Avtomat Kalashnikova Rifle

The AK Rifle (Avtomat Kalashnikova) refers to a pattern of assault rifles designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The first production models of the rifles are colloquially known as the "AK-47". The AK was adopted in 1949, replacing the SKS the AK would become the standard issue rifle of many socialist states and other countries supported by them.

Variants of AK pattern rifles

This gallery does not contain civilian and export models (with a few exceptions whenever relevant) and includes rifles from capitalist countries and previously socialist countries that restored capitalism.

Soviet and Russian AK assault rifle variants

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  AK Type I (1948)

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  AK Type II (1951)

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  AK Type III (1955)

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  AKS Type 1 (1948)

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  AKS Type II (1951)

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  AKS Type III (1955)

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  AKM (1959)

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  AKMS (1959)

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  AK-74 (1974)

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  AKS-74 (1974)

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  AK-74M (1991)