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[[Image:MarineAK47.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A US Marine firing the AK-47 assault rifle.]]
{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="250" style="margin-left:5px"
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''AK-47'''
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:MarineAK47.JPG|250px]]<br>A [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] firing the AKMS variant of the AK-47 assault rifle.
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! Type:
| [[Assault rifle]]
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! Country of origin:
| {{{data2|[[Soviet Union]]}}}
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! Designed:
| {{{data3|1947}}}
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! Used by:
| [[Warsaw Pact]], most developing countries
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! Number built:
| Over 100 million
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: lightblue no-repeat scroll top left;"|Specifications
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! Weight:
| 3.8 kg (9.5 lb) empty, 4.3 kg loaded
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! Length:
| 870 mm (34.25 in)
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! Barrel length:
| 415 mm (16.3 in)
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! Cartridge:
| [[7.62x39]]mm
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! Rate of fire:
| 600 rounds/min
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! Muzzle velocity:
| 710 m/s (~2,330 ft/s)
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! Effective range:
| 300m (330 yds)
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! Sights:
| Iron
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| colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}}
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'''The AK-47''' is the designation of an [[assault rifle]] designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]. It stands for ''Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947'' in [[Russia]]n. During the design, Kalashnikov built upon many elements introduced by the [[Nazi]] [[Sturmgewehr44]]. His main competitor was [[Eugene Stoner]] who designed the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle. The modernized version of the AK-47 is the [[AK-74]] assault rifle, the standard-issue infantry rifle of the [[Russian Federation]].
'''The AK-47''' is the designation of an [[assault rifle]] designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]. It stands for ''Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947'' in [[Russia]]n. During the design, Kalashnikov built upon many elements introduced by the [[Nazi]] [[Sturmgewehr44]]. His main competitor was [[Eugene Stoner]] who designed the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle. The modernized version of the AK-47 is the [[AK-74]] assault rifle, the standard-issue infantry rifle of the [[Russian Federation]].
[[Category:Guns]]
[[Category:Guns]]