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[[File:AK-47 No1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-47 serial number 1 - 7.62x39mm. '''Important note''': this is the original appearance of this prototype, in the form in which it, together with the rifles under serial numbers 2 and 3, was tested in December 1947 - January 1948. It was subsequently heavily modified in 1948 when it was used along with #2 for additional testing.]]
[[File:AK-47 No1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-47 serial number 1 - 7.62x39mm. '''Important note''': this is the original appearance of this prototype, in the form in which it, together with the rifles under serial numbers 2 and 3, was tested in December 1947 - January 1948. It was subsequently heavily modified in 1948 when it was used along with #2 for additional testing.]]
The '''AK-47''' is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and automatic), gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known in the Soviet documentation as 'Avtomat Kalashnikova' (Russian: Автомат Калашникова). Even after seven decades, the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial, outstanding reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use. These factors led the AK-47 to be named the "greatest combat rifle of all time" by the Military Channel. The AK-47 has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide, and was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. As of 2004, out of the estimated 500 million firearms worldwide, approximately 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three-quarters of which are AK-47s.


'''NOTE:''' Please keep in mind that while "AK-47" is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called "AK-47s" in movies - particularly American movies - are actually either Egyptian Maadi ARM copies of the highly improved [[AKM]], or variants of the Chinese [[Norinco Type 56]]. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is a true AK-47 and not an AKM or a Chinese Type 56. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM or Type 56.
The '''AK-47''', officially '''''Avtomat Kalashnikova''''' (Russian: Автомат Калашникова, lit. 'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'), is a select-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov. The model spawned the '''Kalashnikov rifle''' family of weapon designs, whose members would be adopted by large amounts of countries as their service rifles, becoming one of the most widely used firearms in the world.


'''ALSO NOTE:''' Since the 70s, the [[AK-74]] and its update the AK-74M have been the standard-issue assault rifle of Russian armed forces. Therefore, all fictional depictions of 7.62x39 AK variants as a modern standard-issue Russian military weapon should be considered an anachronism until proven otherwise (for example, some special forces operators and front line soldiers have been known to arm themselves with available 7.62x39 AK rifles and light machine guns as a matter of personal choice).
The AK-47 and its variants has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide, and was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. Multiple Communist Bloc countries manufactured copies of the AK-47 (and the AKM), some of which would go on to spawn derivative rifle families with designs distinct from Soviet/Russian designs. These include:
 
* China: [[Type 56 assault rifle]]
* Hungary: [[AKM-63]]
* Romania: [[PM md. 63]]
* Yugoslavia: [[Zastava M70]]
 
'''Note:''' This page specifically focuses on 7.62x39mm Soviet/Russian variants of the Kalashnikov rifle, as well as their near-identical copies manufactured by other countries. For 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov variants with distinctive designs used by other countries, please see their respective pages. For later modernized Soviet/Russian Kalashnikov variants, see the [[AK-74]], [[AK-100 series]], and [[AK-12]] pages.


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=Soviet/Russian Versions=
=Soviet/Russian Models=
==AK-46==
==AK-46==
[[File:AK-46.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-46 prototype No. 1 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AK-46.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-46 prototype No. 1 - 7.62x39mm]]
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===Film===
===Film===
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|''[[Kalashnikov (2020)|Kalashnikov]]'' || [[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || №1 prototype || 2020
|''[[Kalashnikov (2020)|Kalashnikov]]'' || [[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || №1 prototype || 2020
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== AK-47 ==
== AK-47 ==
[[Image:AK-47.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 1 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AK-47.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 1 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AK-47 type II Part DM-ST-89-01131.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 2 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AK-47 type II Part DM-ST-89-01131.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 2 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AK-47_type_II_Part_DM.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 2 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AK-47 type II Part DM.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 2 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Ak_54.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 3 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 3 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:TypeIII AK47.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 3 AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:TypeIII AK47.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Type 3 AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AK47-PolyTechLegend.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Poly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the Type 3 AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47.]]
[[File:AK47-PolyTechLegend.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Poly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the Type 3 AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47.]]
[[Image:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AK-47 built from US Receiver - 7.62x39mm.  This is an '''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' (built by Cinema Weaponry)]]
[[File:AK47WeWereSoldiersHeroGun.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AK-47 built from US Receiver - 7.62x39mm.  This is an '''Actual Screen used AK-47''' from the film ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' (built by Cinema Weaponry)]]


The name '''AK-47''', as used in the English-speaking world, refers to the oldest production variants of Kalashnikov's assault rifle design, before the introduction of the AKM. These production weapons are officially designated as the '''AK''' in Soviet sources; the name "AK-47" in Russian sources instead ''only'' refers Kalashnikov's pre-production prototypes from 1947, which feature some differences from the finalized design. In Soviet sources, the AK-74 and its variants were the first to include the year in its original naming.
The name '''AK-47''', as used in the English-speaking world, refers to the oldest production variants of Kalashnikov's assault rifle design, before the introduction of the AKM. These production weapons are officially designated as the '''AK''' in Soviet sources; the name "AK-47" in Russian sources instead ''only'' refers Kalashnikov's pre-production prototypes from 1947, which feature some differences from the finalized design. In Soviet sources, the AK-74 and its variants were the first to include the year in its original naming.


These early production AK variants are divided into several types:  
These early production AK variants are divided by western firearm collectors into three distinctive types:  


* Type 1: The first production model, produced from 1948-1951. The Type 1 AK featured an early stamped receiver. It can be distinguished by a raised section of the stamped receiver underneath its charging handle, as well as a slightly differently shaped pistol grip.
* Type 1: The first production model, produced from 1948-1951. The Type 1 AK featured an early stamped receiver. It can be distinguished by a raised section of the stamped receiver underneath its charging handle, as well as a slightly differently shaped pistol grip.
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===Film===
===Film===
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|| || Russian soldiers || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 | 2021
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|| || Russian soldiers || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 | 2021
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| ||  Seventh Circle Prison guards
| ||  Seventh Circle Prison guards
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Outpost]]'' |||| Taliban fighters || rowspan="3"| Type III || rowspan="3"| 2020
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Outpost]]'' |||| Taliban fighters || rowspan="3" | Type III || rowspan="3" | 2020
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||| Afghan National Army soldiers  
||| Afghan National Army soldiers  
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||| Villagers  
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Kalashnikov (2020)]]'' ||[[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || Type I || rowspan="3"| 2020
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Kalashnikov (2020)]]'' ||[[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || Type I || rowspan="3" | 2020
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| [[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || AK-46 prototype
| [[Yuriy Borisov]] || Mikhail Kalashnikov || AK-46 prototype
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|''[[Extraction (2020)|Extraction]]''||[[Chris Hemsworth]]||Tyler Rake||||2020
|''[[Extraction (2020)|Extraction]]''||[[Chris Hemsworth]]||Tyler Rake||||2020
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mosul]]'' ||Suhail Dabbach|| Commander Jasem || With RIS handguard, foregrip, Tapco Intrafuse stock and EOTech sight || rowspan="3"| 2020
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mosul]]'' ||Suhail Dabbach|| Commander Jasem || With RIS handguard, foregrip, Tapco Intrafuse stock and EOTech sight || rowspan="3" | 2020
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| Amir || Mohimen Mahbuba || Type III
| Amir || Mohimen Mahbuba || Type III
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|''[[PASKAL The Movie]]'' || || Angolan militias || || 2018
|''[[PASKAL The Movie]]'' || || Angolan militias || || 2018
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| rowspan="6" | ''[[7 Days in Entebbe]]'' ||[[Daniel Brühl]] || Wilfried Böse || || rowspan="6"| 2018
| rowspan="6" | ''[[7 Days in Entebbe]]'' ||[[Daniel Brühl]] || Wilfried Böse || || rowspan="6" | 2018
|-
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| [[Rosamund Pike]] || Brigitte Kuhlmann ||
| [[Rosamund Pike]] || Brigitte Kuhlmann ||
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|''[[The Nice Guys]]''||[[Matthew Bomer]]||John Boy||||2016
|''[[The Nice Guys]]''||[[Matthew Bomer]]||John Boy||||2016
|-
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|''[[Pitbull: Tough Women (Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobiety)]]'' || || A gang member || || 2016
|''[[Pitbull: Tough Women]]'' || || A gang member || || 2016
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| ''[[Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve)]]'' || || Equatorial Guinea soldiers || || 2015
| ''[[Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve)]]'' || || Equatorial Guinea soldiers || || 2015
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| ''[[ABCs of Death 2]]'' || Ibraheem Ganem || Arab man || || 2014
| ''[[ABCs of Death 2]]'' || Ibraheem Ganem || Arab man || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Kite (2014)|Kite]]'' ||  || Emir's gunmen || || 2014
|-
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| ''[[White Storm, The|The White Storm]]'' || Marc Ma || Dune Kun || || 2013
| ''[[White Storm, The|The White Storm]]'' || Marc Ma || Dune Kun || || 2013
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|''[[The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie)]] || || || || 2010
|''[[The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie)]] || || || || 2010
|-
|''[[Clash (Bay Rong)]]'' || [[Johnny Nguyen]] and [[Veronica Ngo]] || Quan and Trinh || Type III ||2009
|-
|-
|''[[Balibo]] || || Indonesian soldiers || || 2009
|''[[Balibo]] || || Indonesian soldiers || || 2009
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|''[[Crime Story (1993)]] || || Robber || || 1993
|''[[Crime Story (1993)]] || || Robber || || 1993
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Operation Condor]]'' || || Guards || rowspan="3" | Type II || rowspan="3"| 1991
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Operation Condor]]'' || || Guards || rowspan="3" | Type II || rowspan="3" | 1991
|-
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| [[Jackie Chan]] || Asian Hawk - Condor
| [[Jackie Chan]] || Asian Hawk - Condor
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|''[[For Sacha (Pour Sacha)]] || || Arab soldiers || || 1991
|''[[For Sacha (Pour Sacha)]] || || Arab soldiers || || 1991
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|''[[Loaded with Death (Zaryazhennye smertyu)]]'' || [[Boris Bystrov]] || Nikodimov || rowspan="4"| || rowspan="4"|1991
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Loaded with Death (Zaryazhennye smertyu)]]'' || [[Boris Bystrov]] || Nikodimov || rowspan="4" | || rowspan="4" | 1991
|-
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| [[Vadim Andreev]] || Fedoseev
| [[Vadim Andreev]] || Fedoseev
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|''[[Husband of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Muzh sobaki Baskerviley)]] || Aleksandr Korzhenkov || Oranzhevyy || || 1990
|''[[Husband of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Muzh sobaki Baskerviley)]] || Aleksandr Korzhenkov || Oranzhevyy || || 1990
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)|Code Name Coq Rouge]]'' || || PLO guard || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"| 1989
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)|Code Name Coq Rouge]]'' || || PLO guard || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 1989
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| [[Stellan Skarsgård]] || Carl Hamilton
| [[Stellan Skarsgård]] || Carl Hamilton
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| ''[[Detached Mission, The|The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye)]]'' || || Soviet sailors || || 1985
| ''[[Detached Mission, The|The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye)]]'' || || Soviet sailors || || 1985
|-
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Billy Connolly]] || Delgado Fitzhugh || || rowspan="2"| 1985
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Billy Connolly]] || Delgado Fitzhugh || || rowspan="2" | 1985
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| [[Valerie Perrine]] || Pamela Weintraub ||  
| [[Valerie Perrine]] || Pamela Weintraub ||  
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=== Television ===
=== Television ===
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| ''[[Born by Revolution: The Last Meeting (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: Poslednyaya vstrecha)]]'' || || ''Militsia'' personnel || || 1977
| ''[[Born by Revolution: The Last Meeting (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: Poslednyaya vstrecha)]]'' || || ''Militsia'' personnel || || 1977
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|''[[Citizen X]] |||| Red Army soldiers || || 1995
|''[[Citizen X]] |||| Red Army soldiers || || 1995
|-
|''[[Soldier Soldier]]''|| [[Conor Mullen]] || C Sgt Maj. Alan Fitzpatrick || Season 07 Ep10. "Chain of Command" || 1997
|-
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|''[[The Sopranos]] ||[[Edie Falco]]|| Carmela||Pilot (1.01) || 1999
|''[[The Sopranos]] ||[[Edie Falco]]|| Carmela||Pilot (1.01) || 1999
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Ultimate Force]] ||[[Sean Gilder]] || Mick Sweeney || rowspan="2"|Replica, switches to [[Zastava M70]] for firing scenes || rowspan="2"|2002 - 2006
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ultimate Force]] ||[[Sean Gilder]] || Mick Sweeney || rowspan="2" | Replica, switches to [[Zastava M70]] for firing scenes || rowspan="2" | 2002 - 2006
|-
|-
| [[Damian O'Hare]] || Sean Weir
| [[Damian O'Hare]] || Sean Weir
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|''[[Flashpoint (2008)]]''||||various subjects||||2008-2012
|''[[Flashpoint (2008)]]''||||various subjects||||2008-2012
|-
|-
|''[[Breaking Bad - Season 2]]''||||||"Negro y Azul" ||2009
|rowspan="2" |''[[Breaking Bad - Season 2]]''||||||seen on leaflet; "Grilled" (S2E02)||rowspan="2" |2009
|-
|  ||  ||Seen in music video; "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07)
|-
|-
|''[[Charlie's Angels (2011)|Charlie's Angels]]||  || || on photo || 2011
|''[[Charlie's Angels (2011)|Charlie's Angels]]||  || || on photo || 2011
|-
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders - Season 14|Midsomer Murders]]'' || || Mercenaries || S14E7 "A Sacred Trust" || 2011
| ''[[Midsomer Murders - Season 14|Midsomer Murders]]'' || || Mercenaries || S14E7 "A Sacred Trust" || 2011
|-
| ''[[Breaking Bad - Season 4]]'' ||  ||Cartel Member||Cybergun airsoft; "Salud" (S4E10)|| 2011
|-
|-
| ''[[Revolution - Season 1]]'' || || || Opening credits || 2012
| ''[[Revolution - Season 1]]'' || || || Opening credits || 2012
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|-
|-
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 3]]''||||Soviet military|||| 2019  
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 3]]''||||Soviet military|||| 2019  
|-
|''[[Better Call Saul - Season 5]]''||Uncredited||Herardo||"Something Unforgivable" (S5E10)||2020
|-
|-
| ''[[For All Mankind - Season 2]]'' || || Soviet cosmonauts||Side-folding wire stock, "Triage" (S2E09), "The Grey" (S2E10) || 2021
| ''[[For All Mankind - Season 2]]'' || || Soviet cosmonauts||Side-folding wire stock, "Triage" (S2E09), "The Grey" (S2E10) || 2021
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| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Moon Knight - Season 1]] || ||Arthur Harrow's cultists || "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) || rowspan="3"|2022
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Moon Knight - Season 1]] || ||Arthur Harrow's cultists || "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) || rowspan="3" | 2022
|-
|-
| || Egyptian Patrol Agency guards||rowspan="2"|"Gods and Monsters" (S1E06)
| || Egyptian Patrol Agency guards||rowspan="2" | "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06)
|-
|-
|[[Ann Akinjirin]] || Bobbi Kennedy
|[[Ann Akinjirin]] || Bobbi Kennedy
|-
|-
| ''[[Ms. Marvel - Season 1]]'' || ||Train station guards ||"Seeing Red" (S1E04)|| 2022
| ''[[Ms. Marvel - Season 1]]'' || ||Train station guards ||"Seeing Red" (S1E04)|| 2022
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Last of Us - Season 1]] ||[[Anna Torv]] ||Tess || "Infected" (S1E02)|| rowspan="2" | 2023
|-
| || Revolutionaries of Kansas City ||"Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04)
|-
|''[[The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1]]'' |||| ''Power of the Living'' movement Guerrier ||"Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03), "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04) || 2023
|}
|}


