![]() The improved model, known as the AKM, is easier to produce and operate. The early AKs had no bayonet, but the version with the fixed wooden stock later mounted a detachable knife bayonet. ![]() Except for the differences in the stock and the lack of a tool kit with the AKS, the two version were identical. The AK came in two versions: one with a fixed wooden stock, and another, the AKS, with a folding metal stock issued primarily to parachutist and armor troops. Like all 7.62-mm Kalashnikov assault rifles, it fired the Soviet 7.62 x 39mm M1943 round and used a standard 30-round curved box magazine. It was a gas-operated, selectivefire weapon. The original AK was also known as the AK-47. Note that the stamped receiver has small indents above the magazine instead of the machined cuts on the earlier AK models.ĪKM with GP-25 40mm under barrel grenade launcher Note the distinctive machined cuts above and forward of the magazine well.Īutomat Kalashnikova Modernized - AKM assault rifle, with the multipurpose bayonet-knife. Modified AK (1955 manufacture), with machined receiver. Kalashnikov AK (the original AK-47 with combination stamped / milled receiver) Kalashnikov AK-47 and AKM assault rifles (USSR)
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