{"product_id":"vickers-guide-kalashnikov-volume-1-standard-edition","title":"Vickers Guide: Kalashnikov, Volume 1 (Standard Edition)","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"text-align-center\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1574020699593_3333\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov (Volume 1)\u003c\/em\u003e is a premium quality, collector's grade, coffee table reference book. All books contain the following features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-left: 40px;\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1574019560287_6980\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e360 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e13\" wide by 11\" tall (approx.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCommercial quality, section sewn style binding which allows the book to lay open flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFull color prints on premium quality photo paper stock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFoil stamped, red linen hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFull color protective dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1574019560287_6979\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRibbon page marker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the above \u003cstrong\u003eStandard Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"text-align-center\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1574020699593_3939\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1574020699593_3938\"\u003eBOOK SUMMARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWith a history stretching back to the closing days of the Second World War, the \u003cem\u003eAvtomat Kalashnikova Model 1947\u003c\/em\u003e, or AK-47 as it was to become known, transformed the modern day battlefield. Its simple, yet robust, design has permitted the AK-47 to perform effectively in practically any environment and in the hands of users with little to no training. Championed during the Cold War as an instrumental tool in the overthrow of colonialist and capitalist governments, the AK-47 (along with its underlying technology and tooling) was to become one of the Soviet Union’s most important exports. It would go on to play a central role in combat circling the globe, and has become the unofficial service rifle of “the insurgent.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eInterestingly, production of the AK-47 was relatively short-lived, as it very quickly underwent a growing number of design changes. By 1959, the “modernized” version of this rifle was born in the form of the AKM, and this platform would continue to evolve in the Soviet Union and in the hands of the various members of the Warsaw Pact and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis First Volume of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the history and development of the wide range of 7.62x39mm variants of the AK-47\/AKM family of rifles around the world – from the Soviet Union and Russia to Albania, Bulgaria, China, East Germany, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia. In all, over sixty firearms are shown in incredible detail to give readers of all levels a new appreciation for this extraordinary firearm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTo properly cover this monumental topic, Larry Vickers and James Rupley assembled an international team of subject matter experts, including Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons and Rob Stott of The AK-47 Catalog, and traveled a record number of miles to visit collections in the U.S., Switzerland, and Russia. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e presents this highly curated collection of firearms in never before seen detail on larger than life, wide format, full color prints in a linen covered hardback. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the next best thing to having these exceptional collector grade firearms in your own personal collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VICKERS GUIDE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31309513752679,"sku":"","price":18600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/6167\/7927\/products\/Dustjacket_Front-AK_Vol-1.jpg?v=1584332047","url":"https:\/\/devilsix.jp\/en\/products\/vickers-guide-kalashnikov-volume-1-standard-edition","provider":"DEVILSIX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}