
AKM
The AKM is an assault rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1959. It was developed as the successor to the AK-47 adopted by the Soviet... Wikipedia
- Type: Assault rifle
- Place of origin: Soviet Union
- In service: 1959–present
- Designer: Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Designed: 1950s
- Manufacturer: Izhmash, Tula Arms Plant
- Produced: 1959–1977
- Number built: 10,278,300
- Weight: AKM: 3.3 kg (7.28 lb), AKMS: 3.5 kg (7.72 lb), 30-round magazine: 0.33 kg (0.73 lb), 6H4 bayonet: 0.32 kg (0.71 lb)
- Length: AKM, AKML: 880 mm (34.65 in), AKMS, AKMSN: 920 mm (36.22 in) stock extended / 655 mm (25.79 in) stock folded
- Barrel length: 415 mm (16.34 in)
- Cartridge: 7.62×39mm
- Action: Gas-operated, long-stroke piston, closed rotating bolt
- Rate of fire: Cyclic rate of fire, 600 rounds/min, Practical rate of fire, Semi-automatic, 40 rounds/min, Fully automatic, 100 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s
- Effective firing range: 350 m (382.76 yd)
- Feed system: 10, 20, or 30-round detachable box magazines. Also compatible with 40-round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines from the RPK
- Sights: Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post, 100–1,000 m sight adjustments, Sight radius: 378 mm (14.88 in)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo