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Testing Kalashnikov’s Newest Assault Rifles (Excerpt from 'Rebranding the AK-47’)
In this excerpt, VICE News correspondent Ben Makuch travels to a Moscow shooting range to test out some of Kalashnikov's newest weapons, barred from the United States market by economic sanctions.