The Afghan Mujahideen’s Poison Bullet – Then and Now
The 5.45×39 mm intermediate round is, of course, not new. It was developed in Russia for the new AK project in the early 70s and later called the AK-74. This potent round was nicknamed the Poison Bullet by Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan conflict of 1979-1989, due to its tremendous wounding effects on its…