It can maintain quite good performance in extremely harsh environments such as deserts, tropical rainforests, and severe cold. The www.biquge.info is said to have been put in water for a few weeks during the Vietnam War, and then it was able to shoot after being reloaded. And it has a lot of firepower, which is suitable for hand-to-hand combat. The structure is simple and easy to decompose; Easy to clean and maintain, good service; Easy to operate and durable. I also heard that during the Vietnam War, a commander of the U.S. Army said to his soldiers, "If your weapon is out of order, the most important thing you need to do is to find an AK-47 right away." (The fact is that U.S. veterans who lived through the Vietnam War only use AK-47s in emergency situations, rather than often throwing away M-16s in their hands.) Because the rate of fire of the AK-47 is about 600~650 rounds per minute, while the rate of fire of the M-16 is about 750~900 rounds per minute. In the primeval jungle of Vietnam, most of them rely on the sound of gunfire to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and if an American GI recklessly picks up an AK-47 and shoots, he will end up being summoned by his own people as a Viet Cong with powerful firepower. Therefore, it is a misinformation to say that the U.S. military often abandoned the M16 during the Vietnam War. )

The improved model АКМ (Автомат Калашниковамодернизирован, i.e., an improved version of the Kalashnikov automatic rifle), which was put into production in 1959, to some extent improved the above shortcomings. Its muzzle is an oblique cut to achieve the function of a muzzle brake. At the same time, the further use of stamping, welding process, synthetic materials, reduce weight, low production cost, conducive to mass production, in addition to the occasional firing pin when the shell is withdrawn, the failure rate is low.

Type 56 submachine gun in the hands of South Vietnamese soldiers

Type 56 submachine gun in the hands of South Vietnamese soldiers

The АК-47 series of rifles became famous during the Vietnam War in the 1960s, when the АК-47 and the Chinese-made Type 56 assault rifle (Chinese-made AK-47) armed the regular army and guerrillas of North Vietnam. This automatic weapon is trusted by soldiers in jungle environments. During the Vietnam War, it is said that many American soldiers discarded their bulky M14 automatic rifles or M16 assault rifles, which were not adapted to the harsh conditions of the tropical rainforest, and used captured Vietnamese soldiers' АК-47 in favor of captured АК-47 rifles, simply because the АК-47 series rifles have very good reliability, easy control and dense firepower, and AK-47 assault rifles are generally suitable for assault and charge at 300 meters. (Rumors debunked)

The USSR exported the АК-47 family of rifles and their manufacturing technologies to all parts of the world. Due to the surprising reliability, simplicity of construction, durability, high quality, great power, flexibility and ease of use, the АК-47 series rifles are widely used by the armies or rebels of many third world countries and even Western countries. The parties to the conflict in some areas are very trusting and use АК-47. In addition, there are many countries in the world that have made imitations or licensed production, including East Germany (imitation model Mpi-47), the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, China (China licensed the production of Type 56 submachine guns, Type 56 assault rifles, etc.), Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Cuba, North Korea, etc., and it is still produced in the 21st century. The design ideas of the АК-47 have also influenced the design of infantry light weapons in Israel, Finland, China and other countries: such as the Israeli Galil assault rifle, the Chinese Type 81 automatic rifle, and the Type 56 assault rifle. The АК-47 family of rifles is one of the most widely used rifle weapons. Its breadth in the history of small arms may only be matched by the Mauser rifle and the Colt revolver. About 200 million AK-47s were produced, and a total of 53 countries were equipped with armies, and 5 countries painted it on their military emblems, so Kalashnikov is known as the "world gun king" because of the widespread use of АК series rifles around the world.

Nowadays, AK47, AKM, AK74, AK74U, including AK47, AK74U, and other AK gun families have become the "standard" equipment of many anti-American and local rebels, and China's Type 56 rifle is an imitation of AK47.

Development History Editor

In 1944, Kalashnikov designed a semi-automatic carbine that fired 7.62×39mm М1943 type intermediate power cartridges, using the principle of gas-conductive automatic, the piston and piston rod were fixed together, but not connected to the machine gun frame, the magazine capacity was 10 rounds, the air duct was located above the barrel, this gun used a bolt rotary lock, and there were two large symmetrical locking shoots on the locking nose that rotated clockwise. This locking method is a direct reference to the American M1 Garand rifle. However, the rotating nose on this semi-automatic carbine was modified by Krasnikov, which was longer and rotated faster, which greatly increased the reliability of the action of the locking mechanism.

The development of the AK-47 actually began with this semi-automatic rifle, and the further improvement of the locking mechanism of this carbine became the core part of all automatic weapons developed by Kalashnikov between 1945 and 1990, and this system has been tested in practical application for more than 50 years, which has proved that it has very superior reliability, so this system is also known as the Kalashnikov system. The 1945 experimental version of this semi-automatic carbine is an improved version of the 1944 experimental semi-automatic carbine, with the same basic features, with a tubular pull handle located in the upper right. The magazine design has been changed. But the air guide chamber above the barrel is a bit like Simonov's SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the shape of the gas guide already has some hints of the AK-47

Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov

Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov

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In 1946, Kalashnikov began designing assault rifles. On the basis of this semi-automatic carbine, a fully automatic rifle was designed and sent to participate in the national range selection test. The prototype gun was called the AK-46, or 1946 Automatic Rifle. The air guide device and bolt are basically the same as the semi-automatic carbine of the original design, using a stamped riveted receiver, and the firing mechanism has two types: single shot and fully automatic, and the continuous arrester is on the trigger; The entrance to the 30-round arc magazine is under the receiver, the safety/fast and slow handles are on the left side of the receiver, the pistol grip, stock, foregrip and handguard are all wooden, and the muzzle brake is cylindrical.

The principle of operation was the same as that of the AK-46, except that for the first time, the piston, piston rod and bolt body were connected - they were fastened together with screws. The receiver is stamped and formed, the front of the receiver is fixed to the barrel, and the safety/fast handle is placed on the right side of the receiver for the first time.