AK-47 manufacturer Izhevsk may go bankrupt

You’d think they’d be recession-proof.

I knew Izhevsk as one of two major Soviet small arms arsenals. According to Wikipedia they make or have made everything from cars and motorcycles to cutlery and lathes.

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2 Responses to AK-47 manufacturer Izhevsk may go bankrupt

  1. Justin Buist says:

    I’m speechless. How in the frick do you manage to screw THAT business up?

  2. Alcibiades says:

    Too many countries manufacture it locally? That’s probably why Russia made a stink about patenting it after 50 years.