Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
Overall length: 870 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Weight: 4,300 g (9.4798789 Pounds) with empty magazine, 4,876 g (10.749741748 Pounds) loaded
Magazine capacity 30 rds (40 rds box magazines and 75 rds drums)
Sighting range, m: 800
Cyclic rate of fire 600 rds/min
Practical rate of fire, single shots 90-100 rds/min; bursts 400 rds/min
Muzzle velocity: 780 m/s
More About the AK-47:
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The designation AK-47 stands for Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle, 1947 Model (Russian: Автомат Калашникова 47, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova 47). It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova (or simply 'AK'). It is also known as a Kalashnikov or Russian jargon Kalash.
Design work on the AK began in the last year of World War II (1944). After the war 1946, the AK-46 was presented for official military trials; and, in 1947, the fixed-stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS-47 (S—Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.
Firing the 7.62x39mm cartridge, the AK-47 produces significant wounding (including hydrostatic shock) when the projectile tumbles and fragments in tissue; but it produces relatively minor wounds when the projectile exits the body before beginning to yaw.
The original AK-47 was one of the first true assault rifles. Even after six decades—because of its durability, low production cost, and ease of use—the model and its variants remain the most widely used and popular assault rifles in the world. It has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with regular armed forces as well as irregular, revolutionary and terrorist organizations, worldwide. The AK-47 was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. More AK-type rifles have been produced than all other assault rifles combined.
More About the Creator:
Kalashnikov goal was to design a cheaply manufactured, automatic weapon that fired the new Soviet 7.62x39mm intermediate power round. This round was intended to be a compromise between the pistols rounds fired from submachine gun, which were controllable but lacked power, and the rifle cartridges fired from heavier machine guns, which were either too heavy to fire while on the move or, if lightened, uncontrollable during automatic fire. The conventional wisdom is that the Nazi's originated the concept of an assault rifle with their MP44 machine-pistol design, (which fired the 7.92x33 "8mm Kurz" round) and the Soviets copied them, but this is disputed by Ezell -- both sides may have developed such weapons concurrently. Furthermore, Kalashnikov was hardly the only _Soviet_ designer working toward this end at this time. Other designers looking at the 7.62x39 cartridge included Simonov (designer of the SKS) and Tokarev (designer of the weapons that bear his name).
Some Facts:
1- The Gun was made for Russia by a Russian, that's why it's Great Mother Russia.
2- The inventor of the AK-47 did not profit from the gun
3- The AK-47 is the perfect weapon for children
4- America may have given bin Laden his first AK-47
5- The AK-47 is the U.S. army’s most resilient enemy
6- The AK-47 is the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers
7- Although by some estimates there are 100 million AK-47-style assault rifles in circulation around the world
8- U.S Marines Carry AK-47 Mags, because of how common is the gun on war that they just take the gun and go.
9- Reason why U.S Marines had an disadvantage to the Vietnam war, because Russia obviously, and because the M-16 Lack of Durability on Dirt, Mud, ETC, unlike AK-47 it can be thrown pass trough a military jeep, and can still work flawlessly.
10- Over Five Decades the Gun haven't been Changed.
11- And 15 Armies use it today.12- You can buy an AK47 at Africa for $12 and you don't need a License.
13- On AK-47 PELE gun can cost up-to $500, and a real one you can at $12 at Africa.