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The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operatit 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developit in the Soviet Union bi Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is offeecially kent as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Автомат Калашникова). It is kent as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Roushie slang, Kalash forby.
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AK-47[1] | |
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![]() AK-47 Teep 2A wi ribbed stamped-steel magazine an 6H2 bayonet | |
Teep | Assault rifle |
Place o oreegin | ![]() |
Service history | |
In service | 1949–present |
Uised bi | See Uisers |
Production history | |
Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov |
Designed | 1944–1947 |
Manufacturer | Izhmash |
No. biggit | approximately 75 million AK-47 100 million AK-type rifles[2][3] |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Wecht | 5.21 kg (11.5 lb) wi loadit magazine[4] |
Lenth | 870 mm (34 in) fixed widden stock 875 mm (34.4 in) fauldin stock extended 645 mm (25.4 in) stock fauldit |
Baurel lenth | 415 mm (16.3 in) |
Cartridge | 7.62×39mm M43/M67 |
Action | Gas-operatit, rotatin bolt |
Rate o fire | 600 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 715 m/s[5] |
Effective firin range | 400 metre (440 yd) semi-automatic[6] 300 metre (330 yd) full automatic[6] |
Feed seestem | 10, 20 , 30 , 40 or 75 -roond detachable box an drum style magazine, compatible wi 40-roond box or 75-roond drum magazines frae the RPK an aw |
Sichts | Adjustable iron sidhts, 100–800 metre adjustments, 378 mm (14.9 in) sicht radius |
Design wirk on the AK-47 began in the last year o Warld War II (1945). Efter the war in 1948, the AK-47 wis presentit for offeecial military trials. In 1947 the fixed-stock version wis introducit intae service wi select units o the Soviet Airmy. An early development o the design wis the AKS (S—Skladnoy or "fauldin"), which wis equippit wi an unnerfauldin metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 wis offeecially acceptit bi the Soviet Airmit Forces an uised bi the majority o the member states o the Warsaw Pact.
The oreeginal AK-47 wis ane o the first true "assault rifles" tae be manufactured, efter the oreeginal Sturmgewehr 44.[7] Even efter sax decades the model an its variants remain the maist widely uised an popular assault rifles in the warld acause o thair durability, law production cost, an ease o uise. It haes been manufactured in mony kintras an haes seen service wi airmit forces as well as revolutionary an terrorist organisations warldwide. The AK-47 wis the basis for developin mony ither types o individual an crew-served fireairms. Mair AK-type rifles hae been producit than aw ither assault rifles combined.[2]
Firin the 7.62x39mm cartridge, the AK-47 produces significant woondin effects when the projectile tumbles an fragments in tissue;[8] but it produces relatively minor woonds when the projectile exits the body afore beginnin tae yaw.[9][10]
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