It’s as Russian as borscht, but the AK-47 will soon be
made in Florida.
The weapon of choice for guerrillas, terrorists and the
soldiers of armies around the world, some 100 million AK-47s have been made in
Russia since it rolled off the line in 1947. But now, the company’s U.S. arm is
planning to manufacture the gun at a plant in Pompano Beach, Fla.
“An iconic firearms platform, revered the world over,
with a history of intrigue and controversy, now reborn as the new American
Kalashnikov,” the company said in a statement.
“Whether you are a sport shooter, hunter, protecting
family, home and country, the new Kalashnikov USA firearms will exceed your
expectations of how a firearm should perform.”
- Kalashnikov USA
The rifle dreamed up by Russian Army tank commander Mikhail
Kalashnikov as he lay on a hospital bed after being wounded fighting the
Germans in the 1941 Battle of Bryansk, became the world’s most popular firearm.
The signature AK-47 — which stands for "Avtomat Kalashnikov," or
“Kalashnikov’s machine,” and the initial year of production, was long available
for import from Moscow until the U.S. imposed sanctions in 2014 in the wake of
Russia’s invasion of Crimea.
Last year, RWC, which was the official importer and
distributor of Kalashnikov firearms, was forced to cut ties with the Russian
company. But it retained the U.S. rights to the name and initially opened a
small assembly facility in Tullytown, Pa. Now, the company is planning a
full-fledged manufacturing plant in the Atlantic Coast community just north of
Fort Lauderdale.
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