During\u00a0World War II, the\u00a0Sturmgewehr 44\u00a0rifle\u00a0used by\u00a0German\u00a0forces made a deep impression on their Soviet counterparts.^{[10]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup>\u00a0The select-fire rifle was chambered for a new\u00a0intermediate cartridge, the\u00a07.92\u00d733mm Kurz, and combined the firepower of a\u00a0submachine gun\u00a0with the range and accuracy of a rifle.[12]<\/sup>[13]<\/sup>\u00a0On 15 July 1943, an earlier model of the Sturmgewehr was demonstrated before the\u00a0People’s Commissariat of Arms of the USSR.[14]<\/sup>\u00a0The Soviets were impressed with the weapon and immediately set about developing an intermediate caliber fully automatic rifle of their own,[10]<\/sup>[11]<\/sup>\u00a0to replace the\u00a0PPSh-41\u00a0submachine guns and outdated\u00a0Mosin\u2013Nagant\u00a0bolt-action rifles that armed most of the Soviet Army.[15]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

The Soviets soon developed the\u00a07.62\u00d739mm M43 cartridge, which is used in^{[14]<\/sup>\u00a0the semi-automatic\u00a0SKS carbine\u00a0and the\u00a0RPD light machine gun.[16]<\/sup>\u00a0Shortly after World War II, the Soviets developed the AK-47 rifle, which quickly replaced the SKS in Soviet service.[17]<\/sup>[18]<\/sup>\u00a0Introduced in 1959, the\u00a0AKM\u00a0is a lighter stamped steel version and the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms. In the 1960s, the Soviets introduced the\u00a0RPK\u00a0light machine gun, an AK type weapon with a stronger receiver, a longer heavy barrel, and a bipod, that eventually replaced the RPD light machine gun.[16]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

Concept<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mikhail Kalashnikov\u00a0began his career as a weapon designer in 1941 while recuperating from a shoulder wound which he received during the\u00a0Battle of Bryansk.^{[5]<\/sup>[19]<\/sup>\u00a0Kalashnikov himself stated…”I was in the hospital, and a soldier in the bed beside me asked: ‘Why do our soldiers have only one rifle for two or three of our men, when the Germans have automatics?’ So I designed one. I was a soldier, and I created a machine gun for a soldier. It was called an Avtomat Kalashnikova, the automatic weapon of Kalashnikov\u2014AK\u2014and it carried the year of its first manufacture, 1947.”[20]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

The <\/span>Ak 47 rifle for sale <\/span>is best described as a hybrid of previous rifle technology innovations. “Kalashnikov decided to design an automatic rifle combining the best features of the American M1 and the German StG 44.”^{[21]<\/sup>\u00a0Kalashnikov’s team had access to these weapons and had no need to “reinvent the wheel”. Kalashnikov himself observed: “A lot of Russian Army soldiers ask me how one can become a constructor, and how new weaponry is designed. These are very difficult questions. Each designer seems to have his own paths, his own successes and failures. But one thing is clear: before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field. I myself have had many experiences confirming this to be so.”[19] Ak 47 rifle for sale<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

There are claims about Kalashnikov copying other designs, like\u00a0Bulkin’s TKB-415^{[22]<\/sup>\u00a0or\u00a0Simonov’s AVS-31.[23]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

Early designs<\/span><\/h3>\n

Kalashnikov started work on a submachine gun design in 1942^{[24]<\/sup>\u00a0and with a light machine gun design in 1943.[25]<\/sup>[26]<\/sup>\u00a0Early in 1944, Kalashnikov was given some 7.62\u00d739mm M43 cartridges and was informed that there were other designers working on weapons for this new Soviet small-arms cartridge. It was suggested that a new weapon might well lead to greater things. He then undertook work on the new rifle.[27]<\/sup>\u00a0In 1944, he entered a design competition with this new 7.62\u00d739mm, semi-automatic, gas-operated, long stroke piston carbine, strongly influenced by the American M1 Garand.[28]<\/sup>\u00a0This new rifle was in the same class as the\u00a0SKS-45\u00a0carbine, with a fixed\u00a0magazine\u00a0and a gas tube above the barrel.[27]<\/sup>\u00a0However, the new Kalashnikov design lost out to a Simonov design.[29]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

