What is the AK-47?
Q: What is the AK-47?
A: The AK-47 is a Russian combat rifle first used in 1949. It was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov and quickly became famous for its reliability, simplicity, and ease of use.
Q: Who uses the AK-47?
A: The AK-47 and its successors continue to be used by many of the world's armies, as well as terrorist and insurgent groups.
Q: What are some variants of the AK-47?
A: Variants of the AK-47 include the folding stock version (AKS-47), a shortened version with a folding stock (AKMSU), a light machine gun variant (RPK), and others such as the sks/Dragunov sniper rifle and Saiga-12 semi-automatic shotgun.
Q: How does an AK-47 reload?
A: An AK-47 uses gas operated reloading - when a bullet is fired down the barrel, some of the gas behind it goes up a small tube that pushes away the bolt so that it can be reloaded without having to manually do so each time.
Q: Is an AK-47 semi or fully automatic?
A: Most versions of an AK-47 are fully automatic firearms, but there are also some versions made to only be used in semi automatic mode where you have to pull and release then trigger again after every shot.
Q: What type of cartridge does an AKS74U fire?
A: The AKS74U fires 5.45 cartridges from an Ak 74 weapon system.
Q: Who designed the Ak 47 ?
A: The Ak 47 was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1947
