The Gun (90 page)

Germany occupied by,
159

Kalashnikov’s awards and honors in,
209
–11

Kalashnikov’s education and,
174

Kalashnikov’s legacy and,
405

Kalashnikov’s official biography and,
7
,
176
–83,
190
,
195
,
210

Kalashnikov’s public duties and,
401
–3

Kalashnikov’s social persecution and,
244
–45

Kalashnikov’s submachine gun designs and,
181
–82

legacy of,
152
–53,
413

M-16 and,
353

NIPSMVO and,
143
–44,
345
–46

nuclear programs of,
1
–5,
148
,
203
,
359
–60,
407
–8

October Revolution and,
156
,
168
,
170
,
193
,
351

and pilfering and illegal weapons transfers,
366
–67

propaganda in,
7
,
9
,
17
–19,
150
,
156
,
176
–79,
188
,
190
–91,
195
,
211
–12,
404
n

and purchase prices of AK rifles,
383

purges in,
156
,
159
,
168
,
210
,
212
–13,
348

reliability of historical sources in,
7
,
17
–19,
429
n

U.S. arms race with,
153
,
169
,
253
–54,
256
,
259
,
272
–73,
276
,
353

weapons manufacturing in,
153
,
157
–59,
167
–69,
352
–53

weapons standardization of,
203
–4,
214
–15,
249
,
364
–65

World War II and,
4
,
143
–44,
146
,
153
,
155
–59,
164
–66,
168
–69,
174
–83,
185
,
199
,
202
,
209
,
212
,
214
,
221
,
224
,
238
,
280
,
343
,
358
,
436
n

see also
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

Spain,
53
,
89
–90,
384
n

Spanish-American War,
92
–97,
107
–8,
117
,
228
–30,
424
n

ammunition testing and,
229
–30

casualties in,
95
,
230

Gatling guns in,
90
,
92
–93,
95
–97,
228
,
252

SPIW (Special Purpose Individual Weapon),
272
,
290
,
296

sporting rifles,
399

Springfield rifles:

ammunition of,
60
,
166
–67,
169
–70

M1903,
252
–53,
271
n

Model 1873,
60

stockpiling of,
355

“Spring Offensive, The” (Owen),
136

squad automatic weapons (SAWs),
363
n
,
378
n
,
442
n

Srebrenica,
220

Stasi,
247
–48

Stage (Statistical Corporation),
246

Stakhanov, Aleksei,
403

Stalin, Joseph,
1
–6,
18
,
144
,
146
–48,
153
–54,
156
–60,
169
–71,
185
–86,
206
,
210
–13,
219
n
,
348
–49,
356
,
407
–8

agricultural policies of,
171

and AK-47’s design and development,
5
–6,
154
,
158
,
160
,
201
–3,
341

and AK-47’s production and distribution,
3
–4,
8
,
201
–3,
216

AK-47’s symbolism and,
14
,
341

contests for military equipment designs of,
158
,
160

criticisms of,
19
,
244
–45

death of,
192
,
212
,
217
,
221
,
343

Hungarian policy and,
221
–22,
226

Kalashnikov on,
212
–13,
405

Kalashnikov’s social persecution and,
245

personality cult of,
156
,
182
,
213
,
244
–45

purges of,
159
,
168
,
210
,
212
–13,
348

Soviet atomic bomb test and,
1
–2

submachine gun and,
168

World War II and,
146
,
153
,
156
–57,
168
,
175
–76,
185
,
212
,
358

State Department, U.S.,
368
,
413

Statistical Corporation (Stage),
246

Sten gun,
258
,
355

Stewart, Herbert,
78
–81

Stockfisch, Jacob,
305

Stoner, Eugene,
275
–77,
404
,
444
n

AR-15 and,
276
–77,
292
–93

Stoner
63
,
292
–93

sturmgewehr,
164
–67,
187
,
199
,
200
,
207
,
249
–50,
253
–54,
257
,
384
n

submachine guns,
3
,
163
,
179
–85,
256
–58,
363
n

and AK-47’s design and development,
145

AK-47’s precursors and,
155

ammunition of,
139
,
165
,
168
–69,
181
,
228
–29,
233
–35

in Hungarian revolution,
219

Kalashnikov’s designs for,
181
–84

Soviet Army and,
168
–69,
180
–82,
184
–85,
187
–88,
199
,
249
,
357

Soviet production of,
157
,
168

stockpiling of,
355

U.S. laws on,
236

in World War I,
228
,
233
,
236

in World War II,
168
–69,
179
–80,
182
,
185

see also
automatic and assault rifles;
specific submachine guns

Sudan, Sudanese,
371
–73

and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
13
,
377
,
387

British reconquest of,
97
,
102
,
124

in fighting at Omdurman,
97
–102

Islamic rebellion in,
78
–81

LRA and,
372
–73,
376
–77,
380
,
387

Sudayev, Aleksei I.,
155
–56,
186
–87,
192

Suhl,
139
,
163
,
246
–48

Sullivan, George,
274

Supreme Soviet,
148
,
158
,
211
–12,
344

Surikov, Colonel,
195

Suslov, Mikhail,
223

Sutherland, Thomas A.,
62

SVD (
Snaiperskaya Vintovka Dragunova
),
16
,
166
n
,
244
,
364
,
436
n

Svirnov, Sergei,
360

Sweden,
51
,
86
,
89
,
355

Switzerland,
246
,
400

Symon, Robert R.,
76

systems analysis,
271
,
288
,
296

T44,
276

Tabuk,
11
,
16

Tajikistan,
366

Talbott, William H.,
47

Taliban,
380
,
386
,
388
,
396

Tanga, battle of,
119
–21,
426
n

Tanzania,
119
,
356

Taubin, Yakov G.,
158
–59

Taylor, Charles,
370
–71

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr,
403

terminal ballistics,
199
–200,
284
,
288
,
439
n

terrorists, terrorism,
27
,
191
,
365
,
384
–85

and AK and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
5
,
9
–11,
13
,
203
,
268
,
338
–40,
349
–52,
361
,
380
,
408
–10,
413

in Beslan,
340
,
385

Israelis targeted by,
339
,
340
n
,
349
–52,
358
,
443
n

at Munich Olympics,
337
–40,
350
–52,
443
n

on September
11
, 2001,
11
,
396

and symbolism of AK assault rifles,
384

and Thompson submachine gun production and distribution,
235

training and,
11
,
380
,
387

weapons pilfering and,
368

Tet Offensive,
332
,
401

Thompson, John T.,
228
–34

ammunition testing of,
229
–33,
438
n
–39
n

Thompson submachine gun designed and developed by,
139
,
228
–29,
233
,
236

and Thompson submachine gun production and distribution,
233
–34,
236

Thompson submachine gun:

comparisons between AK-47 and,
236

design and development of,
139
,
228
–29,
233
,
236

marketing of,
234

production and distribution of,
199
,
233
–36,
279