AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the USSR by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Rọ́síà: Автомат Калашникова). It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.
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AK-47[1] | |
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Standard AK-47 | |
Type | Assault rifle |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1949–present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov |
Designed | 1944–1947 |
Manufacturer | Izhmash |
Number built | approximately 75 million AK-47 100 million AK-type rifles[2][3] |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Weight | 5.21 kg (11.5 lb) with loaded magazine[4] |
Length | 870 mm (34 in) fixed wooden stock 875 mm (34.4 in) folding stock extended 645 mm (25.4 in) stock folded |
Barrel length | 415 mm (16.3 in) |
Cartridge | 7.62×39mm M43/M67 |
Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt |
Rate of fire | 600 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 715 m/s (2,350 ft/s)[5] |
Effective range | 400 metres (440 yd) semi-automatic[6] 300 metres (330 yd) full automatic[6] |
Feed system | 10, 20 , 30 , 40, 75, or 100-round detachable box and drum style magazine |
Sights | Adjustable iron sights, 100–800 metre adjustments, 378 mm (14.9 in) sight radius |
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àtúnṣe- ↑ Table data are for AK-47 with Type 2/3 receiver
- ↑ Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid
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- ↑ "AK-47 Inventor Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Havoc Wrought With His Invention". Fox News. 6 July 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288456,00.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ Dockery, Kevin (2007). Future Weapons. p. 102.
- ↑ Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bidwell, Shelford. The Encyclopedia of land warfare in the 20th century, p. 199. Spring Books, 1977.