=== Anime ===
=== Anime ===
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|''[[The Abashiri Family]]'' || Militants || "Explosion of violence!! We don't have justice!" (E01) || 1991
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| ''[[New Dominion Tank Police]]'' || Tank Police Squad and criminals ||  || 1993
| ''[[New Dominion Tank Police]]'' || Tank Police Squad and criminals ||  || 1993
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| ''[[Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky]]'' || Terrorists ||  || 2010
| ''[[Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky]]'' || Terrorists ||  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || || Type 3 and Type 1 || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3]]'' || Rento Kirishima || Airsoft || 2013
| ''[[Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3]]'' || Rento Kirishima || Airsoft || 2013
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|''[[Magical Girl Raising Project]]'' || Calamity Mary || || 2016
|''[[Magical Girl Raising Project]]'' || Calamity Mary || || 2016
|-
|-
|''[[Lycoris Recoil]]''
|''[[Lycoris Recoil]]''||Various hitmen||||2022
|Various hitmen
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|''[[Chainsaw Man]]''||Yakuza members||"Mission Start" (S1E11)||2022
|2022
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=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===
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|''[[Goldeneye 007]]''||KF-7 soviet||||||1997
|''[[Goldeneye 007]]''||KF-7 soviet||||||1997
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|''[[Project Reality]]''||||With optional GP-25 grenade launcher and bayonet||||2005
|''[[Project Reality]]''||||With optional GP-25 grenade launcher and bayonet||||2005
|-
|''[[Conflict: Global Terror]]''||||||||2005
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|''[[El Matador]]''||||||||2006
|''[[El Matador]]''||||||||2006
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|''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men]]''||||||Cannot be used by player||2007
|''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men]]''||||||Cannot be used by player||2007
|-
|-
| ''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]]'' ||"Type 56" || ||with [[Type 56]]'s bayonet || 2007
| ''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]]'' ||"Type 56" || ||with [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]'s bayonet || 2007
|-
|-
|''[[Army Of Two]]''||||Available w/ Beta-C magazine||||2008
|''[[Army Of Two]]''||||Available w/ Beta-C magazine||||2008
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| ''[[Tomb Raider (2013)]]'' ||Rifle || ||with various upgrades ||2013
| ''[[Tomb Raider (2013)]]'' ||Rifle || ||with various upgrades ||2013
|-
|-
| ''[[Walking Dead: Season 2, The (VG)|The Walking Dead - Season 2]]'' || || || ||2013
| ''[[The Walking Dead: Season Two]]'' || || || ||2013
|-
|-
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]'' ||  || || || 2013
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]'' ||  || || || 2013
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| ''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]'' || AK-47 ||  || Hybrid AK-47/AKM; added in 2015 update || 2014
| ''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]'' || AK-47 ||  || Hybrid AK-47/AKM; added in 2015 update || 2014
|-
|-
| ''[[Walking Dead: A New Frontier, The|The Walking Dead: A New Frontier]]'' ||  ||  ||with stamped receiver  || 2016
| ''[[The Walking Dead: A New Frontier]]'' ||  ||  ||with stamped receiver  || 2016
|-
|-
| ''[[Alekhine's Gun]]'' ||  || || || 2016
| ''[[Alekhine's Gun]]'' ||  || || || 2016
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|-
| ''[[Maximum Action]]'' || || || ||2018
| ''[[Maximum Action]]'' || || || ||2018
|-
| ''[[Krunker]]'' || Good Ol' Days || Various skins remove the stock and visually have a smaller magazine || Incorrectly has ejection ports on both sides, the charging handle on the left side, no magazine release, no safety, and holds 28 rounds || 2019
|-
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]]'' || || || || 2019
| ''[[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]]'' || || || || 2019
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=== Animation ===
=== Animation ===
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|-
|-
| ''[[Boondocks, The]]'' || ||Mrs. Van Heusen || . || 2005-
| ''[[Boondocks, The]]'' || ||Mrs. Van Heusen || . || 2005-
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== AKS-47 ==
== AKS-47 ==
[[Image:Aks47e.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 1 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:Aks47e.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 1 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:DeactivatedAKS(1954-59).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:DeactivatedAKS(1954-59).jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 3 AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Poly Tech Model AK-47S Semi-Auto Carbine "Legend Series".jpg|thumb|eight|400px|Poly Tech Model AK-47S Semi-Automatic Carbine - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:Poly Tech Model AK-47S Semi-Auto Carbine "Legend Series".jpg|thumb|eight|400px|Poly Tech Model AK-47S Semi-Automatic Carbine - 7.62x39mm]]


The '''AKS-47''' is a variant of the AK-47 where the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKS may feature any of the three AK-47 receiver types.  Very few original Russian versions of this rifle were ever allowed into the U.S. Market.  The vast majority of milled receiver underfolders seen in American movies were Chinese Norinco Rifles or Chinese Polytech legend series (which was by far the most accurate Chinese clone of the original AK 47 to date).  Original Russian AK (especially the milled versions) were most common in movies and tv shows filmed OUTSIDE of the USA.  
The '''AKS-47''' is a variant of the AK-47 where the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKS may feature any of the three AK-47 receiver types.  Very few original Russian versions of this rifle were ever allowed into the U.S. Market.  The vast majority of milled receiver underfolders seen in American movies were Chinese Norinco Rifles or Chinese Polytech legend series (which was by far the most accurate Chinese clone of the original AK 47 to date).  Original Russian AK (especially the milled versions) were most common in movies and tv shows filmed OUTSIDE of the USA.  
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=== Film ===
=== Film ===
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|rowspan="2" |''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|| ||Russian soldiers  || ||rowspan="2" | 2021
|rowspan="2" |''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|| ||Russian soldiers  || ||rowspan="2" | 2021
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|-
| || Various thugs
| || Various thugs
|-
|'' [[Breaking News]]'' |||| Criminal gang||Poly Tech AKS-47 side-folder copy|| 2004
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Preacher, The|The Preacher]]'' || [[Mike Reus]] || Pim || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2004
|rowspan=2|''[[Preacher, The|The Preacher]]'' || [[Mike Reus]] || Pim || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2004
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| ''[[Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies]]'' || || || archive footage || 2001
| ''[[Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies]]'' || || || archive footage || 2001
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Boguslaw Linda]] || Maj. Edward Keller || || rowspan="3"|1998
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Boguslaw Linda]] || Maj. Edward Keller || || rowspan="3" | 1998
|-
|-
| [[Olaf Lubaszenko]] || Lt. Czacki ||  
| [[Olaf Lubaszenko]] || Lt. Czacki ||  
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| ''[[Commander Hamilton]]'' || || Russian troops, PLO troops || || 1998
| ''[[Commander Hamilton]]'' || || Russian troops, PLO troops || || 1998
|-
|-
| rowspan="8"|''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Boguslaw Linda]] || Maj. Edward Keller || || rowspan="8"|1998
| rowspan="8" | ''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Boguslaw Linda]] || Maj. Edward Keller || || rowspan="8" | 1998
|-
|-
| [[Olaf Lubaszenko]] || Lt. Czacki ||  
| [[Olaf Lubaszenko]] || Lt. Czacki ||  
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=== Television ===


