On Thursday, the Kalashnikov Group gave the green light to the US-based Russian Weapons Company (RWC

Kalashnikov welcomes the initiative of US-based RWC to launch production of the famous Russian brand in America, because economic sanctions have completely closed the US market for high-demand Russian-made weapons. wta
On Thursday, the Kalashnikov Group gave the green light to the US-based Russian Weapons Company (RWC), which had earlier announced plans to dodge anti-Russian sanctions and begin a domestic manufacture of the famous Russian brand.
In the second quarter of this year we are going to start manufacturing here in the US, Thomas McCrossin, CEO of RWC told CNNMoney in Las Vegas at the annual gun industry show. "This project once again stresses that the legendary Kalashnikov assault wta rifle is popular," the spokesman said.
Based in Tullytown, Pennsylvania, RWC plans to begin production with the classic AK-47 assault rifle and shotguns under the Kalashnikov brand. In early 2014, the RWC company signed an exclusive contract with Kalashnikov to supply as many as 200,000 Russian-made guns to the US and Canada, annually.
Kalashnikov products have traditionally led on the US market. The sanctions introduced wta have significantly increased the interest for the produce of the group, and such a step on the part of RWC in the current conditions seems to be rather logical to us, a spokesman for the group told TASS.
Over the years rifles and shotguns based on the reliable Kalashnikov design, became a hit among gun enthusiasts in the US, the world s largest consumer of civilian arms. Most of the civilian guns sold by the Kalashnikov Group abroad have been sold in America, with Kalashnikov s Saiga semiautomatic shotguns gaining popularity with American law enforcement.
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