{"product_id":"vickers-guide-kalashnikov-volume-2-standard-edition","title":"Vickers Guide: Kalashnikov, Volume 2 (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\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov (Volume 2)\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;\"\u003e352 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, plum-colored 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;\"\u003eTracing the story of the AK-74 – as with so many other firearms we encounter today – means looking back to the Second World War. In the decades following the close of the War, Western powers examined the intermediate calibers seen in the German StG44 and the later Soviet AK. Ultimately, several influential nations were determined to move to a caliber smaller than either the existing 7.62 × 51 mm NATO or Soviet 7.62 × 39 mm ammunition. In the United States, the outcome of the development process took the form of the .223 Remington (later 5.56 × 45 mm) cartridge and its attendant host rifle, the Armalite AR-15, which would be adopted by the U.S. military in 1964 as the M16.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis Second Volume of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVickers Guide: Kalashnikov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the developmental history of the AK-74 – the Soviet Union’s answer to the U.S. M16 service rifle. Traditional Soviet and Warsaw Pact AK-74 variants chambered for the 5.45 × 39 mm cartridge are highlighted, as well as subsequent variants, adaptations, and modifications from around the world. The book also charts the course of the 5.56 mm cartridge in the AK-74 platform, examining the efforts of nations such as Bulgaria, Burma, the Czech Republic, East Germany, Finland, Israel, Poland, and South Africa to convert the quintessentially Soviet AK platform to a NATO-standard caliber. In all, over seventy firearms are shown in incredible detail to give enthusiasts of all levels a new appreciation for this extraordinary family of rifles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTo properly cover this expansive topic, Larry Vickers and James Rupley have 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 United States, Switzerland, and Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\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":31309537443943,"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_Vol2_Standard_v1.jpg?v=1584332047","url":"https:\/\/devilsix.jp\/en\/products\/vickers-guide-kalashnikov-volume-2-standard-edition","provider":"DEVILSIX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}