Victor Kalashnikov

For other people named Viktor Kalashnikov, see Viktor Kalashnikov (disambiguation).
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Kalashnikov.

Victor Kalashnikov
Kalashnikov at his father Mikhail's funeral, December 2013
Born
Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov

(1942-07-16)16 July 1942[1]
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died27 March 2018(2018-03-27) (aged 75)
Izhevsk, Russia[1]
OccupationSmall arms designer
Known forDesigner of the PP-19 Bizon
ChildrenMikhail and Aleksandr[2]
Parent(s)Mikhail Timofevich Kalashnikov, Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova[3]
AwardsOrder of the Badge of Honour[4]

Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Кала́шников; 16 July 1942 – 27 March 2018) was a Russian small arms designer known for developing the PP-19 Bizon submachine gun.

Early life and education

Kalashnikov was born 16 July 1942 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the son of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47,[5] and Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova.[3][4]

Victor graduated in 1966 from a mechanical institute in Izhevsk in the Soviet Union.[1]

Career

Kalashnikov began his weapon designing career in 1966 by conducting a series of tests of the AK-47 and summarizing the factors that affect its stability, durability, and reliability.[1] He was then involved in the development of self-loading hunting rifles.[6]

He designed a number of parts and components and participated in developing self-loading hunting rifles and Kalashnikov machine guns. He led a group which designed the Bizon and Vityaz-SN submachine guns.[1]

Personal life

Kalashnikov had two sons, Mikhail and Aleksandr.[2] He died 27 March 2018 at age 75[5] in Izhevsk, Russia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Russian weapons designer Kalashnikov Jr. passes away". TASS.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Sapozhnikova, Galina (10 November 2004). "Михаил Калашников: Я создавал оружие для защиты Отечества, а не для бандитских разборок!". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
  3. ^ a b "Биография М.Т.Калашникова". Kalashnikov.name (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Калашников Виктор Михайлович". museum-mtk.ru (in Russian). Kalashnikov Museum. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Viktor Kalashnikov, Son of Weapons Inventor, Dies at 75". Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via rferl.org.
  6. ^ "В Ижевске умер Виктор Калашников – сын легендарного конструктора Михаила Калашникова". izh.kp.ru (in Russian).

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