In 1946, a new design competition was initiated to develop a new rifle.^{[30]<\/sup>\u00a0Kalashnikov submitted an entry. It was gas-operated rifle with a short-stroke gas piston above the barrel, a\u00a0breech-block\u00a0mechanism similar to his 1944 carbine, and a curved 30-round magazine.[31]<\/sup>\u00a0Kalashnikov’s rifles AK-1 (with a milled\u00a0receiver) and AK-2 (with a stamped receiver) proved to be reliable weapons and were accepted to a second round of competition along with other designs.<\/span><\/p>\n}

These prototypes (also known as the AK-46) had a rotary bolt, a two-part receiver with separate trigger unit housing, dual controls (separate safety and fire selector switches) and a non-reciprocating charging handle located on the left side of the weapon.^{[31]<\/sup>[32]<\/sup>\u00a0This design had many similarities to the StG 44.[33]<\/sup>\u00a0In late 1946, as the rifles were being tested, one of Kalashnikov’s assistants, Aleksandr Zaitsev, suggested a major redesign to improve reliability. At first, Kalashnikov was reluctant, given that their rifle had already fared better than its competitors. Eventually, however, Zaitsev managed to persuade Kalashnikov.<\/span><\/p>\n}

In November 1947, the new prototypes (AK-47s) were completed. It used a long-stroke gas piston above the barrel. The upper and lower receivers were combined into a single receiver. The selector and safety were combined into a single control-lever\/dust-cover on the right side of the rifle. And, the bolt-handle was simply attached to the bolt-carrier. This simplified the design and production of the rifle. The first army trial series began in early 1948.^{[34]<\/sup>\u00a0The new rifle proved to be reliable under a wide range of conditions with convenient handling characteristics. In 1949, it was adopted by the Soviet Army as “7.62\u00a0mm Kalashnikov rifle (AK)”.[9]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

Further development<\/span><\/h3>\n

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AKMS with a stamped Type 4B receiver (top) and an AK-47 with a milled Type 2A receiver<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

There were many difficulties during the initial phase of production. The first production models had\u00a0stamped\u00a0sheet metal receivers with a\u00a0milled\u00a0trunnion\u00a0and butt stock insert, and a stamped body. Difficulties were encountered in welding the guide and ejector rails, causing high rejection rates.^{[35]<\/sup>\u00a0Instead of halting production, a heavy[N 1]<\/sup>\u00a0machined receiver was substituted for the sheet metal receiver. Even though production of these milled rifles started in 1951, they were officially referred to as AK-49, based on the date their development started, but they are widely known in the collectors’ and current commercial market as “Type 2 AK-47”.[36]<\/sup>[37]<\/sup>\u00a0This was a more costly process, but the use of machined receivers accelerated production as tooling and labor for the earlier\u00a0Mosin\u2013Nagant\u00a0rifle’s machined receiver were easily adapted.[38]<\/sup>\u00a0Partly because of these problems, the Soviets were not able to distribute large numbers of the new rifle to soldiers until 1956. During this time, production of the interim SKS rifle continued.[35]\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}

Once the manufacturing difficulties of non-milled receivers had been overcome, a redesigned version designated the AKM (M for “modernized” or “upgraded”; in Russian:\u00a0\u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442 \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0448\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u041c\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 [Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy])<\/i>\u00a0was introduced in 1959.^{[36]<\/sup>\u00a0This new model used a stamped sheet metal receiver and featured a slanted\u00a0muzzle brake\u00a0on the end of the\u00a0barrel\u00a0to compensate for\u00a0muzzle rise\u00a0under recoil. In addition, a hammer retarder was added to prevent the weapon from firing out of battery (without the bolt being fully closed), during rapid or fully automatic fire.[35]<\/sup>\u00a0This is also sometimes referred to as a “cyclic rate reducer”, or simply “rate reducer”, as it also has the effect of reducing the number of rounds fired per minute during fully automatic fire. It was also roughly one-third lighter than the previous model.[36]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"}

Ak 47 rifle for sale Ak 47 rifle for sale, officially known as the\u00a0Avtomat Kalashnikova\u00a0(Russian:\u00a0\u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442 \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0448\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430,\u00a0lit.\u00a0‘Kalashnikov’s automatic [rifle]’; also known as the\u00a0Kalashnikov\u00a0or just\u00a0AK), is a\u00a0gas-operated\u00a0assault rifle\u00a0that is chambered for the\u00a07.62\u00d739mm\u00a0cartridge. Developed in the\u00a0Soviet Union\u00a0by Russian small-arms designer\u00a0Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating\u00a0firearm\u00a0of the\u00a0Kalashnikov (or “AK”) family of rifles. After more than seven decades, the AK-47 […]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[]},"product_cat":[163],"product_tag":[166,75,74,76],"yoast_head":"\n