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|-
|-
|''[[Stawka wieksza niz zycie]]''||  || Polish soldiers and paratroopers || as a substitution for [[Sturmgewehr 44]] ||1966-68
|''[[Stawka wieksza niz zycie]]''||  || Polish soldiers and paratroopers || as a substitution for [[Sturmgewehr 44]] ||1966-68
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|-
|-
| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
|-
| ''[[Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area]]''|| ||North Korean military|| || 2022
|-
|-
| ''[[Moon Knight - Season 1]]''||Alex Martin ||Arthur Harrow's cultist||"The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06)|| 2022
| ''[[Moon Knight - Season 1]]''||Alex Martin ||Arthur Harrow's cultist||"The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06)|| 2022
|-
|''[[The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1]]'' |||| ''Power of the Living'' movement Guerriers ||"Deux Amours" (S1E05) || 2023
|-
|''[[The Continental: From the World of John Wick]]'' || ||Continental Enforcers||"Brothers in Arms" (S1E01), "Loyalty to the Master" (S1E02), "Theater of Pain" (S1E03) || 2023
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Anime ===
=== Anime ===
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|-
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| ''[[Amazing Nurse Nanako]] || Unknown soldiers |||| 1999
| ''[[Amazing Nurse Nanako]] || Unknown soldiers |||| 1999
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=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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! width="250" | Mods
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|-
|-
|''[[007: The World Is Not Enough]]||Soviet KA-57||||||2000
|''[[007: The World Is Not Enough]]||Soviet KA-57||||||2000
|-
|''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]|||| ||||2004
|-
|-
|''[[Project Reality]]||||With optional bayonet||||2005
|''[[Project Reality]]||||With optional bayonet||||2005
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[[File:Maadi ARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Maadi ARM - 7.62x39mm. This Egyptian clone of AK is often seen in American movies.]]
[[File:Maadi ARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Maadi ARM - 7.62x39mm. This Egyptian clone of AK is often seen in American movies.]]
[[File:AKM Synthetic Furniture.jpg|thumb|right|451px|Romanian AKM with synthetic furniture - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AKM Synthetic Furniture.jpg|thumb|right|451px|Romanian AKM with synthetic furniture - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Akm gp25.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AKM with [[GP-25]] grenade launcher - 7.62x39mm / 40mm]]  
[[File:Akm gp25.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AKM with [[GP-25]] grenade launcher - 7.62x39mm / 40mm]]  


The '''AKM''' is the improved version of the AK-47, featuring a number of refinements such as a stamped receiver (as opposed to the milled receiver of the original Type 2 and Type 3 AK-47), a slant compensator on the tip of the barrel (to reduce recoil), an improved gas tube (without vents), and use of lighter materials to reduce weight and simplify construction.
The '''AKM''' is the improved version of the AK-47, featuring a number of refinements such as a stamped receiver (as opposed to the milled receiver of the original Type 2 and Type 3 AK-47), a slant compensator on the tip of the barrel (to reduce recoil), an improved gas tube (without vents), and use of lighter materials to reduce weight and simplify construction.
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=== Film ===
=== Film ===


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|-
|-
|''[[Tenet]]''||||terrorists||||2020
|rowspan=3 |''[[OSS 117: From Africa with Love]]''|| Ilya Nikitenko || A Soviet soldier || rowspan=3 | ||rowspan=3 |2021
|-
| || Soviet soldiers
|-
| [[Jean Dujardin]] || Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
|-
|''[[Tenet]]''||||terrorists||||2020
|-
|-
|''[[Extraction (2020)|Extraction]]''||||Bangladeshi SWAT||||2020
|''[[Extraction (2020)|Extraction]]''||||Bangladeshi SWAT||||2020
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| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' || || Rwandan National Army soldiers || || 2004
| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' || || Rwandan National Army soldiers || || 2004
|-
|-
| ''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || Hector Jimenez || Raton || || 2004
| ''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || [[Héctor Jiménez]] || Raton || || 2004
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Bad Boys II]]'' ||[[Reynaldo A. Gallegos]] || Tito Vargas || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2003
| rowspan=2|''[[Bad Boys II]]'' ||[[Reynaldo A. Gallegos]] || Tito Vargas || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2003
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| || Cuban soldiers
| || Cuban soldiers
|-
|-
| ''[[The Park is Mine]]'' ||[[Tommy Lee Jones]] || Mitch Garnett || w/ two magazines "jungle taped"|| 1986
| ''[[The Park is Mine]]'' ||[[Tommy Lee Jones]] || Mitch Garnett || w/ two magazines "jungle taped" || 1986
|-
|-
| ''[[Back to the Future]]'' ||[[Richard L. Duran]] || Libyan terrorist in Van |||| 1985
| ''[[Back to the Future]]'' ||[[Richard L. Duran]] || Libyan terrorist in Van || || 1985
|-
|-
|''[[Commando]]'' |||| Arius' soldiers || || 1985
|''[[Commando]]'' |||| Arius' soldiers || || 1985
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=== Television ===
=== Television ===


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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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! width="275" | Note / Episode
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
! width="100" | Air Date
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[A-Team, The|The A-Team]]'' || [[George Peppard]] || Col. John "Hannibal" Smith || || rowspan=2| 1983 - 1987
| rowspan=2| ''[[A-Team, The|The A-Team]]'' || [[George Peppard]] || Col. John "Hannibal" Smith || || rowspan=2| 1983 - 1987
|-
|-
| || NVA soldiers || "The Sound of Thunder"  
| || NVA soldiers || "The Sound of Thunder"  
|-
| ''[[Riptide]]''||[[Perry King]]||Cody Allen||||1984-1986
|-
| ''[[Riptide]]''||[[Joe Penny]]||Nick Ryder||||1984-1986
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[On Wings of Eagles]]'' ||[[Miguel Ángel Fuentes]] || ‘The Large Kurd’ || || rowspan=2| 1986
| rowspan=2| ''[[On Wings of Eagles]]'' ||[[Miguel Ángel Fuentes]] || ‘The Large Kurd’ || || rowspan=2| 1986
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|-
|-
|''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4]]'' ||  || Cultists || Some with synthetic furniture and rails / "Minimal Loss" (S04E03) || 2008
|''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4]]'' ||  || Cultists || Some with synthetic furniture and rails / "Minimal Loss" (S04E03) || 2008
|-
|''[[Breaking Bad - Season 3]]'' ||  || ||"One Minute" (S3E07)|| 2010
|-
|-
| ''[[Detroit 1-8-7]]'' || || henchman || "Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop" (S1E04) || 2010
| ''[[Detroit 1-8-7]]'' || || henchman || "Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop" (S1E04) || 2010
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|-
|-
|''[[Last Resort]]'' || [[Daisy Betts]] || LT Shepard || "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" (S1E13) || 2012
|''[[Last Resort]]'' || [[Daisy Betts]] || LT Shepard || "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" (S1E13) || 2012
|-
| ''[[Breaking Bad - Season 5]]'' || || ||Seen in armory; "To'hajiilee" (S5E13) || 2013
|-
|-
| ''[[Black Cats (Chyornye koshki)]]'' || || A Soviet soldier || Seen in documentary footage; with bayonet || 2013
| ''[[Black Cats (Chyornye koshki)]]'' || || A Soviet soldier || Seen in documentary footage; with bayonet || 2013
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|-
|-
| ''[[Operation "Satan" (Operatsiya "Satana")]]'' || || ''Militsiya'' || || 2018
| ''[[Operation "Satan" (Operatsiya "Satana")]]'' || || ''Militsiya'' || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Better Call Saul - Season 4]]'' ||Gabe Baca ||Espinosa Gang Member  ||"Talk" (S4E04) || 2018
|-
|-
| ''[[Chernobyl]]'' ||  || Soviet soldiers || Some mocked up as AK-74 || 2019
| ''[[Chernobyl]]'' ||  || Soviet soldiers || Some mocked up as AK-74 || 2019
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|-
| ''[[Alex the Fierce (Alex Lyutyj)]]'' || || Soviet border guards || || 2020
| ''[[Alex the Fierce (Alex Lyutyj)]]'' || || Soviet border guards || || 2020
|-
|''[[Better Call Saul - Season 5]]''||[[Ulysses Montoya]]|| Ciro||"Something Unforgivable" (S5E10)||2020
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[For All Mankind - Season 2| For All Mankind]]'' ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2| Soviet soldiers ||"Best-Laid Plans" (S2E06) ||rowspan=2| 2021
| rowspan=2|''[[For All Mankind - Season 2| For All Mankind]]'' ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2| Soviet soldiers ||"Best-Laid Plans" (S2E06) ||rowspan=2| 2021
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|-
|| ||Arthur Harrow's cultists  
|| ||Arthur Harrow's cultists  
|-
| ''[[Stranger Things - Season 4|Stranger Things]]''||[[David Harbour]]||Jim Hopper||"Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09)||2022
|-
| ''[[Stranger Things - Season 4|Stranger Things]]''||[[Brett Gelman]]||Murray Bauman||"Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09)||2022
|-
| ''[[Secret Invasion - Season 1]]'' || || Skrull Rebels || w/black synthetic furniture; "Beloved" (S1E04) || 2023
|-
|''[[The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1]]'' |||| ''Power of the Living'' movement guerrier ||"Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03) || 2023
|-
|-
|}
|}


===Anime===
===Anime===
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|''[[Full Metal Panic!]] || || || 2002
|''[[Full Metal Panic!]] || || || 2002
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=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===
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| ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' || "AK47" || Without muzzle brake || || 2001
| ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' || "AK47" || Without muzzle brake || || 2001
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|-
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'' || || || Not usable || 2005
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'' || || || Not usable || 2005
|-
| ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
|-
| ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' || "AKM" || || With Metal and Gold finishes || 2007
| ''[[Counter-Strike Online]]'' || "AKM" || || With Metal and Gold finishes || 2007
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| ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' || "AK-47" || || || 2007
| ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' || "AK-47" || || || 2007
|-
|-
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || "AKM" || || w/ various attachments || 2008
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || "AKM" || w/ various attachments || || 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || || || || 2008
| ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || || || || 2008
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|-
| ''[[State of Decay 2]]'' || || || || 2018
| ''[[State of Decay 2]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Krunker]]'' || Assault Rifle || Shorter magazine, optional Pan AV reflex sight or ACOG scope, some skins remove the rail and its ability to attach sights || Incorrectly has no safety and holds 28 rounds || 2019
|-
|-
| ''[[Far Cry New Dawn]]'' || || || || 2019
| ''[[Far Cry New Dawn]]'' || || || || 2019
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| ''[[The Division 2]]'' ||AK-M || || || 2019
| ''[[The Division 2]]'' ||AK-M || || || 2019
|-
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts]]'' ||"AKA-47"|| || || 2019
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts]]'' ||"AKA-47" || || || 2019
|-
|-
| ''[[Serious Sam 4]]'' || ||stock removed ||not usable || 2020
| ''[[Serious Sam 4]]'' || ||stock removed ||not usable || 2020
|-
| ''[[Into the Radius VR]]'' || "AKM" || Various attachments, dovetail rail || 10 and 30-round magazines available|| 2020
|-
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 6]]'' || "AK-47, AK-M" || || Standard and tactical variants || 2021
| ''[[Far Cry 6]]'' || "AK-47, AK-M" || || Standard and tactical variants || 2021
|-
|-
| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || || 2021
| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || || 2021
|-
| ''[[Atomic Heart]]'' || || Tons of attachments || Anachronistic || 2021
|-
|-
|}
|}


