the Kalashnikov is one of the world of the most recognizable weapons that Russian army says it is stop orders from the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle, until a newer model of the manufacturer is developed.The General staff Nikolai Makarov Chief said the army had already too many of the weapons Russian media in their business.
A new model is expected to be until the end of the year.
News of the army decision is allegedly the gun designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, now 91 held.
"We don't want to us, to tell him," said an unnamed member of his family of Russian Izvestia newspaper.
"It could kill him."
"Too many"The Kalashnikov, instantly recognizable, known for its robustness and was considered a design classic that is supposed to be around the world on the strongest produced rifle.
In the service in Russia since the 1940s, it was copied by the producers all over the world.
It has gone through several versions of the original AK-47 - the AK stands for "Kalashnikov automatic"-the AKM and later, the AK-74.
Gen Makarov said that the shares of the weapon of the army exceeded needs "several times over".
A spokesman for the gun developers, the Izhmash plant in Central Russia, told Izvestia newspaper that a new model, would be ready by the end of the year for demonstration purposes.
Exports increase the plant and hunting production in the meantime try rifle would, added the representative.
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