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War Factories: Colt & Kalashnikov

War Factories (2020)

Documentary, Historical, War

Director: Laurence Durkin, Mike Ibeji

Yesterday | Wednesday 22 May 2024 | 11:00

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Wednesday 22 May 2024 11:00

Tuesday 21 May 2024 17:00

Friday 23 February 2024 10:00

Thursday 22 February 2024 16:00

Sunday 21 January 2024 10:00

SEASON: 2

EPISODE: 7 - Colt & Kalashnikov

SYNOPSIS

Long before Henry Ford, Samuel Colt was the true father of mass production. Ironically, it was the inadequacy of Soviet factory production which made the AK47 so effective.

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Writer: Mike Ibeji

RUNTIME: 45 min

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