Maxim PopenkerMaxim Popenker was born in Leningrad, graduated from St Petersburg State Technical University, and is a lieutenant (reserve) in the Russian Armed Forces. He is an established author and writer of magazine and online articles on the subject of firears. He is also contributing editor to a leading Russian gun magazine, and owner of a leading Internet resource on small arms at www.world.guns.ru. Maxim has a long-term interest in the history and technical aspects of firearms, especially those of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Read More Read Less