Top 10 Facts about AK-47 Rifle You Didn’t Know

The Ak-47 is a one of the best semi-automatic and automatic assault rifle in the World, which is developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Soviet Union. It is also known as Kalashnikov, AK or Russian slang. Check out here more interesting facts about AK-47 rifles.

The first AK-47 was designed by Russian Army officer Mikhail Kalashnikov and first used by the Soviet Army.

Ak-47 is the only assault rifle in the World which can be worked in every type of environment and it is the current World’s lightest assault rifle which has the AKM version.

Today’s Approximate 120 million Ak-47 rifles are used in the World according to a legal figure.

It is one of the assault rifles in the World, which can be easily operated by children.

It is a most dangerous rifle, which has killed more people than artillery fire, rocket fire and airstrike’s. Approximate 270,000 people are killed by AK-47’s every year around the World.

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Mostly American soldiers still use the AK-47 rifle, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan operation, because any type of dust does not affect them.

The modern AK-47 rifles also mount grenade launcher.

The total service life of any AK-47 is approximate 8000 to 20000 rounds.

The effective range of AK-47 rifle is 300 meters, but a good shooter also hit a target at 600 meters.

The AK-47 rifle is the world’s most illegally sold assault rifle in the World.

The Indian made “INSAS” rifle is completely based on the AKM/AK-47 assault rifle.