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'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov , it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles .
The Kalashnikov assault rifle 1974 model by Izhmash, Russia (AK-74) The logo that is currently being used by Kalashnikov Concern to represent its series of AK-branded rifles. Kalashnikov rifles (Russian: Автоматы Калашникова), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on ...
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (UK: / k ə ˈ l æ ʃ n ɪ k ɒ f / kə-LASH-nik-off, US: /-ˈ l ɑː ʃ-/- LAHSH-; [4] [5] Russian: Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈlaʂnʲɪkəf]; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms ...
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns.
The AK-12 (Russian: "Avtomat Kalashnikova, 2012" – GRAU index 6P70) is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm, designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash), making it the fifth generation of Kalashnikov rifles.
Venezuela: First 30,000 AK-103 rifles were received in June 2006. [34] Made under license by CAVIM . [ 35 ] CAVIM's AK-103 factories opened officially in 2012 without the necessary manufacturing equipment. [ 36 ]
"Baby (Masculine)"), [3] sometimes referred to as the Vulcan-M, [4] is an assault rifle developed by the Ukrainian arms company Interproinvest (IPI). [5] The Malyuk is a development of the Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifle, reconfigured into a bullpup layout.
In 2017, Kalashnikov unveiled the modernized versions of the AK-100 family of rifles. Main key takeaways compared to the AK-100 variants is the additional picatinny rails, accurized barrel, improved flash hider device, pinned barrel components instead of pressed in. Additionally, the handguard possesses 4 rails instead of two, with a rail on ...