29/06/2019
Real about AK47
AK47
Type: Assault rifle
Place of origin: Soviet Union
Service history:
In service 1949–present (worldwide)
1949–1978 (USSR)
Production history
Designer : Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed: 1946–1948
Manufacturer: Kalashnikov Concern and various others including Norinco
Produced: 1949–present
Number built ≈ 75 million AK-47s, 100 million Kalashnikov-family weapons
Specifications:
Weight Without magazine:
3.47 kg (7.7 lb)
Magazine, empty:
0.43 kg (0.95 lb) (early issue)[5]
0.33 kg (0.73 lb) (steel)[6]
0.25 kg (0.55 lb) (plastic)[7]
0.17 kg (0.37 lb) (light alloy)[6]
Length Fixed wooden stock:
880 mm (35 in)[7]
875 mm (34.4 in) folding stock extended
645 mm (25.4 in) stock folded[5]
Barrel length Overall length:
415 mm (16.3 in)[7]
Rifled bore length:
369 mm (14.5 in)[7]
Cartridge: 7.62×39mm
Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire: Cyclic rate of fire:
600 rds/min[7]
Combat rate of fire:
Semi-auto 40 rds/min[7]
Bursts 100 rds/min[7]
Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s (2,350 ft/s)
Effective firing range 350 m (380 yd)
Feed system 30-round detachable box magazine
There are also 5- 10-, 20- and 40-round box and 75- and 100-round drum magazines available
Sights 100–800 m adjustable iron sights
Sight radius:
378 mm (14.9 in)[7]
The AK-47, or AK as it is officially known (also known as the Kalashnikov or in Russian slang, Kalash) is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and automatic), gas-operated 7.62×39 mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known in the Soviet documentation as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова).
source:wikipedia