This is one of the few types of weapon used in Facility 3826 that wasn’t developed or manufactured there. That may be why the Kollektiv 1.0’s automated assembly technology left the blueprints for this assault rifle virtually untouched. However, its upgrades obviously betray the neural network’s “ingenuity and sophistication.”

Within just six years of its introduction, the Kalash became the most widespread weapon in the world, thanks to its ease of manufacture, its powerful ammo, and its reliability. Despite a number of obvious shortcomings (its low accuracy, the lack of a collapsible stock, and its extremely heavy weight), this assault rifle became a symbol that celebrated the USSR’s defense industry and was even on a par in that regard with its high-tech robots.