AK-47

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.

AK-47[1]
AK-47 Teep 2A wi ribbed stamped-steel magazine an 6H2 bayonet
Teep	Assault rifle
Place o oreegin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1949–present
Uised bi	See Uisers
Production history
Designer	Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed	1944–1947
Manufacturer	Izhmash
No. biggit	thereaboots 75 million AK-47 100 million AK-type rifles[2][3]
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 stairtit 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 memmer states o the Warsaw Pact.

The oreeginal AK-47 wis ae o the first true "assault rifles" tae be manufacturt, efter the oreeginal Sturmgewehr 44.^[7] Efter sax decades the model an its variants wis still 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 haes been producit nor aw ither assault rifles pit thegither.^[2]

Firin the 7.62x39mm cartridge, the AK-47 produces significant woondin effects whan the projectile tumbles an fragments in tissue;^[8] but it produces relatively minor woonds whan the projectile exits the body afore beginnin tae yaw.^[9][10]

Uisers

•  Afghanistan^[11]
•  Albanie^[12]
•  Algerie^[12]
•  Angolae^[12]
•  Armenie^[12]
•  Azerbaijan^[13]
•  Bangladesh^[12]
•  Benin^[12]
•  Botswana^[12]
•  Bulgarie^[12] Bulgarie modification manufactured bi Arsenal J.S.Co as the AR-M1 in 7.62x39mm, 5.45x39mm, & 5.56x45mm^[14][15]
•  Cambodie^[12]
•  Cape Verde^[12]
•  Central African Republic^[12]
•  Chad^[12]
•  Chile^[16]
•  Comoros^[12]
•  Republic o the Congo^[12]
•  Cuba^[12]
•  Democratic Republic o the Congo^[12]
•  East Germany^[17]
•  Egyp^[12]
•  Equatorial Guinea^[12]
•  Ethiopie: AK-47 variant.^[12]
•  Fowkrepublic o Cheenae: Type 56 variant wis uised.^[18]
•  Gabon^[12]
•  Georgie:^[12] Uised bi the Georgie Airmit Forces for ower 15 years. Replacit bi the M4 carbine in 2008.^[19]
•  Greece: EKAM counter-terrorist unit o the Hellenic Polis.^[20][21]
•  Guinea^[12]
•  Guinea-Bissau^[12]
•  Guyana^[12]
•  Hungary^[12]
•  Indie: In uise bi Force One.^[22]
•  Iran^[12]
•  Iraq^[11][12]
•  Israel^[12]
•  Laos^[12]
•  Lesotho^[12]
•  Liberie^[12]
•  Libie^[12]
•  Macedonie^[23]
•  Madagascar^[12]
•  Mali^[12]
•  Maltae: Type 56 variant.^[12]
•  Morocco^[12]
•  Mongolie^[12]
•  Mozambique^[12]
•  Namibie^[12]
•  North Korea: Type 56 an Type 58 variants wis uised.^[12]
•  Palestine^[24]
•  Pakistan: Type 56 variant is uised bi the Special Service Group o the Pakistan Airmy.^[25]
•  Peru^[12]
•  Philippines: Uised bi the Santiago City PNP.^[26]
•  Poland^[17]
•  Qatar^[12]
•  Romanie^[12]
•  Sao Tome an Principe^[12]
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[27]
•  Seychelles^[12]
•  Sierra Leone^[12]
•  Sirie^[12]
•  Somalie^[12]
•  Soviet Union: Adoptit bi the Soviet Union in 1951.^[18]
•  Sri Lanka: Type 56 variant.^[12]
•  Sudan^[12]
• Tanzanie^[12]
•  Togo^[12]
•  Turkey^[12]
•  Vietnam: Type 56 variant wis uised extensively bi the Viet Cong.^[18]
•  Yemen^[12]
•  Yugoslavie^[17]
•  Zambie^[12]
•  Zimbabwe^[12]