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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.
Type 58 – North Korean copy of the AK-47, used by second-line troops and militia. [3] [10] DP-28 – Soviet supplied machine guns and Chinese Type 53 copies replaced in frontline service by the Type 62. [3] Type 73 – Replaced in frontline service by the Type 82. [3] RPG-2 [2]: A-32 – Replaced in frontline service by the RPG-7. [3]
AKM(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – Mikhail Kalashnikov – Late 1940s–1959 – assault rifle – 7.62×39mm: Modernized variant of the AK-47 developed in the 1940s–1950s.) AK-74 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – Mikhail Kalashnikov – 1974 – assault rifle – 5.45×39mm: variant of the AKM that improves some of the ...
The PLA's first attempt to replace their aging Type 56 carbine (a Chinese license produced SKS) and Type 56 assault rifle (a Chinese license produced AK-47) was the Type 63 assault rifle. [5] This weapon, however, ended in failure due to a variety of issues resulting in a switch back to the weapons it intended to replace.
The 7.62×39mm (aka 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 rifles, the SKS semi automatic rifle, as well as the RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Name Type Photo Notes 6B2 (Zh-RI) : Flak jacket Issued in 1980, it provided inadequate protection in Afghanistan and subsequently phased out. [3]: 41 6B3: Flak jacket
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 ...
The return spring and guide rod are identical to those of the AK. The Bizon has a four-groove barrel with a 240 mm (1:9 in) right-hand rifling pitch. [ 1 ] The gun's muzzle device has a large rectangular port on each side of dead center that serves to reduce muzzle jump, although the main purpose of this device is to protect the muzzle and ...