POTD: The New Kalashnikov Group
Published: December 4th, 2014
Today’s POTD is a little different. I don’t normally feature company marketing photos but today I am sharing with you the new Kalashnikov Group promotional images sent to the press. The first photos are for Kalashnikov, the sub-company of the Kalashnikov Group that is focusing on military and semi-automatic rifles. The next set of photos are for the re-branded Baikal, which focuses on hunting, especially traditional European hunting.
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Design your own accessories and equipment. Russia is no friend of the west. Hypocrites.
Interesting. Speaking of the incorporation of Western equipment and accessories in the AK platform, in the third photo from the top, there are three different types of buttstocks featured --- from left to right, an American-made Magpul CTR, an Israeli-designed CAA telescopic buttstock, and an Israeli-made FAB Defense GL-Shock recoil-reducing adjustable buttstock.
Along with the numerous other items of Western-style rifle accessories and personal gear, I get the distinct impression that Concern Kalashnikov is focusing its current, and long-term, marketing strategy on the lucrative American and European markets in spite of the existing ( and, hopefully, temporary ) ban on Russian arms imports. Political and philosophical differences notwithstanding, the hard realities of the marketplace and cash flow still take precedence.