AK-47
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The AK-47, full name Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947, is officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, it is an assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian
Trial prototype weapon with slab-sided steel magazine
AKMS with a stamped Type 4B receiver (top) and an AK-47 with a milled Type 2A receiver
Wound Profiles of Russian small-arms ammunition compiled by Dr. Martin Fackler on behalf of the US military
The gas-operated mechanism of a Chinese Norinco Type 56
7.62×39mm
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The 7.62×39 mm round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern
AK-47
…Russian: Автомат Калашникова, lit. 'Kalashnikov's automatic'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), it is an assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK…
A steel-cased 7.62×39 mm FMJ cartridge
Steel-cased 7.62×39mm FMJ cartridge
From left to right: 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×39 mm and 7.62×25mm Tokarev
7.62×39 mm bullet wound on an American soldier from the Vietnam War