===Animation===
===Animation===
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|  ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' ||  ||  ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) ||  2022
|  ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' ||  ||  ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) ||  2022
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== AKMS ==
== AKMS ==
[[Image:AKMS.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AKMS - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AKMS.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AKMS - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AKMSPistol.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Custom AKMS with shortened barrel, similar to the one seen in ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]'', ''[[Pineapple Express]]'', ''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' and ''[[Taken (2008)|Taken]]'' - 7.62x39mm. The configuration shown here has parts from the AKMS and the [[Norinco Type 56-1]].]]
[[File:AKMSPistol.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Custom AKMS with shortened barrel, similar to the one seen in ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]'', ''[[Pineapple Express]]'', ''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' and ''[[Taken (2008)|Taken]]'' - 7.62x39mm. The configuration shown here has parts from the AKMS and the [[Norinco Type 56-1]].]]
Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock.  The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.
Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock.  The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.
=== Specifications ===
=== Specifications ===
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=== Film ===
=== Film ===
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| ''[[Bullet Train]]'' || ||Yakuza members |||| 2022
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|rowspan=4 |''[[OSS 117: From Africa with Love]]''|| || Soviet soldiers || rowspan=4 | ||rowspan=4 |2021
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| || Bamba's guards
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| || African rebels
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| || Arms dealers
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|''[[Mosul]]''|| Adam Bessa ||Kawa ||||2019
|''[[Mosul]]''|| Adam Bessa ||Kawa ||||2019
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|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' ||||African soldiers|| || 2009
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' ||||African soldiers|| || 2009
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|''[[Clash (Bay Rong)]]'' ||Gangster French|| ||2009
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|''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' ||||Thugs|| || 2009
|''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' ||||Thugs|| || 2009
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|''[[The Living Daylights]]'' ||||Mujaheddin, Czech soldiers|| || 1987
|''[[The Living Daylights]]'' ||||Mujaheddin, Czech soldiers|| || 1987
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|''[[The Living Daylights]]''||[[Maryam d'Abo]]||Kara Milovy||||1987
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| ''[[Wild Geese II]]'' || || East German border guard || || 1985
| ''[[Wild Geese II]]'' || || East German border guard || || 1985
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=== Television ===
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| ''[[Confrontation (Protivostoyanie)]]'' || || A Special unit trooper || || 1985
| ''[[Confrontation (Protivostoyanie)]]'' || || A Special unit trooper || || 1985
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| ''[[Tyrant]]'' ||  || freedom fighters || || 2014
| ''[[Tyrant]]'' ||  || freedom fighters || || 2014
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|-
|''[[Night Manager, The|The Night Manager]]''||||mercenaries||||2016
|''[[The Night Manager]]''||||mercenaries||||2016
|-
|-
|''[[Magnum P.I. (2018) - Season 2|Magnum P.I.]]''||[[Zachary Knighton]]||Orville "Rick" Wright||"Payback is for Beginners" (S02E01)||2019
| rowspan=3|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2]]'' ||||Los Hermanos members||"Los Muertos" (S2E09), "North" (S2E15)|| rowspan=3|2016
|-
|-
| ''[[Katran]]'' || || A Soviet Internal Troops Sergeant || || 2020
| [[Ruben Carbajal]]||Antonio Reyes||rowspan=2| "North" (S2E15)
|-
|-
| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Frenzy" (S1E04), "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
| Edwin Garcia II||Los Hermanos member
|-
| rowspan="5"|[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3]] ||||Black Hat Reservation resident||rowspan="3"|"Minotaur" (S3E09)||rowspan="5"|2017
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| [[Daniel Sharman]]||Troy Otto
|-
| [[Frank Dillane]]||Nicholas Clark
|-
|||Proctors||"Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
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|[[Tim J. Smith]]||Proctor||"Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
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|''[[Magnum P.I. (2018) - Season 2|Magnum P.I.]]''||[[Zachary Knighton]]||Orville "Rick" Wright||"Payback is for Beginners" (S02E01)||2019
|-
| ''[[Katran]]'' || || A Soviet Internal Troops Sergeant || || 2020
|-
|''[[Better Call Saul - Season 5]]''||[[Norman Mora]]|| Miguel||w/drum magazine; "Something Unforgivable" (S5E10)||2020
|-
| ''[[Topi]] ||  ||  ||seen on the training poster; "Frenzy" (S1E04), "Transfiguration" (S1E05) || 2021
|-
|''[[Reacher (2022) - Season 1|Reacher]]''||||gunmen||"In a Tree" (S1E04) || 2022
|-
|''[[The Continental: From the World of John Wick]]'' ||||Continental enforcer||"Theater of Pain" (S1E03)|| 2023
|-
|-
|}
|}


===Anime===
===Anime===
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|''[[New Dominion Tank Police]]||||||1993
|''[[New Dominion Tank Police]]||||||1993
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===Video Games===
===Video Games===
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| [[Project Reality]] ||  ||  ||  || 2005
| [[Project Reality]] ||  ||  ||  || 2005
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|''[[ArmA II]]||||||||2009
|''[[ArmA II]]||||||||2009
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|''[[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]]||"AKSU-74"||||w/ shortened barrel and side-folding stock||2012
|''[[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]]||"AKSU-74" | |||w/ shortened barrel and side-folding stock||2012
|-
|-
| [[State of Decay]] ||"AKMS" ||  ||  || 2013
| [[State of Decay]] ||"AKMS" ||  ||  || 2013
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=Foreign Copies & Derivatives=
=Foreign Copies & Derivatives=
==Norinco Type 56==
[[File:Early type 56.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56, early milled receiver model with bayonet - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:M22.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56, milled receiver model without bayonet - 7.62x39mm. This is the "sanitized" (''M22''-code) export version made with no factory markings and the selector markings in the latin alphabet (L for full-auto and D for semi-auto).]]
[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 with bayonet - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.]]
[[File:297 (Type56-1).JPG|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:56-1typeAKmilledreceiver.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1, early model with milled receiver and plastic fittings - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Type56S.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Type56-2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56-2 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Type56withChicomDrum.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Norinco Type 56 with Chinese 75 Round Drum Magazine - 7.62x39mm]]


The Chinese Type 56 assault rifle (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK derivative utilized in Hollywood productions, both film and television. These are frequently seen used as a substitute for Russian AKs in many films, as the Russians never sold a civilian AK model in the U.S. (or Europe) during the latter half of the 20th century.  Most of the movie prop rental houses in Hollywood had dozens if not hundreds of Chinese AKs - mostly the Type 56s (7.62x39mm version) or the similar [[AK-47#Norinco Type 84S|Type 84s]] (5.56x45mm version). These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in many cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.
==MPi-K/MPi-KmS==
[[File:185 (MPi-K).JPG|thumb|right|450px|7,62-mm-Maschinenpistole „Kalaschnikow" (MPi-K) both sides - 7.62x39mm. Note: Early versions of the MPi-K has the design of front sight is different.]]


History in Cinema:
The MPi-K/MPi-KmS are East German license-manufactured versions of the AK/AKS. It was introduced in 1958, put into regular service in 1961, and was subsequently replaced by the MPi-KM from 1964.
Prior to 1982, importing firearms and equipment from 'communist' nations was illegal at the federal level in the United States.  In 1983 the list of prohibited countries from which to receive weapons from (for the civilian market) was amended due to special trade agreements signed between the USA and China & Yugoslavia. Around the same time, Egypt managed to bypass the "commie gun ban' by offering their MISR (the ARM or the civilian version of the soviet AKM) to the west being that Egypt was a non communist nation, making the weapon under license.  After 1983, the flood gates opened, with AKs and SKS variants being available to the USA until the first import ban in 1989 (a political response to the Stockton Schoolyard shooting of 1989).  But the vast majority of American movie armories AKs came from this time span where Chinese weapons were easily obtainable.  After the fall of the wall and the Soviet Union in 1990, the Cold War era LAW banning import of weapons from Communist nations (for the most part) was no longer relevant.  Then Americans started seeing AK variants from Romanian, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and any other former warsaw pact nation that decided to sell their weapons to the US Market.  The import of AK and SKS variants from Eastern European nations was later banned by then president Obama.  


There are three main variants of the Type 56 - the standard Type 56, which has a fixed stock, the Type 56-1, which has an under-folding stock, and the Type 56-2, which has a side-folding stock. Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, known as the "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. Quite a few of the Type 56s seen in movies also have [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]-style slant compensators fitted; this was a common feature on semi-auto Type 56s exported to the U.S., but NOT the full-auto military model.
One of the features of MPi-K is the absence of a cleaning rod and a socket in the buttstock for a pencil case with accessories, since instead of them a cleaning kit of the [[Karabiner 98k]] pattern was used. However, the original AK kit later was considered more effective (in particular, the ramrod could allow knocking out a stuck shell), and was introduced on the subsequent MPi-KM.


The easiest way to tell when an AK-type rifle seen in a movie or TV show is a Chinese Type 56 is by looking at the front sight; Chinese AKs have a distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sight that no other AKs (excluding the Romanian AK Draco carbines) have.
===Film===
 
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=== Film ===
 
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="285"|'''Character'''
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|-
|-
|''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|||| ||seen in arsenal ||2021
! width="270" | Title
! width="150" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="200" | Note
! width="100" | Date
|-
|-
|''[[Mosul]]''||Adam Bessa||Kawa|| Type 56-1||2019
|''[[And Your Love Too]]'' || || East German border guards and soldiers || MPi-KmS || 1962
|-
|-
|''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]''||||cartel soldiers||||2019
| rowspan=3|''[[I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)]]'' || [[Jaecki Schwarz]] || Lt. Gregor Hecker || rowspan=3| MPi-K; stand-in for [[Sturmgewehr 44]] || rowspan=3|1968
|-
|-
|''[[Sicario 2: Soldado]]''||||cartel soldiers||||2018
| [[Dieter Mann]] || ''Unteroffizier'' Willi Lommer
|-
|-
|''[[American Assassin]]''||||terrorists||||2017
| || German soldiers
|-
|-
|''[[Mummy, The (2017)|The Mummy]]''||||tribal fighters||||2017
|}
|-
 
| ''[[Wolf Warriors 2]]'' || [[Jing Wu]] || Leng Feng || Type 56 || 2017
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|-
 
|''[[Suicide Squad]]''||[[Jared Leto]]||The Joker||||2016
==MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72==
|-
[[File:MPIKM72Wood.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KM - 7.62x39mm. This is externally different from later MPi-KM-72 by the wooden lower hand grip. This configuration were common in 1966-1972.]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]'' ||[[Tina Fey]]||Kim Baker|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2016
[[File:EastGermanAK MPi-KM-72.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KM-72 - 7.62x39mm]]
|-
[[File:East German Mpi-KMS with sling and side-folding stock.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KMS-72 - 7.62x39mm]]
| [[Alfred Molina]]||Ali Massoud Sadiq
 
The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. It was introduced in 1961 and entered to regular service from 1964. Early version of the MPi-KM rifle had wooden furniture and was similar to the original AKM, but later models have distinctive stippled brown pistol and top hand grips (from 1965), and buttstocks (from 1966). In 1970 were designed the updated models, introduced into service in 1972, under the designations MPi-KM-72 and MPi-KMS-72. The MPi-KMS-72 also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the later Romanian rifles. It is worth noting that the MPi-KMS-72 was the first version of the new rifle with a folding buttstock, taken into service, the earlier MPi-KMS (similar to the original AKMS) was not adopted.
 
Since 1984, they have been replaced by the [[AK-74|MPi AK-74]]. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.
 
Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely.  Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.
 
