RWC Group LLC,
doing business as
A trade name, trading name, or business name is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is fictitious business name. Registering the fictitious name with ...
Kalashnikov USA (KUSA), is a privately owned American company that designs, manufactures and markets
Kalashnikov-styled firearms for law enforcement, military and commercial markets.
Russian-made
Kalashnikov rifle
Kalashnikov rifles (), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles, or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design. They are officially known in Russian as ''avtomat Kalashnikova'' (), and informally ...
s and other weapons cannot be imported to the U.S. due to sanctions.
[ KUSA was formed to create these weapons locally.][
Kalashnikov USA, headquartered in ]Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach ( ) is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale and 36 miles north of Miami. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part ...
, is a brand name owned by RWC Group (Russian Weapons Company) LLC.Kalashnikov Concern
JSC Kalashnikov Concern (; ), known until 2013 as the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant (; ), is a Russian Arms industry, defense manufacturing Concern (business), concern and joint-stock company headquartered in the city of Izhevsk in the Republic ...
.[
]
History
A sanction on the Russian defence sector was started by the United States in 2014, in response to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. On June 30, 2015, Thomas McCrossin, CEO of Kalashnikov USA, announced that Kalashnikov USA would begin selling United States manufactured weapons.
Products
* ''Saiga'' clones (2015): US132 rifle
A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus o ...
modelled after the 7.62mm Izhmash IZ132 and US109 shotgun modelled after the 12 gauge Izhmash IZ109.fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) is a common type of fibre-reinforced plastic, fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened i ...
, and "W" is wood. "Z" is a model with an M16/M4-style CAA CBSCB six-position stock, CAA UPG16 textured pistol-grip, and a CAA RS47-SET polymer forend with accessory rails.
* '' Saiga-12'' clones (2017): KS-12 & KS-12T semi-automatic shotguns. The T ("Tactical") model has an M16/M4-style CAA SBS A-frame skeleton buttstock, CAA UPG16 textured pistol grip, and forend with accessory rails on the sides and bottom. Its polymer furniture comes in black, FDE (" Flat Dark Earth", or Tan), or ODG (" Olive Drab Green", or Greenish Brown).
* KR-9 carbines (2018): 9mm
This is a list of firearm cartridges that have bullets in the to caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviate ...
carbines based on the Vityaz-SN. Available in pistol (stockless with 9.25-inch barrel), short-barreled rifle
Short-barreled rifle broadly refers to any rifle with an unusually short Gun barrel, barrel. The term carbine describes a production rifle with a reduced barrel length for easier handling in confined spaces. Concern about concealed carry, conceal ...
(9.25-inch barrel), and rifle (16.25-inch barrel) sizes.
* KR103 (2020): A 7.62x39 rifle that is a clone of the AK103.
References
External links
*
{{Kalashnikov rifle
Firearm manufacturers of the United States
Kalashnikov derivatives
Companies based in Broward County, Florida
2015 establishments in Florida
American companies established in 2011
Russia–United States relations