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A model of gun designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, widely used by the USSR armed forces through much of the 1970s and 1980s. It is also known simply as the Kalashnikov. It is classified as an assault rifle, a small calibre rifle that can be fired as a semi-automatic, or in short bursts as a fully-automatic. |
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The "Abtomat Kalashnikov model 1947" or AK-47 is a gun designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, widely used by the USSR armed forces through much of the 1970s and 1980s. It is classified as an assault rifle, a mid-caliber rifle that, like a main battle rifle, can be fired semi-automaticly, or in short fully-automatic bursts, but that is smaller and shorter-ranged. |
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New designs replaced the AK47 during the 1980s. |
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New designs replaced the AK-47 during the 1980s. |
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Favoured by Eastern powers probably because of its ease of use, robustness, and simplicity to manufacture. Copies were made by many factories in other countries including China and Poland, where they are still in production today. |
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It was favoured by Eastern powers probably because of its ease of use, robustness, and simplicity of manufacture. Copies were made by many factories in other countries including China and Poland, where they are still in production today. |
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The standard AK-47 fires a 7.62 mm round with a muzzle velocity of 700 m/s. Repeat is between 90 and 400 rounds per minute; the design peak of 600 rounds per minute cannot really be achieved (why not? heat? recoil?). |
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The standard AK-47 fires a 7.62 mm round with a muzzle velocity of 700 m/s. Rate of fire is between 90 and 400 rounds per minute; the design peak of 600 rounds per minute cannot really be achieved (why not? heat? recoil?). |
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