Avtomat Kalashnikova Rifle
The AK Rifle (Avtomat Kalashnikova[a]) 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 as standard issue rifle of the Soviet Union. The AK would become the standard issue rifle of many socialist states and other countries supported by them. The AK has become a symbol of revolution and socialism.
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.
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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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RPK (1961)
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AK-74 (1974)
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AKS-74 (1974)
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RPK-74 (1974)
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AKS-74U (1978)
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AK-74M (1991)
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AK-101 (1994)
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AK-102 (1994)
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AK-103 (1994)
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AK-104 (1994)
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AK-105 (1994)
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East German AK variants
Hungarian AK variants
Romanian AK variants
Yugoslav and Serbian AK models
Albanian AK models
Chinese AK models
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Type 56 (1956)
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QBZ-56 (1956)
North Korean AK models
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Type 58 (1958)
Usage of AK pattern rifles by Socialist States
Notes
- ↑ Russian:Автомат Калашникова