Tajikistan’s army won’t reject the famous Kalashnikov rifle within the next 10 or 15 years, the country’s Deputy Defense Minister Ramil Nadyrov has said.
This rifle was invented by Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1947. Since then, over 100 million of such guns have been sold all over the world. In all this years, only slight modifications were added to Mr. Kalashnikov’s initial invention.
Tajikistan and some other former Soviet countries are now worried by Russia’s recent statement that it won’t purchase the famous gun any more.
“The Kalashnikov gun is the best,” Mr. Nadyrov says. “Take any Western-produced gun – you’ll find that it has drawbacks and can let you down in a decisive moment.”
