Specifications

Weapon type:

Assault rifle

Weight:

3.47 kg (7.7 lb)

Calibre & Catrige:

7.62x39mm

Effective range:

400 m (440 yd)

Rate of fire:

Cyclic 600 rounds/min

Designed:

1946-1948

Designer:

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Manufacturer:

Izhmash, Norinco

Number produced:

75 million

Action:

Gas-operated, rotating bolt

In service:

1949-present

Muzzle velocity:

715 m/s (2,345 ft/s)

Bullets:

7.62x39mm

This Russian assault rifle is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova, also as Kalashnikov, AK, or in Russian slang, Kalash.

It was accepted by the Soviet Army in 1949 and later used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.

Even after six decades the model and its variants remain the most widely used and popular assault rifles in the world.

Packages including this weapon

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