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AK-47[1]
AK-47 Teep 2A wi ribbed stamped-steel magazine an 6H2 bayonet
TeepAssault rifle
Place o oreegin Soviet Union
Service history
In service1949–present
Uised biSee Uisers
Production history
DesignerMikhail Kalashnikov
Designed1944–1947
ManufacturerIzhmash
No. biggitapproximately 75 million AK-47
100 million AK-type rifles[2][3]
VariantsSee Variants
Specifications
Wecht5.21 kg (11.5 lb) wi loadit magazine[4]
Lenth870 mm (34 in) fixed widden stock
875 mm (34.4 in) fauldin stock extended
645 mm (25.4 in) stock fauldit
Baurel lenth415 mm (16.3 in)

Cartridge7.62×39mm M43/M67
ActionGas-operatit, rotatin bolt
Rate o fire600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity715 m/s[5]
Effective firin range400 metre (440 yd) semi-automatic[6]
300 metre (330 yd) full automatic[6]
Feed seestem10, 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
SichtsAdjustable iron sidhts, 100–800 metre adjustments, 378 mm (14.9 in) sicht radius

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.

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]

  1. Table data are for AK-47 with Type 2/3 receiver
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