| Birth Name: | Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov |
| Birth Date: | 1942 7, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Izhevsk, Russia |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Known For: | Designer of the PP-19 Bizon |
| Occupation: | Small arms designer |
| Parents: | Mikhail Timofevich Kalashnikov, Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova[2] |
| Children: | Mikhail and Aleksandr[3] |
| Awards: | Order of the Badge of Honour[4] |
Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Кала́шников; 16 July 1942 – 27 March 2018) was a Russian small arms designer known for developing the PP-19 Bizon submachine gun.
Kalashnikov was born 16 July 1942 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the son of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, and Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova.
Victor graduated in 1966 from a mechanical institute in Izhevsk in the Soviet Union.
Kalashnikov began his weapon designing career in 1966 by conducting a series of tests of the AK-47 and summarizing the factors that affect its stability, durability, and reliability. He was then involved in the development of self-loading hunting rifles.[5]
He designed a number of parts and components and participated in developing self-loading hunting rifles and Kalashnikov machine guns. He led a group which designed the Bizon and Vityaz-SN submachine guns.
Kalashnikov had two sons, Mikhail and Aleksandr. He died 27 March 2018 at age 75[6] in Izhevsk, Russia.