AK-47 or the official name is AK (Russian: АВтоматКаланикова, which has been translated. Avtomat kalashnikova, ignited, "Kalashnikov automatic rifle", also known as Kalashnikov, is a selective shooting (semi-automatic and automatic), which was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Soviet Union? 39 mm gasoline powered rifle. It is the original gun of the Kalashnikov rifle (or "AK") series.

The design of the AK-47 began in the last year of World War II (1945). In 1946, AK-47 appeared in the official military test. In 1948, the fixed version was introduced into active service and used with some units of the Soviet army. The early development of the design was aks (s-skladnoy or "foldable"), which was equipped with a foldable metal shoulder bracket. In the spring of 1949, AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet armed forces [8], and used by most of the Warsaw Treaty member states.

Even after nearly 70 years, the model and its variants are still the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world, because they have high reliability under harsh conditions, low production cost compared with modern western weapons, can be used in almost every geographical region, and are easy to use. use. The AK-47 has been produced in many countries and has served in armed and irregular forces around the world and is the basis for the development of many other types of personal and crew service firearms. As of 2004, "of the estimated 500 million guns in the world, about 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three quarters of which are AK-47.".