AKM
Soviet assault rifle
The AKM is a Soviet assault rifle that was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1950s and adopted in 1959 by the Soviet army to replace the AK-47. The difference between the AK-47 and the AKM is that the AK-47 is short and the AKM is long and the other difference is that the AK-47 has a regular muzzle and the AKM has a sharp muzzle.
AKM | |
---|---|
Type | Assault rifle |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1959–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Soviet war in Afghanistan Iran-Iraq War Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Mexican Drug War and various other conflicts |
Production history | |
Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov |
Designed | 1950s |
Manufacturer | Izhmash Tula Arms Plant others |
No. built | More than 10,278,300 |
Variants | AKMS AKMP AKML AKMLP AKMSP AKMSU AKMSN AKMSNP |
Specifications (Updated information) | |
Mass | AKM: 3.1 kg (6.83 lb) w/unloaded magazine[1] AKML: 3.80 kg (8.4 lb) AKMS: 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) AKMSN: 3.77 kg (8.3 lb) AKMS: 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) with full magazine 30-rnd magazine: 0.33 kg (0.73 lb) 6H4 bayonet: 0.32 kg (0.71 lb) |
Length | AKM, AKML: 880 mm (34.6 in)[1] AKMS, AKMSN: 920 mm (36.2 in) stock extended / 655 mm (25.8 in) stock folded |
Barrel length | 415 mm (16.3 in)[1] |
Cartridge | 7.62×39mm M43 |
Action | Gas operated, rotating bolt |
Rate of fire | Cyclic rate of fire: 600 rds/min[1] Practical rate of fire: Semi-auto 40 rds/min[1] Full-auto 100 rds/min[1] |
Muzzle velocity | 715 m/s (2,346 ft/s)[1] |
Effective firing range | 350 m (383 yd)[1] |
Feed system | 10, 20, or 30 round detachable box magazines. Also compatible with 40 round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines from the RPK. |
Sights | Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post 100–1,000 m sight adjustments Sight radius: 378 mm (14.9 in)[1] |
Users
change- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Comoros
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- East Germany
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Poland
- Qatar
- North Macedonia
- Romania
- Russia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States: Captured from Vietnam War.
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
changeOther websites
changeMedia related to AKM at Wikimedia Commons