Victor Kalashnikov

For the journalist and ex-KGB officer, see Viktor Kalashnikov. For other people, see 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]
NationalityRussian
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.

  1. ^ a b "Russian weapons designer Kalashnikov Jr. passes away". TASS.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ Sapozhnikova, Galina (10 November 2004). "Михаил Калашников: Я создавал оружие для защиты Отечества, а не для бандитских разборок!". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Биография М.Т.Калашникова". Kalashnikov.name (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Калашников Виктор Михайлович". museum-mtk.ru (in Russian). Kalashnikov Museum.