Russian small arms manufacturer Kalashnikov showed a new assault rifle with the 7.62x51mm calibre (.308 Winchester) to the public for the first time at Army-2018 defence exhibition held in Kubinka ...

Kalashnikov was passed up in a recent Indian assault rifle procurement search because, as it happens, the Indian military is looking specifically for 7.62x51mm rifles. The AK-308, then, is an ...

Other rifles based on the philosophy of the StG 44, like the AK47 and the M16, are also called assault rifles. Today, the AR in AR-15 still stands for ArmaLite Rifle, even though Colt popularized it.

Washington is now the ninth state to ban sales of a wide swath of mostly semi-automatic weapons including AR-15s and other firearms that have become symbols over their use in mass shootings.. Gov ...