Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles. After more than seven decades since its creation, the AK-47 model and its variants remain one of the most popular and widely used firearms in the world.

2025年1月26日 · AK-47, Soviet assault rifle, possibly the most widely used shoulder weapon in the world. The initials AK represent Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for “automatic Kalashnikov,” for its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, who designed the accepted version of the weapon in 1947.

卡拉什尼科夫 自動步槍 （俄语： Автомат Калашникова， 羅馬化：Avtomat Kalashnikova，缩写为 「АК」），于1947年研制的版本稱為“AK-47”， [4] 卡拉什尼科夫 自動步槍 是由 前蘇聯 槍械設計師 米哈伊爾·季莫費耶維奇·卡拉什尼科夫 設計的 突击步枪。 卡拉什尼科夫原本是 蘇聯紅軍 的坦克兵，在 布良斯克战役 受伤送至後方醫院救治後而開始研究槍械工藝，期間他在工廠裡自行設計了一支 衝鋒槍，是為 PPK-42 （俄语：Пистолет-пулемёт Калашникова (1942)） （ППК …

2019年8月20日 · Developed beginning in 1944 as part of a competition among various Soviet firearm designers to craft the Motherland’s newest automatic carbine (avtomat), the new gun was to meet a requirement of...

2017年12月12日 · The AK has secured its place in firearms history not by its performance as a weapon of the conventional war for which it was designed — a Cold War that never turned hot enough to engulf the ...

2010年10月12日 · The AK-47 was created by the Soviets after World War II and changed the way war is fought. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers explains how the gun became the weapon of choice...

AK -47, Soviet assault rifle. Designed by Mikhail T. Kalashnikov (its name stands for “automatic Kalashnikov 1947”), it had both semiautomatic and automatic capabilities and fired intermediate-power 7.62-mm ammunition.

Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifle, marked with "66" in a triangle. General History The AK-47 was designed by Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov. Kalashnikov was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1938; while serving as a tank driver-mechanic, he became interested in the operation of firearms.

2016年1月19日 · The history of the AK-47 is fascinating, as 70+ years after its invention, it remains one of the most popular assault rifles in the world & a cultural icon.

Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles. After more than seven decades since its creation, the AK-47 model and its variants remain one of the most popular and widely used firearms in the world. Quick Facts Type, Place of origin ...