===Film===
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|-
|-
| ''[[London Has Fallen]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Mike Banning || Type 56-1 || 2016
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! width="200" | Note
! width="100" | Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Karate Kill]]'' || || Capital Messiah member || || 2016
|''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]] |||| Katanga rebels || "Transitional" model MPi-KM || 1980
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Wolf Warriors]] || || Ming Deng's troops || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || rowspan=2| 2015
|''[[23 (1998)|23]] |||| East German border patrol || || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Jing Wu]] || Leng Feng || Type 56
|''[[Sun Alley]] |||| East German border guards || || 1999
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" | ''[[Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe]] || [[Mark Chao]] ||Hu Bayi|| rowspan="5" | ||rowspan="6" | 2015
|''[[Extreme Ops]] |||| Thug || || 2002
|-
|-
| [[Rhydian Vaughan]]|| Chen Dong
|''[[Hotel Rwanda]] |||| Rwandan soldiers || || 2004
|-
|-
| [[Yan Tang]]|| Weiwei
|'' [[Lord of War]] |||| Afghan mujaheddin |||| 2005
|-
|-
| [[Li Feng]]|| Fat Wang Kaixuan
|'' [[Battle for Haditha]] |||| Iraqi Army soldiers || MPi-KMS-72 || 2007
|-
|-
| || Group of explorers
|''[[The Hurt Locker]] |||| Iraqi police officer || MPi-KMS-72 || 2008
|-
|-
| || Soldiers || Type 56-1
|''[[Carlos (2010)|Carlos]] |||| Terrorist  || || 2010
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Skin Trade]]'' || [[Dolph Lundgren]] || Nick Cassidy || || rowspan=2| 2015
|''[[Zero Dark Thirty]] |||| Afghan soldiers || || 2012
|-
|-
| || Dragovic's henchmen ||
|''[[Daylight's End]]''||[[Heather Kafka]]||Earnesta||||2016
|-
|-
| ''[[Zulu (2013)|Zulu]]'' || [[Clayton Evertson]] || Beach thug || Type 56-1 || 2013
| ''[[Wolf Warriors 2]]'' || [[Hans Zhang]] || Zhuo Yifan || MPi-KMS-72 || 2017
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Berlin File, The|The Berlin File]]''|| || Abdul's henchmen || Type 56-2 with plastic furniture || rowspan=3|2013
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| || North Korean agent || rowspan=2|Type 56-2 with [[AK-74]] style muzzle brake and [[MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72|MPi-KMS-72]] style side-folding stock
! width="280" | Title
! width="170" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note / Episode
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| [[Seung-beom Ryu]] || Dong Myung-Soo
| ''[[Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei]]'' ||   ||Bank robber ||"Todesfahrt der Linie 834"; Sturmgewehr AKMS-K carbine|| 1996 - ????
|-
|-
| ''[[Captain Phillips]] || || Somali pirates || Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without jungle-taped magazines || 2013
|'' [[GSG-9]] |||| Terrorist ||Folding Stock|| 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi)]] || [[Mario Casas]] || Antonio || Type 56-1 || 2013
| ''[[Munich 72]]'' || [[Shredi Jabarin]] || "Issa" || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Osombie]] || || || || 2012
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Bornholmer Straße]]'' || [[Max Hopp]] || Burkhard Schönhammer  ||rowspan="3" | MPi-KMS-72 || rowspan="3" | 2014
|-
|-
|''[[Red Dawn (2012)|Red Dawn]]''||[[Josh Hutcherson]]||Robert Kitner||||2012
| [[Milan Peschel]] ||Ulrich Rotermund
|-
|-
| ''[[R2B: Return to Base]] || || North Korean soldiers || || 2012
| [[Robert Gallinowski]] || Michael Krüger
|-
|-
| ''[[Guardian Angel (Schutzengel)]] || || Assailant || Type 56-1 with green handguard|| 2012
|}
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'' || || Mozambique guard || Type 56-1 || 2011
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! width="200" | Note
! width="100" | Date
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Machine Gun Preacher]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Sam Childers || Type 56-1 || rowspan=3|2011
| ''[[Spriggan (1998)]]'' || Turkish General Directorate of Customs Protection soldiers || || 1998
|-
|-
| || LRA and SPLA troops || w/ pig-sticker bayonet
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Schwarzesmarken]]'' || Sergeant Major Kurt Griebel || rowspan="3" | MPi-KMS-72 || rowspan=3 | 2017
|-
|-
| || LRA and SPLA troops || Type 56-1
| Second Lieutenant Katia Waldheim
|-
|-
| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]] || || Fighters || early variant with milled receiver|| 2011
| NVA soldiers and East German border guards
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Largo Winch II]]'' || [[Nirut Sirichanya]] || General Kyaw Min || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2011
|}
 
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==Radom-Hunter==
[[File:Radom Hunter.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Radom Hunter - 7.62x39mm]]
The '''Radom Hunter''' is a Polish "sporterised" version of the AKM. The Hunter can be seen with proprietary sight-mount/receiver cover or, more common, the standard AKM side rail.
 
===Specifications===
(1987 - 2000)
 
* '''Manufacturer:''' [[Fabryka Broni Radom]].
 
* '''Type:''' Hunting Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|5.185}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|1015}}
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|508}}
 
* '''Capacity:''' 5 (Or any AK-type magazine)
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
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=== Film ===
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|-
|-
| || Burmese soldiers
! width="280" | Title
! width="170" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Notation
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]] |||| Iraqi Security Forces || || 2011
| rowspan=2|''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Miroslaw Baka]] || "The silent"  || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1998
|-
| ''[[Guard, The (2011)|The Guard]]|| || || ||2011
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Red State]] || [[Nicholas Braun]] ||Billy-Ray|| rowspan="4" | Type 56 - made to look like AKM ||rowspan="5" | 2011
| [[Christoph Rex-Jarnot]] || Filip
|-
|-
| [[Melissa Leo]]|| Sara
| ''[[The Foreigner]]'' || [[Steven Seagal]] || Jonathan Cold ||  || 2003
|-
|-
| [[James Parks]]|| Mordechai
|}
 
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==AKU-94==
[[File:AKU-94onARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Maadi ARM in AKU-94 bullpup kit - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AKU-94.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK variant in AKU-94 bullpup kit with polymer magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
The AKU-94 is a bullpup conversion kit for the AK type rifle, originally created and sold by American company K-VAR Corporation. Both the European style AKs (like the Romanian AKs or Egyptian Maadis) and the Chinese style of AK rifle (Type 56) can fit into the kit.  In the Mid-2000s, KVAR stopped making and selling the AKU-94 conversion kit.  All remaining kits were purchased by Century Arms International, and subsequently used to 'spruce up' AK rifles with a futuristic bullpup look.  Currently various imported AK rifles (mostly WASRs) with kit installed, is sold by Century Arms International.  This bullpup configuration retains the standard barrel length but the design makes the AK rifle more compact making it more suitable for close quarters battle. 
 
=== Specifications ===
( - )
 
* '''Type:''' Assault Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
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=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]]|| Esther
! width="280" | Title
! width="170" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| || Believers || Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS
| rowspan=2|''[[Soldier]]'' ||[[Kurt Russell]] || Sgt. Todd || rowspan=2|Dressed up as futuristic weapon, with Surefire universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight || rowspan=2|1998
|-
|-
| ''[[Kandahar]] || ||Taliban fighters|| with and without under-folding bayonets || 2010
| || Soldiers
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Green Zone]] ||[[Matt Damon]] || Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller ||rowspan="2" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'' || [[John G. Brennan]] || The Chief || modified rear sights || 2000
|-
|-
| || Iraqi gunmen
| ''[[The Apocalypse Code]]'' || || Various terrorists || || 2007
|-
|-
| ''[[Salt]] || || North Korean soldiers || || 2010
| rowspan=2|''[[The Last Sentinel]]'' || || Various commandos || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2007
|-
|-
| ''[[Outside the Law (2010)|Outside the Law]] || || Vietminh || anachronistic || 2010
| [[Katee Sackhoff]] || Girl
|-
|-
| ''[[Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright]] || ||thugs|| || 2010
| ''[[The Interceptor (Zapreshchyonnaya Realnost)]]'' || || Kurylo's special forces soldier || || 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[Elephant White]] || [[Kevin Bacon]]|| Jimmy || Type 56-1 modified with picatinny rails and composite grips|| 2010
| ''[[The Town]]'' ||[[Slaine]] || Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan || red dot sight|| 2010
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|''[[Angel of Evil (Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male)|Angel of Evil]]'' || [[Kim Rossi Stuart]] || Renato Vallanzasca || rowspan="4"|Type 56-1 || rowspan="4"|2010
| ''[[American Heist]]'' || || NOPD SWAT || M4-style birdcage flash hider, no sights|| 2014
|-
|-
| [[Filippo Timi]] || Enzo
|}
|-
 
| [[Moritz Bleibtreu]] || Sergio
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Paolo Mazzarelli]] || Beppe
! width="200" | Show Title
! width="200" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="270" | Note / Episode
! width="80" | Air Date
|-
|-
| rowspan=3| ''[[Big Money Rustlas]]'' || [[Violent J]] || Big Baby Chips || rowspan=3| Type 56-1 || rowspan=3| 2010
| rowspan=2| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' || [[Robert Beltran]] || Chakotay || rowspan=2| "Nemesis", Dressed up as alien weapons || rowspan=2| 1997
|-
|-
| [[Jumpsteady]] || Hack Benjamin
| || Kradin soldiers
|-
|-
| [[Monoxide]] || Dusty Poot
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 7]]'' || Ryan Todd || 'Mixer' || Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope / "First Person Shooter" (S7E13) || 2000
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Kandahar Break]] || || Tribesmen || Type 56, with underfolding bayonet ||rowspan="5" | 2009
| ''[[Firefly]]'' || || guards || "War Stories" (S1E10) || 2002
|-
|-
| || Taliban fighters
|}
 
===Video Games===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| || Anti-Taliban fighters
! width="150" | Title
! width="200" | Appears as
! width="200" | Mods
! width="250" | Notes
! width="80" | Date
|-
|-
| || Tribesman || Type 56-1, with smooth orange magazine
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]'' || AK-103 Bullpup || w/ various attachments || || 2012
|-
|-
| || Afghan National Army soldiers || Type 56-1
| ''[[Call of Duty Online]] || "AKBP" || w/ various attachments|| || 2015
|-
|-
| ''[[31 North 62 East]] || || Terrorists || Type 56-1 || 2009
|}
 
== "AKMSU" ==
[[File:AKMSU-original.jpg|thumb|right|450px|"AKMSU" in the National Firearms Centre - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The '''AKMSU''', as used by most sources outside of IMFDB, specifically designates a custom 7.62x39mm AK-based carbine in the possession of the National Firearms Centre (of the Royal Armouries) in Leeds, United Kingdom. The AKMSU was gifted to the National Firearms Centre in 2005 by UK's MOD Pattern Room, who in turn received the weapon in June 1986. The weapon's exact background is unclear, but most authoritative sources today believe that the AKMSU is a one-off custom carbine made outside of the Soviet Union, likely made in the Khyber Pass region of Pakistan.
 
A false history came to be attributed to the weapon during the weapon's time in the MOD Pattern Room, which described it as a rare prototype carbine intended for Soviet airborne troops, before being found to be inconvenient to use and phased out by the [[AKS-74U]]; this history is refuted by the lack of Soviet documentation on a weapon of this configuration, and the fact that the AKMSU uses non-Russian AK components (see below).
 
The AKMSU's identity as a custom model is primarily evidenced by its diverse range of components: it features a [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]] receiver (indicated by the rivet positions at the rear of the receiver), an AKS-74U-like barrel and handguard, an [[AKMS]]-style stock, a custom thumbhole foregrip, and a custom muzzle brake containing an expansion chamber, required for cycling.
 
The name AKMSU, following the naming pattern set by other Soviet AK variants, is short for "Автомат Калашникова Mодернизированный Складной Укороченный", or "Kalashnikov's shortened modernized assault rifle with a folding stock". It is unclear how the name was invented, attributed to the weapon, and became its common name; one of the earliest public depictions of the rifle comes from Masami Tokoi's ''AK-47 & Kalashnikov Variations'', who named it "AKMS Carbine" rather than "AKMSU".
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[A Dangerous Man]] || [[Jesse Hutch]] || Sergey ||rowspan="4" | Type 56 ||rowspan="4" | 2009
! width="250" | Title
! width="200" | Appears as
! width="200" | Mods
! width="250" | Notes
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| [[Steven Seagal]] || Shane
| ''[[Survarium]]'' || || || || 2013
|}
{{Clear}}
 
== Converted AKM Pistol / "Krinkov" / "AKMSU" ==
[[File:AK-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Converted AKM pistol - 7.62x39mm. This is a blank adapted full auto transferable AKM pistol that was converted into a Krinkov via parts kit. Guns just like this one have been used in ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', ''[[Three Kings]]'', and numerous other movies and TV shows.]]
[[File:AKPDW01.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Converted AKM pistol with RIS handguard - 7.62x39mm]]
 
Full-size 7.62x39mm AK variants converted with [[AKS-74U]] parts kits exist in recognizable quantities in Hollywood productions, such as ''[[Three Kings]]'', ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', ''[[Bad Boys II]]'', etc. They are usually nicknamed "Krinkov", originally a nickname for the AKS-74U, by the movie production community.
 
