AK-47

The AK-47 (also known as the Kalashnikov, AK, or in Russian slang, Kalash) is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and automatic), gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known in the Soviet documentation as Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова).

Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). In 1946, the AK-47 was presented for official military trials, and in 1948, the fixed-stock version was introduced into active service with selected units of the Soviet Army. An early development of the design was the AKS (S—Skladnoy or "folding"), which was equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock. In 1949, the AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.

Even after almost seven decades the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use. The AK-47 has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide, and was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. As of 2004..."Of the estimated 500 million firearms worldwide, approximately 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three-quarters of which are AK-47s".

AK-47 (disambiguation)

AK-47 is a type of automatic rifle.

AK-47 may also refer to:

A.K.47 (film)

A.K.47 (Kannada: ಏ. ಕೇ. 47 (ē. kē. 47)) is an Indian Kannada film directed by Om Prakash Rao and starring Shivarajkumar, Om Puri, Girish Karnad in pivotal roles. The music is scored by Hamsalekha This film was remade in Telugu and Hindi with same name starring Saikumar and Aditya respectively.

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It successfully completed 175 days in many centers of Karnataka and became a career highlight for actor Shivarajkumar.This movie's credit goes to many people one is Producer Ramu, Director om prakash rao, Music director Nadabramha Hamsalekha, of course Shivanna, and last but not least MS Ramesh & HS Rajshekar for their tremendous dialogue.Though it is Kannada movie, but half of the movie containing Hindi dialogue's. Om puris Hindi punch dialogue's got good appreciation. Ex':- "mera jhootha ka naam bi dawoodh hai" , " maarne keliye naa thu goodse, marnekeliye naa me gaandhi" dialogues impressed non Kannada audience. This is the first full length DTS Kannada movie.