Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) heave a line to on load weapons seized from a skiff as part of maritime security operations on Aug. 28, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by ...

It's the most effective killing machine in human history - a gun that, on its 62nd birthday, is still killing as many as a quarter of a million people every year, in every corner of the globe.

Here’s What You Need to Know: Perhaps in the eyes of the Russian military, the traditional Kalashnikov is truly the apex of small arms design. In early 2018, the AK-12 made by Kalashnikov Concern was ...