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The AK-47 was designed to be a simple, reliable fully automatic rifle that could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, using mass production methods that were state of the art in the Soviet Union during the late 1940s. The AK-47 uses a long-stroke gas system generally associated with high reliability in adverse conditions.
Kalashnikov rifles (Russian: Автоматы Калашникова ), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles or simply the AK, are a family of selective fire assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov 's original design. They are officially known in Russian as avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: автомат Калашникова, lit ...
RWC Group LLC, doing business as Kalashnikov USA ( KUSA ), is a privately-owned American company that designs, manufactures and markets Kalashnikov -styled firearms for law enforcement, military and commercial markets. [3] [4] Russian-made Kalashnikov rifles and other weapons cannot be imported to the U.S. due to sanctions. [2]
M16 5.56×45mm. The AK-47's heavier 7.62×39mm round has superior penetration when compared to the M16's lighter 5.56×45mm round and is better in circumstances where a soldier has to shoot through heavy foliage, walls or a common vehicle's metal body and into an opponent attempting to use these things as cover.
7.62x39mm M43. Action. Gas-operated, rotating bolt. Feed system. Detachable box magazine. Sights. Iron sights. The CMMG Mk47 Mutant is an American-made semi-automatic rifle chambered in 7.62×39mm, made by CMMG Inc. It can accept all types of Kalashnikov pattern magazines, including steel, polymer and drum magazines.
30-round detachable box magazine [4] Sights. 370 mm (14.6 in) sight radius [2] The AR-M1 is a Bulgarian assault rifle designed primarily for export. It is a modernized Bulgarian derivative of the AKK, which itself is based on the Soviet AK-47. [5] The AR-M1 can be chambered for both the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×39mm cartridges.
The AKM is an automatic rifle chambered in 7.62×39mm intermediate cartridge. It is a selective fire, gas operated with a rotating bolt, firing in either semi-automatic or fully automatic, and has a cyclic rate of fire of around 600 rounds per minute (RPM). The gas operated action has a large bolt carrier with a permanently attached long stroke ...
Kbkg wz. 1960. The Karabinek-granatnik wzór 1960 ( Polish: Carbine-grenade launcher model 1960 ), also designated PMK-DGN-60 [1] or PMK-60, [2] is a Polish-made version of the AK-47 assault rifle that can fire rifle grenades .