<u>On IMFDB</u>, such carbines are commonly designated "AKMSU", even though they are configured differently from the National Firearms Centre AKMSU, and are not clones or derivatives of it.
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Vitaly Kravchenko]] || Vlad
! width="280" | Title
! width="170" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| || Russian thugs
|''[[Hard Boiled]]'' ||[[Philip Kwok]]|| Mad Dog || || 1992
|-
|-
| ''[[Balibo]] || || Indonesian soldiers || || 2009
|'' [[Three Kings]]'' |||| Iraqi Republican Guard officer |||| 1999
|-
|-
| ''[[War, Inc.]]''|| || || Turaqi militia || 2008
|''[[Training Day (2001)|Training Day]]'' |||| Russian mafia hitmen || || 2001
|-
|-
| ''[[Crossfire (Les Insoumis)]] || || Gangster with a face paints || || 2008
|''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'' |||| Gang member || || 2002
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Kite Runner]] || || Taliban fighters || rowspan="2" | Type 56 and Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2" | 2008
| rowspan=2|''[[XXX|xXx]]'' ||[[Radek Tomecka]] || Ivan Pedgrag || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2002
|-
|-
| || Soviet soldiers
| || Czech Police
|-
|-
|''[[Rambo (2008)|Rambo]]'' ||[[Graham McTavish]]||Lewis||||2008
|''[[Bad Boys II]]'' |||| Haitian gang members and Cuban special forces |||| 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Body of Lies]] || || Iraqi insurgents || Type 56-1 || 2008
|''[[Battle Royale II: Requiem]]'' ||Saki Sakurai|| Wild Seven || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]] || || Soviet soldiers || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 2008
|''[[A Man Apart]]'' |||| Cartel soldier || w/ Bulgarian "waffle"-style plastic magazine|| 2003
|-
|-
|''[[Skinwalkers]]''||[[Sarah Carter]]||Katherine||||2007
|''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' |||| Nigerian militia fighter || || 2003
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Outlaw]] || [[Lennie James]]|| Cedric Munroe || rowspan=2|Type 56-1 || rowspan=2|2007
|''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' |||| Davian's mercernaries || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Sean Bean]]|| Danny Bryant
|''[[The Kingdom]]'' |||| Terrorists |||| 2007
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Invisible Target]]''|| [[Andy On]] || Tien Yeng-Yee || Type 56 with laser aiming device || rowspan=3|2007
|rowspan=2|''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' ||[[Brandon Soo Hoo]]|| Tran || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2008
|-
|-
| [[Vincent Sze]] ||Tien Yeng Chi ||Type 56 and Type 56-1
| || Flaming Dragon members
|-
|-
| [[Mei Wang Xue]] ||Tien Yeng Yan || Type 56-1
|''[[The Dark Knight]]'' ||||| One of Scarecrow's men || || 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' || || || Type 56 and Type 56-1, seen with dead drug dealers || 2007
|'' [[Terminator Salvation]]'' |||| Human survivor |||| 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' || || Crackhead || Type 56-1 || 2007
| ''[[The Town]]'' ||[[Jeremy Renner]] || James 'Jem' Coughlin || With RIS handguard || 2010
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Battle for Haditha]] ||[[Falah Falyeh]] || Ahmad ||rowspan="4" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="4" | 2007
|rowspan=2|''[[The Expendables]]'' |||| General Garza's soldiers || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2010
|-
|-
| [[Oliver Bytrus]] ||Jafar
| [[Gary Daniels]] || The Brit
|-
|-
|||Iraqi Army soldiers
|''[[Sinners and Saints]]''||[[Johnny Strong]]||Detective Riley||||2010
|-
|-
|||Iraqi civilians
| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]]'' || || Guard || || 2011
|-
|-
|''[[In Her Line of Fire]]'' || || The rebels || || 2006
| ''[[Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol]]'' || || Russian agents || KCI quad rail handguard || 2011
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | ''[[Blood Diamond]] || [[Kagiso Kuypers]] || Dia Vandy ||rowspan="3" | Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3" | 2006
| ''[[Contraband]]'' || [[Diego Luna]] || Gonzalo || KCI quad rail handguard || 2011
|-
|-
| || R.U.F. rebels
| ''[[Largo Winch II]]'' || || Police in Bashkortostan || || 2011
|-
|-
| || Sierra Leone Army soldiers
|''[[Red Dawn (2012)|Red Dawn]]''||[[Chris Hemsworth]]||Jed Eckert||||2012
|-
|-
|rowspan="5" | ''[[Lord of War]] || [[Weston Cage]] || Mechanic ||rowspan="3" | Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover ||rowspan="5" | 2005
| ''[[Resident Evil: Damnation]]''|| ||Leon S. Kennedy / J.D. ||heavily customized ||2012
|-
|-
| || Soviet soldiers
| ''[[The Expendables 2]]''|| [[Scott Adkins]] ||Hector || ||2013
|-
|-
| || Afghan Mujahideen
| ''[[Iron Man 3]]''|| [[Ben Kingsley]] ||The Mandarin|| ||2013
|-
|-
| |||| Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard  
| ''[[The Purge: Anarchy]]''|| [[Frank Grillo]] || Leo Barnes || KCI Quad-Rail handguard ||2014
|-
|-
| || R.U.F. rebels|| Type 56-1
| ''[[Transcendence]]''|| [[Falk Hentschel]] ||Bob || Railed handguard ||2014
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Sahara (2005)|Sahara]] ||[[Matthew McConaughey]] || Dirk Pitt ||rowspan="2"| Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''[[22 Jump Street]]''|| Eddie Perez || Library Goon || Railed handguard ||2014
|-
|-
| || Malian Soldiers
|''[[Sabotage (2014)|Sabotage]]''||||drug cartel assassin||||2014
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Munich]] || || Black September terrorists ||rowspan="3"| Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3"| 2005
| ''[[Jack Reacher: Never Go Back]]''|| || Contractor || Railed handguard ||2016
|-
|-
| || PLO gunmen
| ''[[Fate of the Furious, The|The Fate of the Furious]]'' || || Russian separatists || || 2017
|-
|-
| || Israeli commandos
|''[[12 Strong]]''||[[Navid Negahban]]||General Abdul Rashid Dostum||||2018
|-
|-
| ''[[Batman Begins]] || || Chinese soldiers || Type 56-1 || 2005
|''[[Bad Boys for Life]]'' ||||gunman||||2020
|-
|-
| ''[[Stealth]] || || Tajikistani terrorists || Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel || 2005
|}
|-
 
| ''[[A Bittersweet Life]] || || Thugs || Type 56-1 || 2005
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| ''[[Typhoon]] || || Pirates || Type 56-1 || 2005
 
! width="250" | Show Title
! width="170" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note / Episode
! width="100" | Air Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Sky Fighters]]'' || || Terrorists || || 2005
| ''[[Firefly]]'' || || henchman|| "Heart of Gold" (S01E13) || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[District B13|District B13 (Banlieue 13)]] || || Guard || Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake || 2004
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || || Gang Hitman || || 2002 - 2010
|-
|-
| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]] || || Tutsi rebel || || 2004
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || || Russian Mobsters ||"Seeing Red" || 2002 - 2010
|-
|-
|''[[Corsican File, The (L'enquête Corse)|The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse)]] || [[Eric Fraticelli]] || Figoli "Le Piaf" || || 2004
| ''[[CSI: NY - Season 5|CSI: NY]]''||[[Emilio Rivera]]||Little Stevie||"Point of No Return" (S05E18)||2004 - Present
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Innocent Voices]]'' || Carlos Padilla || Chava || rowspan=2|Type 56 || rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4|Criminal Minds]]'' || [[Luke Perry]] || Benjamin Cyrus || "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) || 2008
|-
|-
| || Salvadoran guerrillas
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4|Criminal Minds]]'' ||  || Polygamist cult members || "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) || 2008
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Tears of the Sun]] || || Militia fighters || Type 56 and Type 56-1 ||rowspan="3"| 2003
| ''[[Unit, The|The Unit]]'' |||| ||   || 2006 - 2009
|-
|-
| || Cameroon border guards ||
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010) - Season 2|Hawaii Five-0]]'' || [[Alex O'Loughlin]] || Steve McGarrett || RIS handguard || 2011
|-
|-
| || Refugees|| Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet
|  ''[[The Last Ship - Season 1|The Last Ship]]''||[[Travis Van Winkle]] || Lt. Danny Green ||  || 2014
|-
|-
| ''[[Belly of the Beast]] || || Kidnappers, Abu Karaf fighers || || 2003
|''[[True Detective - Season 2|True Detective]]''||||gangster||||2015
|-
|-
| ''[[The Missing Gun]] || [[Jiang Wen]] || Ma Shan || in his memories || 2002
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 3|Stranger Things]]''||[[David Harbour]]||Chief Hopper||Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S03E08)||2019
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Die Another Day]] || || North Korean soldiers || Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"|2002
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| || North Korean commando|| Type 56-1, made to look like [[AKS-74]]
! width="250" | Title
! width="200" | Appears as
! width="200" | Mods
! width="250" | Notes
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Outside the Law (2002)|Outside the Law]]'' || || Delgado's bodyguards, Peyton's hecnhman || Type 56-1 with black furniture || 2002
| ''[[Söldner: Secret Wars]]'' || AKS-74U |||| || 2004
|-
|-
| ''[[Christmas Rush]]'' || || Ghost Dragons gangster || Type 56-1 || 2002
| ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]]'' || Akm 74/2U|| || Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm|| 2007
|-
|-
|''[[Route 666]]''||||Russian mobster||||2001
| ''[[Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals]]'' || AKS-74 |||| || 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[Black Hawk Down]] || || Somali militiamen || Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without pig-sticker bayonets || 2001
| ''[[SAS Secure Tomorrow]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[24 Hours (24 chasa)]] || || Spetznaz GRU operator, various police officiers, hitman || Type 56-1 || 2000
| ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]]'' ||Akm 74/2U || || Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm|| 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'' || [[Stefan Kudek]] || Dr. Dinglenut || Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture, Romanian AIM-style grip, AKM-style slant compensator || 2000
| ''[[Armed Forces Corps]]'' ||AKS-74U|| NONE || || 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[K-911]]'' || [[Vincent Castellanos]] || Harry Stripe || || 1999
| ''[[Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures]]' || AKS-74U |||| || 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[Black Dog]] || [[Gabriel Casseus]] || Sonny || || 1998
| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' || AKS-74U ||single-player only  || || 2010
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Belly]]'' || [[Louie Rankin]] || Lennox || Type 56-1, nickel-plated with fake ivory furniture || rowspan=2|1998
| ''[[Uncharted 3]]'' || KAL 7 || || || 2011
|-
|-
| || Jamaicans || With AKM-style and AK-74-style muzzle brakes and red dot sights
| ''[[Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]'' || AKS-74U || w/ various accessories|| || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Air Force One]] || || Rebel soldiers || Type 56-1|| 1997
| ''[[Spec Ops: The Line]]'' ||AKS-74U || || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Ground]] || [[Elizabeth Hurley]] || Karen || || 1997
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]'' || AKS-74U Suchka || w/ various accessories  || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Devil's Own, The|The Devil's Own]] || [[Brad Pitt]] || Frankie Maguire || Type 56-1 || 1997
| ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Cat's Eye (1997)|Cat's Eye]] || || King's soldier || || 1997
| ''[[Payday 2]]'' || "Krinkov" || With underfolding stock || || 2013
|-
|-
| ''[[Courage Under Fire]] || || Iraqi soldiers || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 1996
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]'' ||AKS-74U || w/ various accessories || || 2013
|-
|-
| rowspan=6|''[[Mercenary]]'' || [[Martin Kove]] || Phoenix || rowspan=6| || rowspan=6|1996
|}
 
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[Lindsey Ginter]] || Klinge
! width="250" | Title
! width="150" | Voice Actor
! width="150" | Characters
! width="350" | Notation
! width="80" | Date
|-
|-
| [[Patricia Skeriotis]] || Kurdish Woman
| ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' || ||  ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) ||  2022
|-
|-
| [[Olivier Gruner]] || 'Hawk'
|}
 
<br clear=all>
 
==Century Arms C39 V2==
[[File:C39V2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Century Arms C39 V2 - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The '''Century Arms C39 V2''' is an American AKM clone with milled receiver design made by Century Arms.
 
