Thursday, November 29, 2007

AK-47; An Iconic Weapon


AK or Assault Kalashnikov…It’s probably the most recognizable fire arm in world. With over 100 millions out of production, AK-47 and the series are the standard for assault rifles through out the world. It's a rifle used by law enforcement agencies and Terrorists in almost equal measure.

It’s reputation is based on reliability, Ease to manufacture and maintain….Can fire a deadly burst effective at ranges of 300m.AK is simple and easy to use…Give the rifle to someone who has never fired before…give him 10 minutes instruction and he’s ready to exercise the weapon.The moment you equip one tribe with this weapon , u give them the ability to influence large scale events.We saw the ability of this weapon in Afganistan and in iraq.It's a superb close combat weapon.

It’s beautiful..u know it’s sexy weapon…….Put it in Water,mud ,dust or even drive a jeep over it….switch on the arms…pull the bolt…and here it is…ready to fire…….
The remarkable ability of AK is the ballistic recycling process…This is the secret of it’s high rate of fire…Some of the high pressure gases produced during firing a bullet is diverted to pull the gas bolt. It’s a versatile gun.U can attach any AK version magazine to any AK series rifle…Like U can use a Hungarian AK’s magazine with Soviet AK rifle.

The firing action is very simple…Put the magazine in the slot (U have to press the magazine clip to insert the mag)…..Move the selector or mode switcher to lowest level for single round fire….Pull the bolt…..The bullet is now in the barrel..Aim n shoot…Easy!!!! As each bullet travels through the barrel, a portion of the gases expanding behind it is diverted into the gas tube above the barrel, where it impacts the gas piston……… The piston, in turn, is driven backward, pushing the bolt carrier, which causes the bolt to move backwards, ejecting the spent round, and chambering a new round when the recoil spring pushes it back.

Selector can b used to switch modes to single round fire,double round fire and burst….Similar to SLR version’s in India…

New derivatives are coming out of the standard AK Design…Our own INSAS 5.56 is a derivative of original AK design.The list now includes Galil 5.56 which is now the standard gun for isreali army. Galil is one of the best gun in todays arms market….It has inherited the reliability and robustness from AK.One thing I forgot was the characteristic sound of AK-47…Fire few rounds and u will never forget it’s sound!!!!
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