After the victory in World War II, the design bureau of Hugo Schmeisser worked in Izhevsk and helped upgrade the AK-47. ... Myth 5: the AK was the brainchild of Mikhail Kalashnikov alone.

Part of a statue to Russia's creator of the AK-47 rifle is cut out because it had the wrong weapon.

It’s unfortunate that Hugo Schmeisser’s renown comes from having his surname erroneously appended to the superb World War II German MP38/40 submachine gun, a firearm he really had nothing to ...

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Russia and Venezuela regard this project as part of Hugo Chávez's legacy, Shugayev explained . Despite opposition from Washington, the construction of a Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifle factory ...

Developed by Hugo Schmeisser and Theodor Bergmann, the MP18/1 Submachine Gun was designed with trench warfare in mind. Designated the Maschinenpistole 18/1, it had a 32 round TM08 drum, or "snail ...

Kalashnikov created the AK47 in 1947, five years after the German arms designer Hugo Schmeisser’s released the Nazi edition. Although there are some differences between the guns, ...

During World War I, German engineer Hugo Schmeisser concluded that 7.92mm rifles were too awkward for storming trenches and therefore developed a compact automatic weapon using pistol-caliber ...

President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that Venezuela has begun to assemble Kalashnikov assault rifles with assistance from Russia and started producing surveillance drones.

Workers in Moscow have cut out part of a new monument to a Russian creator of the world famous AK-47 assault rifle because a weapon depicted on the statue was actually a German-designed firearm.

The statue's sculptor says the Kalashnikov is a symbol of Russia The society commissioned the 7.5m (25ft) monument, which shows Kalashnikov holding an AK-47 in his arms.

Designed by Kalashnikov in 1946, ... The StG-44 (Sturmgewehr 44) was invented by Hugo Schmeisser and first used by Adolf Hitler's troops in 1944.