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In 1959 the Soviet Army adopted AKM - a revised, lower-cost version of the AK-47, and Kalashnikov was honored with a "Hero of Socialist Labor" award.
Pic.5-24 Top secret document: Plan of AKM development arrangements. February 5th 1952. Stamp reads: "draft document destroyed. Feb. 18th 1952". Kalashnikov mentioned as responsible for 1)development of a master drawing 2)submitting the drawings for approval of Main Artillery Administration and 4)supervising of assembly blueprints
Pic.5-25 Top secret: Page 2 of the document signed by Kalashnikov (signature clearly visible down the page). Kalashnikov mentioned at point 6 through 9 as a person "responsible for: 6. making of specimen for in-factory testing, 7. in-factory testing and 8. blueprints correction upon obtaining testing results".
Pic.5-26 original AKM make, 1959
Pic.5-27 Kalashnikov with two virtuoso tool-makers of his design bureau: P.N.Bukharin (left) and E.V.Bogdanov (right). Both have been awarded with The Order of Lenin.
Pic.5-28 Kalashnikov tells soldiers about AKM
Pic.5-29 Certificate of "Hero of Socialist Labor" award
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