The Gun

Soviet standardization of, 204, 214–15

of Springfield rifle, 60, 166–67, 169–70

of sturmgewehr, 165, 249

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

of Union Repeating Gun, 35–36

in Vietnam, 264–65, 271, 285n

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, 285n, 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, 441n

prototypes of, 331–32

reliability of, 283, 289–90, 438n

size and weight of, 277, 283

testing of, 273–74, 278–91, 438n

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

in Vietnam, 270–71, 280–83, 285n

see also M-16

Arafat, Yasir, 9, 225

Argentina, 40, 364n

ArmaLite, 274–78, 298–99, 438n

AR-10 of, 275–76

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

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, 436n

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, 419n

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, 438n

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, 438n

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

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