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The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года) is a gas operated assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.. produced by Russian manufacturer IZH. The AK-47 is lighter than most auto loading rifles.. more compact.. shorter range.. smaller cartridges.. with selective fire.

The AK-47 is one of the most popular assault rifles in the world.

Germany was the first to develop weapons most similar to the modern assault rifle during the second world war.. based on the fact most military modern warfare would occur at 100 to 300 meters.. so an intermediate-power cartridge and firearm combining the features of a submachine gun was required a range of 300 meters.. manufacturing costs were reduced by shortening the 8mm Mauser cartridge to 33mm and using a lighter bullet. The Germans were the first to produce a number of this type during the war and deeply influenced Russian doctrine after the war.

Mikhail Kalashnikov began studying automatic weapons design while still in the hospital after being wounded in the battle of Bryansk. His initial attempt at designing a new submachine gun offered no significant innovations or advantage over other designs and Sudayev's PPS43 submachine gun was preferred to Kalashnikov's design.. so he redesigned his losing design after examining a German StG44 in 1946.. and was possibly chosen to lead a team of designers for propaganda value due to his war-hero status rather than for his expertise. Mikhail denies it was based on the German assault rifle.. and today is best described as a hybrid of several previous innovations. The AK-47 borrows its cartridge concept.. weapon layout.. gas system.. and construction methods from the StG44.. and the safety is surprisingly similar to the Browning designed Remington Model 8 rifle. The genius in the design of the Kalashnikov rifle is in the simplification of those contributing designs and adaptation to mass production by relatively unskilled labour. The AK-47 can be seen as a fusion of the best that the M1 Garand offered combined with the best aspects of the StG44.

The AK-47 is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and easy to clean and maintain.. it's ruggedness and reliability are legendary. The large gas piston, generous clearances between moving parts, and tapered cartridge case design allow the gun to endure large amounts of foreign matter without failing to cycle. This reliability comes at the cost of accuracy, as the looser tolerances do not allow the precision and consistency that are required of more accurate firearms.. accuracy was not the feature most desired of this design.. reflecting Soviet infantry doctrine of its time, the rifle is meant to be part of massed infantry fire, not long range engagements.

1947 Base model manufacture for all AK-47's started and continued to 1959. (several countries still manufacture a modernized version today)

1961 Kalashnikov machine guns were adopted by the Army.. the PKS: heavy machine gun.. the PKB: armoured carrier machine gun.. the PKT: tank machine gun.

1990 The Army was equipped with the modernized Kalashnikov submachine gun AK-74M with folding plastic butt.

1991 The modernized Kalashnikov light machine guns RPK-74M was adopted in armament.. and today include the 100 series.

AK-47 LINKS:

www.kalashnikov.guns.ru

www.world.guns.ru/assault/as01-e.htm

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