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The AK-47 is a Soviet-designed 7.62x39mm [[assault rifle]] developed between 1944–1946 by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]] at Izhevsk Mechanical Works and has a reputation for its ruggedness, ease of manufacture, and reliability. Made from mostly stampings, rivets and a fewl milled steel components, with a trigger sprung by wire and very loose part tolerances, the AK has several important traits: * The ability to digest even the worst ammunition * Extremely low cost and ease of manufacturing; you can make an AK from a shovel if you're stubborn enough * Very, VERY poor performance in mud. The loose tolerances of the AK allow shoddy, rough parts to still work, but also mean that the gun is (literally) full of holes, allowing the ingress of mud and dirt. It's worth bearing in mind that, although "AK-47" is the most commonly recognized name for this family of rifles and is thus the most useful tag name, genuine AK-47 rifles were in production for only a very limited time and were of mostly milled, not stamped, construction. The ubiquitous stamped-receiver AK variant, and almost always the one current events commentators really mean when they namedrop the AK-47, is the 1959 AKM ([i]Avtomat Kalashnikova modernizirovanny[/i], "modernized Kalashikov automatic rifle"). h4. See also * [[List of weapons]] * [[AK-74]] * [[PP-19 Bizon]] * [[RPD]] h4. External links * "Wikipedia: AK-47":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47 Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:54 |