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Further Reading:
Alpers, Philip. Gunpolicy.org - an AK-47 now costs only 2 cows on Uganda, Sudan, Kenya borders. Accessed February 19, 2023. https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/news/23088.
Ezell, Edward Clinton. The AK47 Story: Evolution of the Kalashnikov Weapons. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1986.
“Heckler & Koch G3.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3#cite_note-Senich_160-6.
McCarthy, Niall. “The Cost of an AK-47 on the Black Market around the World [Infographic].” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, October 12, 2022. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/03/30/the-cost-of-an-ak-47-on-the-black-market-across-the-world-infographic/?sh=395744b77442.
Rottman, Gordon L., and Martin Pegler. The M16. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2011.
Senich, Peter R. The German Assault Rifle: 1939-1945. Boulder, CO: Paladin Pr., 1987.
Smithsonian Institution. “AK-47 Automatic Rifle.” Smithsonian Institution. Accessed February 19, 2023. https://www.si.edu/object/ak-47-automatic-rifle%3Anmah_439260.

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