===Specifications===
(??? - Present)
*'''Type:''' Assault Rifle, Pistol, SBR,
*'''Calibers:''' 7.62x39mm M43
*'''Barrel lengths:''' 16.5"
*'''Length''' 37.25"
*'''Weight''' 8.05lbs
*'''Capacity:''' 30-round box magazine, AK-47 type magazines (7.62x39mm)
*'''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
----
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| [[John Ritter]] || Jonas Ambler
 
! width="210" | Show Title
! width="130" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note / Episode
! width="100" | Air Date
|-
|-
| || Nomads, Phoenix mercenary
| rowspan=3|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2]]'' ||[[David Fernandez Jr.]]||La Mañas member||Unknown Model;  "Grotesque" (S2E08) || rowspan=3|2016
|-
|-
|''[[Heat]] || [[Danny Trejo]] || Trejo || Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake || 1995
| ||Los Hermanos members||Unknown Model; "Pillar of Salt" (S2E12), "North" (S2E15)
|-
|-
| ''[[Dead Presidents]] || || N.V.A. soldiers || || 1995
| ||Militiamen||Unknown Model; "North" (S2E15)
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|''[[Soldier Boyz]] ||[[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]] || Vinh Moc || || rowspan=5|1995
| rowspan=8|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3]]'' || || Broke Jaw Ranch Militiamen||Unknown Model; "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01), "The New Frontier" (S3E02), "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)|| rowspan=8|2017
|-
|-
| [[Jacqueline Obradors]] || Vasquez || With pig-sticker bayonet
| [[Matt Lasky]] ||Cooper||Unknown Model; "Red Dirt" (S3E06)
|-
|-
| [[Demetrius Navarro]] || Lopez ||  
| ||Black Hat Reservation residents||Unknown Model; "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Minotaur" (S3E09), "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)
|-
|-
| || Vinh Moc's soldiers || With & without pig-sticker bayonets
| [[Nathan Sutton]] ||Jimmie||Unknown Model; "The Unveiling" (S3E07)
|-
|-
| || A criminal || Type 56-1
| Tracie Crawford Dominguez ||Broke Jaw Ranch resident||Unknown Model w/no front sight; "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)
|-
|-
| ''[[Top Dog]] || || Neo Nazi terrorists || Type 56-1 with AKM-style muzzle brakes || 1995
| [[Daniel Sharman]] ||Troy Otto||Unknown Model; "El Matadero" (S3E14)
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"| ''[[GoldenEye]] || [[Pierce Brosnan]] || James Bond ||rowspan="3"| Type 56-1, made to look like [[AK-74#AKS-74|AKS-74]] ||rowspan="5"| 1995
| ||Proctors||"Things Bad Begun" (S3E15), "Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
|-
|-
| [[Sean Bean]] || Alec Trevelyan
| ||Gonzalez Dam guard||"Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
|-
|-
| [[Famke Janssen]] || Xenia Onatopp
| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 7]]'' || Unknown || Saivors ||"Well" (S7E02), "Service" (S7E04), "Sing Me A Song" (S7E07), "New Best Friends" (S7E10), "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) || 2016-2017
|-
|-
| || Russian soldiers ||rowspan="2"| Made to look like [[AK-74]] and AKS-74
| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 8]]'' ||- ||-||lying against the table, with Magpul Furniture; "The Damned" (S8E02)  || 2017-2018
|}
 
=.22 LR Replicas=
==Adler-Jäger AP-80==
An Italian-made AK replica that first debuted in the 1980s, seen in productions filmed in Europe and chambered in .22 LR.
 
[[File:Jager47-027293.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Adler-Jäger AP-80 - .22 LR]]
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| || Janus soldiers
! width="225" | Title
! width="150" | Actor
! width="225" | Character
! width="250" | Note
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Steel Frontier]] || [[Stacie Foster]] || Sarah ||rowspan="3" | ||rowspan="3" | 1995
| ''[[Octopussy]]'' || || Orlov's forces, Border guards || || 1983
|-
|-
| [[Kane Hodder]] || Kinton
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Stefan Kalipha]] || Cuban ||  || rowspan="5" | 1985
|-
|-
| || mercenaries
| [[Alan Igbon]] || Cuban ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Dead Weekend (1995)|Dead Weekend]] || || TWF soldiers || Type 56-1 || 1995
| [[Billy Connolly]] || Delgado Fitzhugh ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| ''[[In the Army Now]] ||[[Lori Petty]] || Pvt. Christine Jones ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake ||rowspan="3"| 1994
| [[Chris Tummings]] || Garfield Cooper  ||  
|-
|-
| || Libyan Army soldiers
| [[Michael Caine]] || Baxter Thwaites  ||  
|-
|-
| || Libyan Army soldier || Type 56-1, made to look like [[AK-74]]
| ''[[Man on Fire (1987)|Man on Fire]]'' || || A combatant in Beirut || || 1987
|-
|-
| ''[[Clear and Present Danger]] || || Colombian cartel gunmen || Type 56-1 || 1994
| ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)]]'' || || PLO guard, other characters || || 1989
|-
|-
| ''[[Bad Blood]]'' || || Chang's henchmen || || 1994
|}
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Enemy Gold]] || [[Julie Strain]]|| Jewel Panther|| rowspan=2|Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake || rowspan=2|1993
! width="250" | Title
! width="200" | Actor
! width="200" | Character
! width="250" | Note / Episode
! width="50" | Air Date
|-
|-
| [[Ron Browning]] ||Slash
| ''[[Bergerac - Season 4|Bergerac]]'' || || African soldiers || "The Last Interview" (S04E01) || 1985
|-
|-
|''[[Crime Story (1993)]] || || Robber || with AKM muzzle brake || 1993
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| ''[[Martial Outlaw]]'' || || Rodchenko's henchman || || 1993
! width="300" | Game Title
! width="150" | Appears as
! width="200" | Mods
! width="200" | Notation
! width="100" | Release Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Curacao]]'' || || A terrorist || Type 56-1 || 1993
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' || "AK47" || || || 2001
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Freejack]] || [[Emilio Estevez]] || Alex Furlong ||rowspan="2"| ||rowspan="2"| 1992
|}
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=Firing Replicas=
 
==Bollywood Replica AK-47==
 
Commonly seen in Bollywood productions due to Indian firearms restrictions, these replica AK-47s are designed to fire blank ammunition and are most likely custom fabricated by Indian armorers. Virtually all "AK-47s" seen in Bollywood movies (excepting films made with the help of the Indian military) will be such blank-firing replicas.
 
[[File:BollywoodAK.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK-47 replica, commonly seen in Bollywood productions. Photo from Ekta Enterprises.]]
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| || Mercenaries
! width="225" | Title
! width="150" | Actor
! width="225" | Character
! width="250" | Note
! width="50" | Date
|-
|-
|''[[Beyond the Law]] || [[Ed Adams]] || Dirt || Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake || 1992
| ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]'' || || Criminals and Mumbai Police || || 2007
|-
|-
| ''[[Rapid Fire]]|| ||Guards|| ||1992
| ''[[LOC Kargil]]'' || || Pakistani Soldiers || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Hard Boiled]] || || Johnny Wong's thugs || Type 56-1|| 1992
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' || || Pakistani Gunmen || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Boyz N The Hood]] || [[Baldwin C. Sykes]] || Monster || Type 56-1|| 1991
|}
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=Airsoft Replicas=
 
==Tokyo Marui AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz==
[[File:Jpn airsoft AKU.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tokyo Marui AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz - 6mm BB]]
[[File:Jg-ak47s-fs.jpg|thumb|right|400px|JG "AK Beta-F" - 6mm BB]]
 
The '''AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz''' (stylized as "β-Spetsnaz"; Japanese: AK47 ヴェータ・スペツナズ) is a visually distinct airsoft AK-47 replica featuring [[AKS-74U]] elements an a ''very'' short foreend, shorter than that of the AKS-74U. It was originally released by Tokyo Marui in 2001. The weapon comes with a fixed stock and by default uses an airsoft AK magazine visually based on the shortened AK magazine used by the RWGŁ-3 (a.k.a. WG-GS-4).
 
Tokyo Marui also released a different airsoft AK with the foreend of the Beta Spetsnaz and an M4 stock in 2010, known as the AK47 HC.
 
