favourite-weapon/at_download/file, accessed 11/02/2008.
  30. ^ Worldbank. Post-Conflict Transitions Working Paper No. 10. Weaponomics: The Global Market for Assault Rifles. Phillip Killicoat, Economics, Oxford University. April 2007
  31. ^ United Nations. United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. New York, 26 June-7 July 2006
  32. ^ Michael R. Gordon, "Burst of Pride for a Staccato Executioner: AK-47" The New York Times, March 13, 1997.
  33. ^ Latorre, Héctor (2006-01-24). "Escopetarras: disparando música". BBC World. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_4644000/4644028.stm. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
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References

  • Cutshaw, Charlie; Shilin, Valery. Legends and Reality of the AK: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the History, Design, and Impact of the Kalashnikov Family of Weapons. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2000 (paperback, ISBN 1-58160-069-0).
  • Ezell, Edward Clinton (1986). The AK-47 Story: Evolution of the Kalashnikov Weapons. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0916-7. (Before his death, Ezell was the curator of military history at the Smithsonian Museum.)
  • Ezell, Edward Clinton; R. Blake Stevens (2001). Kalashnikov: The Arms and the Man. Cobourg, ON: Collector Grade Publications. ISBN 0-88935-267-4.
  • Guinness World Records 2005. ISBN 1-892051-22-2.
  • Hodges, Michael. AK47: the Story of the People's Gun. London: Sceptre, 2007 (hardcover, ISBN 0340921048).
  • Kahaner, Larry. AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 0-471-72641-9).
  • Kalashnikov, Mikhail. The Gun that Changed the World. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 0-7456-3691-8; paperback, ISBN 0-7456-3692-6).
  • Poyer, Joe (2004). The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). Tustin, CA: North Cape Publications. ISBN 1-882391-33-0.
  • Small Arms of the World. ISBN 0-88029-601-1.
  • Walter, John. Kalashnikov (Greenhill Military Manuals). London: Greenhill Books, 1999 (Hardcover, ISBN 1-85367-364-1).

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