The Gun (80 page)

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

of Union Repeating Gun,
35
–36

in Vietnam,
264
–65,
271
,
285
n

of Vollmer rifle,
162
,
166

Anderson, Arthur,
123
–29

in combat,
127
–29,
132
,
135

training of,
123
–27

Andropov, Yuri,
407

Ankertex OY,
249

Annan, Kofi A.,
381

Ansar al-Islam,
396

Ap Sieu Quan,
263
–68,
316
–18,
321
,
335

AR-5,
275

AR-10,
275
–77,
353

AR-15,
276
–93,
353

ammunition of,
276
–82,
285
n
,
286
,
288
,
291

casualties inflicted by,
282
–83

design and development of,
276
–77,
290
–92,
295
,
298
–99

physical appearance of,
277

promotion and sale of,
277
–81,
283
,
441
n

prototypes of,
331
–32

reliability of,
283
,
289
–90,
438
n

size and weight of,
277
,
283

testing of,
273
–74,
278
–91,
438
n

U.S. Army and,
276
–77,
281
–92,
296
,
303
,
306
,
324
–25,
438
n
–39
n

in Vietnam,
270
–71,
280
–83,
285
n

see also
M-16

Arafat, Yasir,
9
,
225

Argentina,
40
,
364
n

ArmaLite,
274
–78,
298
–99,
438
n

AR-10 of,
275
–76

AR-15 of,
276
–78,
292
,
296
,
298
,
331
–32,
356
,
438
n

Armenia,
12
,
365
,
408

Armistice,
137

Armstrong,
89

Army, Confederate,
33
–37

ammunition of,
33
–34

casualties in,
35

Gatling gun production and,
30

Requa gun used by,
28
,
36

Army, Soviet,
16
,
154
–61,
255
–56,

AK-47 tests and,
200
,
205

AK-74 and,
353

and AK and AK-type rifle design and development,
12
–13,
144
,
146
–49,
152
,
154
–56,
158
–60,
185
–86,
189
,
191
,
197
,
353

and AK and AK-type rifle production and distribution,
4
,
201
–4,
206
,
208
,
216
–17,
242
,
250
,
256
,
342

atomic bomb development and,
4

family of arms built around AK-47 for,
242
–43

Hungarian revolution and,
218
–20,
222
–24,
237
–39,
348

Kalashnikov’s career in,
4
,
147
,
174
–85,
188
,
191
,
206
,
209
–10,
224
,
226
,
359
,
400
,
403
,
406

and pilfering and illegal-arms transfers,
366
–68

Prague Spring and,
348

rifle cartridges of,
161
,
165
–70

in Soviet-Afghan War,
10

submachine guns and,
168
–69,
180
–82,
184
–85,
187
–88,
199
,
249
,
357

tanks of,
159
,
174
–78,
218
–19,
224
,
238
,
241

Tokarev’s gun for,
199

weapons stockpiled by,
342
–44

in World War II,
155
–57,
159
,
174
–81,
214
,
280
,
436
n

Army, Union,
30
–37,
64

ammunition of,
33
–34

casualties in,
35

Gatling gun and,
30
–32,
36
–37,
94

standardizing weapons of,
32
–33,
419
n

Union Repeating Guns purchased by,
36

Army, U.S.,
328

AR-10 and,
276

AR-15 and,
276
–77,
281
–92,
296
,
303
,
306
,
324
–25,
438
n

arms-design failures of,
251
,
253
–55,
257
–58,
269
–70

criminal negligence charges against,
326

Gatling gun and,
39
–41,
90
–95,
97

in Indian wars,
39
,
58
–64,
93

intelligence on AK-47 gathered by,
256
–57

M-14 used by,
256
,
272
–73,
295
,
303
,
310

M-16 and,
263
,
292
,
297
–306,
316
,
319
–21,
325
–26,
330
,
332
–34

Maxim gun tests and,
83
–84,
88
,
112

propaganda used by,
320
–21

Russo-Japanese War and,
117

in search of suitable automatic rifle,
20
,
253
–54,
256
,
270
,
272
–76,
283
–94,
360
,
438
n

in Spanish-American War,
90
,
93
–95,
117
,
252
,
424
n

SPIW project of,
272
,
290
,
296

on tactical uses of machine guns,
111
,
117
–18

in Vietnam,
263
,
294
,
296
,
298
–307,
316
,
320
–21,
330
,
333
–34

Arsenal,
399

Artemovsk arsenal,
343
–44,
354

AS-44,
155
–56

tests of,
187
–88,
192

Asbury Park Evening Press,
313

Ashanti War,
47
–48,
54
,
56
,
78

asymmetric war,
14

atomic bomb,
21
,
144

development of,
4
,
148

Soviet nuclear programs and,
1
–5,
148
,
407
–8

Soviet testing of,
1
–3

Attleboro, Operation,
302

Auma, Alice,
373
–77,
379

Austria,
109
,
239

automatic and assault rifles,
137
–40

ammunition of,
138
–39,
155
,
160
–67,
169
–70,
184
–85,
195
–97

destruction of,
411
–13

of Fedorov,
138
,
165
–68,
193

gas operation in,
108
,
145
,
188
,
190
,
196
,
198
,
242
,
257
,
275
,
294

of Germany,
138
–40,
162
–65,
187
,
199
,
207
–8,
253
–54,
257

ideal traits for,
197
–98

Maxim’s sketches for,
75
,
137
,
423
n

of NATO,
256
–58,
296
,
364

of Schmeisser,
139
,
163
–65,
207
–8,
254

of Sudayev,
155
–56,
187
–88,
192

U.S. laws on,
14
–15,
18
,
236

U.S. search for suitable,
6
–7,
20
,
253
–54,
256
,
270
,
272
–76,
280
,
283
–94,
360
,
438
n
,
442
n

of Vollmer,
162
,
166

in World War I,
138
–40,
163
,
167
,
267

in World War II,
155
,
163
–66,
253
–54,
280
,
295

see also
submachine guns;
specific automatic and assault rifles

Auto-Ordnance Corporation,
139
,
233
–34,
236
,
279

ÁVH (Hungarian State Security Police),
222
,
227
,
239
–40

Avramenko, Andrei,
360

Avtomat Kalashnikova-46
(AK-46),
192

Avtomat Kalashnikova-47
see AK-47, AK-type assault rifles

Avtomat Kalashnikova-74
see AK-74

Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanny,
see AKM

Azerbaijan,
365
,
382
,
408

Badri, Shaykh Babikr,
99

Baggara,
101
–2

Baku,
220
,
365

Balassa, János, murder of,
227
,
240
–43

Baldwin, Gerald L.,
333

ball powder,
293
–94,
297
,
301
,
303
–4,
316
,
326

Barbarossa, Operation,
156

Barnesboro Star,
323
,
442
n

Basayev, Shamil,
225

Batista, Fulgencio,
364

battery guns,
see
Gatling gun