#Tkachev
Tkachev AO-41 Experimental 5.6mm Light Machine Gun
Peter Andreevich Tkachev was a talented small arms engineer at TsNIITochMash, the Central Scientific Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering, located in Klimovsk. He was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor medal and is best known for designing the “BARS” Balanced Automatic Recoil System for the prototype AO-38.
