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! Weight:

! Weight:

| 3.8 kg (9.5 lb) empty, 4.3 kg loaded

| 3.8 kg (9.5 lb) empty, 4.3 kg loaded

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! Length:

! Length:

| 870 mm (34.25 in)

| 870 mm (34.25 in)

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! Barrel length:

! Barrel length:

| 415 mm (16.3 in)

| 415 mm (16.3 in)

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! Cartridge:

! Cartridge:

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! Muzzle velocity:

! Muzzle velocity:

| 710 m/s (~2,330 ft/s)

| 710 m/s (~2,330 ft/s)

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! Effective range:

! Effective range:

On the 7th of January 2015, [[Muslim]] [[jihadism|jihad]] [[terrorist]]s attacked with AK-47's in the [[liberal]] [[gun free zone]] of [[Paris]] at [[Charlie Hebdo]]. Charlie Hebdo is a [[left wing]] [[atheist]] [[socialist]] [[French]] [[satirical]] weekly newspaper that often features generally vulgar [[cartoon]]s (often with stylized cartoon versions of [[homosexual]] acts on the cover), articles and [[profanity|profane]] jokes that "celebrate" [[freedom of speech]] for [[liberal values]]. At their offices, three [[extremist]] [[Islamic]] terrorist French-born males armed with fully-automatic AK-47s [[murder]]ed, [[execution]]-style, 10 of the staff and 2 [[law enforcement|policeman]] and wounded other ten people.

On the 7th of January 2015, [[Muslim]] [[jihadism|jihad]] [[terrorist]]s attacked with AK-47's in the [[liberal]] [[gun free zone]] of [[Paris]] at [[Charlie Hebdo]]. Charlie Hebdo is a [[left wing]] [[atheist]] [[socialist]] [[French]] [[satirical]] weekly newspaper that often features generally vulgar [[cartoon]]s (often with stylized cartoon versions of [[homosexual]] acts on the cover), articles and [[profanity|profane]] jokes that "celebrate" [[freedom of speech]] for [[liberal values]]. At their offices, three [[extremist]] [[Islamic]] terrorist French-born males armed with fully-automatic AK-47s [[murder]]ed, [[execution]]-style, 10 of the staff and 2 [[law enforcement|policeman]] and wounded other ten people.

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Battle rifle]] versus [[Assault rifle]]

* [[Battle rifle]] versus [[Assault rifle]]

* [[Essay:France Pays Dearly - Liberal Gun Control Laws and Gun Free Zones that Welcome Terrorists]]

* [[Essay:France Pays Dearly - Liberal Gun Control Laws and Gun Free Zones that Welcome Terrorists]]

* [[Invest in tangibles]]

* [[Invest in tangibles]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/AK-47_Operator%27s_Manual US Army AK-47 Operating Manual]

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/AK-47_Operator%27s_Manual US Army AK-47 Operating Manual]

*[http://www.pbase.com/the_kampfer/image/47449546 AK-47 in action]

*[http://www.pbase.com/the_kampfer/image/47449546 AK-47 in action]

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