Overall length eight hundred and seventy millimetres
Length of barrel four hundred and fifteen millimetres
Length of sighting line three-hundred and seventy-eight millimetres
Weight of magazine empty point-four-two kilograms
Weight of magazine loaded point-nine-two kilograms
Overall weight with loaded magazine four-point-eight kilograms
Chamber pressure forty thousand five hundred and fifty pounds per square inch
The seven-point-six-two millimetre Kalashnikov rifle fires seven-point-two-six-six-two millimetre rounds, M one-ninety
Muzzle velocity seven hundred and ten metres per second, two thousand, three hundred and eighty feet per second
Specified rate of fire six hundred rounds per minute
Six hundred rounds per minute
Service ammunition is divided into full cartridges and special purpose cartridges
Full ammunition is used to destroy personnel
Special ammunition, depending upon its construction, is designed for target identification and correction of fire, ignition of fuel and highly flammable objects or destroying lightly armoured targets
Tracer cartridges are used for target identification, fire adjustment, signal purposes and destroying personnel
Destroying personnel
Tracer bullets can ignite
The path of the bullet is indicated by a red flame
Eight B incendiary cartridges are used to ignite fuel, gasoline and for destroying targets protected by thick armour plate
The standard cartridge used by the AK-47 is the M-43, bullet weight one-two-two grains, powder weight 25 grains
Standard markings, fool model PS, no colour
Tracer model T-four-five, green tip
Eight B I model BZ, black and red tip
Incendiary model T, type Z, red tip
Special cartridges, plastic, blank with metal case, Finland red, Germany black, Egypt white
Short range cartridges, full, round nose, lacquered steel case, white tip
Tracer, round nose, lacquered steel case, white and dark green tip
There are three basic models of the AK
AK-47: machined receiver, no bayonet lug, polished hold and bolt cabinet, sighted up to eight hundred metres
AK-M: stamped receiver, bayonet lug, plug lined bolt, beaver tailed fore-grip, range up to a thousand metres
RP-K: squad LMD, longer barrel, equipped with seventy-five round drum magazine, forty round box magazine, or may use a standard thirty round magazine
Despite a specification of six-hundred rounds per minute, extensive experience of all models proves the full-automatic rate to be approximately eight-hundred rounds per minute
Destroying personnel