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Chinese copy of the AK-47. [2]: A-75 Type 88 North Korea: North Korean copy of the AK-74. Slowly supplanting the Type 68 as the future standard-issue rifle of the KPA. [3] It is designed to use a new NK-designed helical magazine that can hold between 100 and 150 5.45 x 39 mm cartridges besides the standard 30 round magazine. [9] AK-12 Russia
The AK-47 was designed to be a simple, reliable fully automatic rifle that could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, using mass production methods that were state of the art in the Soviet Union during the late 1940s. [41] The AK-47 uses a long-stroke gas system generally associated with high reliability in adverse conditions.
The RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова/РПК, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, English: "Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun"), sometimes inaccurately termed the RPK-47, is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault ...
General Utility Truck. Standard tactical truck of PLAGF since 1990s. Kamaz-43114/43118 – In limited service. Heavy high mobility and tactical truck. KrAZ-6322 – In limited service. Heavy high mobility and tactical truck; BJ212 – In limited service. Originally developed from UAZ-460. Standard light utility & off-road vehicle in 1960s to 2000s.
AK-74 — Soviet Union Russia: Assault rifle: 5.45×39mm: Used for "aggressor" training and secret agent training AK-47 — Soviet Union: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: Used for "aggressor" training and secret agent training Type 58: Factory 61/65 North Korea: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: Used for "aggressor" training and secret agent training ...
An undisclosed amount of AK-103 rifles for use by special forces were purchased from Kalashnikov Concern and delivered in 2016. [16] [17] Iran have another copy of AK-103 which is called KL-133, This one is the Iranian-Chinese type that is not Made under license of Kalashnikov company Sayyad 5.56: 5.56×45mm
The AKMS (top) compared to an AK-47 (bottom) Compared with the AK-47, the AKM features detailed improvements and enhancements that optimized the rifle for mass production; some parts and assemblies were conceived using simplified manufacturing methods. Notably, the AK-47's milled steel receiver was replaced by a U-shaped steel stamping.
The rifle has a cleaning kit stored in a trapdoor in the buttstock, with a cleaning rod running under the barrel, in the same style as the AK-47. The cap for the cleaning kit also serves as a cleaning rod guide, to protect the crown from being damaged during cleaning. The body of the cleaning kit serves as the cleaning rod handle.