Designer of small arms Viktor Kalashnikov died in Izhevsk at the age of 76, according to the website of the Izhevsk State Technological University.

Activity as a designer Kalashnikov began in 1966. It is noted that during the development of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, he conducted numerous studies, identified a number of factors affecting the stability, durability and reliability of the product, developed a number of units and details at the level of inventions.

In addition, the designer participated in the development and tested several samples of the Kalashnikov combined-power machine gun. Participated in the work on the topic "Abakan", his team developed submachine guns "Bison-2" and "Vityaz-SN". This is reported by "The Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".