Clones of the Beta Spetsnaz have been produced by Jing Gong and CYMA.
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
|-
|-
| ''[[In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal]]'' || || Mobster || || 1991
! width="300" | Title
! width="250" | Character
! width="200" | Notation
! width="100" | Release date
|-
|-
|''[[Afghan Breakdown]] || || Afghan Mujaheddin || Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet || 1991
|''[[Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3]]'' || || || 2013
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"| ''[[Bullet in the Head]] || [[Waise Lee]] || Little Wing ||rowspan="5"| ||rowspan="5"| 1990
|''[[Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil]]'' ||  ||  || 2014
|-
| [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]] || Ah Bee
|-
| [[Jacky Cheung]] || Fai
|-
| || N.V.A. soldiers
|-
| || Viet-Cong guerrillas
|-
|''[[Revenge (1990)]]'' || [[Miguel Ferrer]] || Amador || Type 56-1 || 1990
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Enemy]] || [[Peter Fonda]] || Ken Andrews ||rowspan="4" | ||rowspan="4" | 1990
|-
| [[Tia Carrere]] || Mai Chang
|-
| [[Felindo Obach]] || Sgt. Tuong
|-
| || Vietcong, Vienamese soldiers
|-
| ''[[Hunt for Red October, The|The Hunt for Red October]] || || Soviet Naval Infantryman || || 1990
|-
|rowspan="2"| ''[[RoboCop 2]] || [[Thomas Rosales Jr.]] || Chet || Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake ||rowspan="2"| 1990
|-
| || Nuke cartel thugs || Type 56, 56-1, & Type 56-2, with & without bakelite magazines and AK-74 muzzle brakes
|-
| ''[[Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection]] || || Ramon Cota's men || Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet || 1990
|-
| ''[[Navy SEALs]] || [[Nicholas Kadi]] || Ben Shaheedis || || 1990
|-
| ''[[The Killer]] || [[Danny Lee]] || Inspector Li Ying || Type 56-1 || 1989
|-
| ''[[UHF]] || || Villain || || 1989
|-
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July]] || || NVA soldiers || Type 56 with pig-sticker bayonet || 1989
|-
| ''[[Casualties of War]] || || Viet Cong guerrillas || Type 56-1 || 1989
|-
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Iron Triangle, The|The Iron Triangle]] || [[Liem Whatley]] || Ho ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="2"| 1989
|-
| || Viet-Cong
|-
| rowspan="5"| ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)|Code Name Coq Rouge]] || [[Stellan Skarsgård]] || Carl Hamilton ||rowspan="5"| Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="5"| 1989
|-
| [[Nick Burnell]] || Meyer
|-
| || Israeli terrorists
|-
| || PLO guard
|-
| || Boy on the beach
|-
| ''[[L.A. Bounty]] || ||Cavanaugh´s men|| || 1989
|-
| ''[[Dead Bang]]''||[[Mickey Jones]]||Sleepy||||1989
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Rambo III]] ||[[Sasson Gabai]] || Mousa || Type 56-1 ||rowspan="2"| 1988
|-
| || Afghan Mujahideen || Type 56 and Type 56-1
|-
| ''[[Return of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' || || "Tomato men" soldiers || Semi-auto Type 56S || 1988
|-
| ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]] || || Wing Kong gang members || Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes || 1986
|-
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Platoon]] ||[[Charlie Sheen]] || Pvt. Chris Taylor ||rowspan="4"| With pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="4"| 1986
|-
| [[Tom Berenger]] || SSgt. Robert Barnes
|-
| || N.V.A. soldiers
|-
| || Viet-Cong
|-
| ''[[Volunteers]]'' || || People's Army soldiers || || 1985
|-
| ''[[Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti)]] || || Viet Cong guerrillas || With pig-sticker bayonets || 1985
|-
| ''[[Park is Mine, The|The Park is Mine]] || [[Jong Soo Park]] || Tran Chan Dinh || Type 56-1 || 1985
|-
| ''[[Commando Leopard]] |||| Rebels || || 1985
|-
| ''[[Latino]] |||| ''FSLN'' soldiers and villagers || || 1985
|-
| ''[[Wheels of Fire]] |||| Scourge's Men || || 1985
|-
| rowspan="4"|''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Stefan Kalipha]] || Cuban || || rowspan="4"| 1985
|-
| [[Alan Igbon]] || Cuban ||
|-
| [[Chris Tummings]] || Garfield Cooper ||
|-
| [[Michael Caine]] || Baxter Thwaites ||
|-
| ''[[Code Name: Wild Geese]] |||| General Khan's soldiers || || 1984
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Octopussy]] |||| Soviet soldiers ||rowspan="2"| Type 56, milled receiver without pig-sticker bayonet ||rowspan="2"| 1983
|-
| || Border guards
|-
|''[[Uncommon Valor]]''||[[Kwan Hi Lim]]||Jiang||||1983
|-
| ''[[Year of Living Dangerously, The|The Year of Living Dangerously]] || || Indonesian soldiers || Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets || 1982
|-
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Apocalypse Now]] || || N.V.A. soldiers || ||rowspan="4"| 1979
|-
| || Viet-Cong ||
|-
| || Kurtz's men || With & without jungle-taped magazines
|-
| || French colonialists || With & without pig-sticker bayonets
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Deer Hunter]]''|| [[Robert De Niro]]||Michael|| rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|1978
|-
| [[Christopher Walken]]||Nick
|-
|}
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Harry's Game]]'' || [[Derek Thompson]] || Billy Downes || Type 56-1 || 1982
|-
|  ''[[A-Team, The| The A-Team]]'' || || || || 1983 - 1988
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Blott on the Landscape]]'' || [[David Suchet]] || Blott || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1985
|-
| || East German soldiers
|-
| ''[[ MacGyver (1985) - Season 1]]'' || - || Various characters || Type 56 with slant compensator / featured in 9 out of 22 episodes || 1985-1986
|-
| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || Vit Cng || || 1987 - 1989
|-
| ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || NVA soldiers || || 1987 - 1989
|-
| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || || || Type 56 and Type 56-1 || 1998 - 2001
|-
| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' || [[Bokeem Woodbine]] || Massive Genius || Nickel plated Type 56-1; "A Hit is a Hit" (S1E10) || 1999 - 2007
|-
| rowspan="8"| ''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || [[Ross Kemp]] || SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie  || rowspan="8"|Type 56-1 || rowspan="8"|2002 - 2006
|-
| [[Jamie Draven]] || Cpl. Jamie Dow
|-
| [[Tony Curran]] || Sgt. Pete Twamley
|-
| [[Miles Anderson]] || Col. Aidan Dempsey 
|-
| [[Louis Decosta Johnson ]] || Cpl. Dave Woolston
|-
| [[Heather Peace]] || Tpr. Becca Gallagher
|-
| [[Conor Mullen]] || Omega
|-
|  || Various terrorists and soldiers
|-
| ''[[Tremors: The Series]]'' || [[Victor Browne]] || Tyler Reed ||  "Shriek & Destroy" || 2003
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who (New Series) - Season 2]]'' || [[Andrew Hayden-Smith]] || Jake Simmonds || Type 56-1 in episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" || 2006
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 2|Criminal Minds]]'' || || Somali militiamen || "Distress" (S2E17) || 2007
|-
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Leo Fitzpatrick]] || "Mr. Mouse" || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
|-
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Adam Cantor]] || Rocko || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
|-
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' || [[Frank Grillo]] || Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
|-
| ''[[Kill Point, The|The Kill Point]]'' ||  || One of Deke Quinlan's men || Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator || 2007
|-
|  ''[[Sea Patrol]]'' || || Various rebels and mercenaries|| || 2007 - 2010
|-
| ''[[Sanctuary]]'' ||  ||  || || 2007 -
|-
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' ||  || North Korean terrorists and IRIS mercenaries  || Type 56-1 || 2009
|-
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' || [[Lee Byung-hun]] || Kim Hyun-jun  || Type 56-1 || 2009
|-
| ''[[Iris - Season 1]]'' || [[So-yeon Kim]] || Kim Seon-hwa  || Type 56-1 || 2009
|-
|''[[Falling Skies]]'' || [[Noah Wyle]] || Tom Mason || Type 56-1 || 2011 -
|-
|''[[Falling Skies]]'' || || Resistance fighters || Type 56 || 2011 -
|-
| ''[[Jon Benjamin Has a Van]]'' || || Guatemalan troops || Type 56, "Border" (S01E01) || 2011 
|-
| ''[[Longmire - Season 1|Longmire]]'' || [[Lobo Sebastian]] || Octavio Muara || Type 56-1, "The Cancer" (S01E04), plastic magazine, muzzle brake || 2012
|-
| rowspan=5| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 3]]'' || [[Travis Love]] || Shumpert the Bowman || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10) || rowspan=5| 2012-2013
|-
| various || Woodbury Soldiers || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Made to Suffer" (S3E08), "The Suicide King" (S3E09), "Home" (S3E10), "Prey" (S3E14), "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
|-
| [[Melissa Ponzio]] || Karen || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator;  "Home" (S3E10)
|-
| [[Sonequa Martin-Green]] || Sasha || Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S. & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Prey" (S3E14)
|-
| [[Daniel Thomas Ray]] || Allen || Type 56-1 fitted with a R.I.S & AKM-Style slanted compensator; "This Sorrowful Life" (S3E15), "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
|-
| ''[[Continuum - Season 2]]''|| ||  || "Second Chances" (E01)  || 2013
|-
| rowspan=3| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' || [[Alanna Masterson]] || Tara Chambler || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slant compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) || rowspan=3| 2013-2014
|-
| various || Governor's Militia Soldiers || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
|-
| various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "A" (S4E16)
|-
| rowspan=12| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 5]]'' || various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01), "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03) || rowspan=12| 2014-2015
|-
| various || Terminus Inhabitants || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
|-
| [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator
|-
| [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Sgt. Abraham Ford || Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "No Sanctuary" (S5E01)
|-
| [[Andrew J. West]] || Gareth || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
|-
| [[Chris Coy]] || Martin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
|-
| [[April Billingsley]] || Theresa || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
|-
| [[Benjamin Papac]] || Albert || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
|-
| [[Chris Burns]] || Mike || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E03)
|-
| [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with a Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator; "Crossed" (S5E07), "Them" (S5E10)
|-
| [[Jason Douglas]] || Tobin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
|-
| [[Steven Yeun]] || Glenn Rhee || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Spend" (S5E14)
|-
| ''[[Banshee - Season 2]]'' || ||Rabbit's men || Episode 10; Type 56 and Type 56-1||2014
|-
| ''[[Tyrant]]'' || ||Abbudinian soldiers || Episode 1; Type 56 ||2014
|-
| rowspan=10| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 6]]'' || [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with Dark Plum Polymer Furniture & AKM-style slanted compensator || rowspan=10| 2015-2016
|-
| [[Jason Douglas]] || Tobin || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "First Time Again" (S6E01)
|-
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Always Accountable" (S6E06)
|-
| [[Austin Nichols]] || Spencer Monroe || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Heads Up" (S6E07)
|-
| various || At least 2 unnamed Savior Members || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator in an after credits scene; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
|-
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Start to Finish" (S6E08), "No Way Out" (S6E09)
|-
| [[G-Rod]] || Savior Member || Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12)
|-
| various || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
|-
| [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Twice As Far" (S6E14)
|-
| various || Savior Members || Type 56 & Type 56-1 fitted with a AKM-style slanted compensator; "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16)
|-
| rowspan=8| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 7]]'' || [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon || Type 56 fitted with wood furniture, AIM Handguard & AKM-style slant compensator; ”The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) || rowspan=8| 2017
|-
| [[Andrew Lincoln]] || Rick Grimes || Type 56 fitted with wood furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| [[Cooper Andrews]] || Jerry || Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives (S7E16)
|-
| Unknown || Savior Member || Type 56 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture & slant compensator; " The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| [[Christian Serratos]] || Rosita Espinosa || Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| [[Alanna Masterson]] || Tara Chambler || Type 56-1 fitted with R.I.S. & slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| [[Sabrina Gennarino]] || Tamiel || Type 56-1 fitted with slant compensator; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| [[Thomas Francis Murphy]] || Brion || Type 56-1 fitted with dark plum polymer furniture, slant compensator, & folding stock removed; "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16)
|-
| ''[[Wynonna Earp]] || || Revenant thug || Type 56-2 side-folding stock variant; "The Blade" (S1E04) || 2016
|-
|''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 4|The Man in the High Castle]]''||[[Joel de la Fuente]]||Chief Inspector Kido||||2019
|-
|}
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
|''[[Gunslinger Girl]]||Padania Terrorists||||2003
|}
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' ||  ||  ||Type 56; with under-folding bayonet ||rowspan="2" | 2017
|-
| || ||Type 56-1
|-
| [[Rainbow Six Siege]]||||||Unusable||2015
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto V]]||"Assault Rifle"||||Type 56-2||2013
|-
| [[Godfather II, The (VG)]]|| ||||||2009
|-
| [[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]||"AK47"||||||2009
|-
| [[7.62 High Calibre]] ||"Type 56" ||w/ various attachments|| || 2008
|-
| [[Tomb Raider: Underworld]]||||||not usable||2008
|-
|[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]||"AK-47"||w/ underfolding "pig sticker" bayonet||||2004
|-
|[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]||"AK47"||||||2004
|-
|[[Project IGI 2: Covert Strike]]||"AK-47"||||||2003
|-
|[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]||"Kalashnikov"||||||2003
|-
| [[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]] || "AK47" ||  ||  || 2002
|-
|[[Project IGI: I'm Going In]]||"AK-47"||||||2000
|-
| [[Global Operations]]||"AK-47"||||||2000
|-
| [[Jurassic Park: Trespasser]] || "Kalashnikov" ||  ||  || 1998
|-
|}
 
==Norinco Type 84S==
[[Image:NorincoType84SRifle.jpg |thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:NorincoType84SFolder.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S-1 Underfolder Model with 16" barrel - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:NorincoType84STarget.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S "Target" Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  Basically a standard Norinco Type 84S with a slightly longer barrel.  This variant was ready for market just as the 1989 US import ban was implemented, so it is mostly seen in Canada.  It has an 18.5" barrel and was very rarely seen in the U.S. Gun market.]]
[[Image:NorincoType84SMatch.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco Type 84S-1 "Match" Rifle - 5.56x45mm.  Norinco was stuck sitting on a pile of 21" RPK barrels chambered for 5.56mm when the door slammed shut on U.S. imports in 1989. Norinco saved money by mating their 21" long RPK-style barrels to their stockpile of 84S Folding Stock receiver bodies and thus exported the '''Type 84S Match''' to countries such as Canada and Australia.  Canada would suffer their own import ban on 'frightening looking guns' in 1995.  Australian gun owners would suffer such a fate in 1997.]]
 
The Type 84 rifle is nearly identical to the Chinese Type 56 (seen above), but it is chambered in 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington and manufactured entirely for export. The civilian variants are known as Type 84S, and are semi-automatic only (full auto Type 84s are far rarer than the Type 84S though). It is often seen impersonating the [[AK-74]] in movies and TV shows (particularly ''[[Stargate: SG1]]'', where it is carried by Russian SG teams).
 
The Type 84 was exported and sold with an AK birdcage flash hider and had a deep polished factory blue. Several other variants of the 84S Rifle (that are mostly unfamiliar to American Gun Owners) were victims of the 1989 Import Ban that barred most new 'assault rifles' from entering the United States.  These rifles were thus mostly exported to Canada and Australia, and as a result, appeared in television shows or movies that were filmed in those countries.  Listed here are two of the variants seen in Canadian or Australian television (the Target and the Match versions). If it were not for Canadian or Australian movie armorers, most Americans would never have known these variants existed. 
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="180"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="70"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Interview, The|The Interview]] ||  || North Korean soldier || Type 84S-1 || 2014
|-
| ''[[A Dangerous Man]]'' ||[[Byron Lawson]]  || Mao || . || 2009
|-
| ''[[Zombieland]]'' || || Stylish Secret Agent || . || 2009
|-
| ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]'' || || Hungarian police officers ||.|| 2006
|-
| ''[[Sum of All Fears, The|The Sum of All Fears]]'' || || Ukrainian soldiers || Type 84S-2, fitted with custom muzzle brakes to pass for [[AKS-74]]|| 2003
|-
| ''[[Reindeer Games]]'' || ||.|| Seen in the weapons storage compartment of Gabriel's ([[Gary Sinise]]) truck || 2000
|-
| ''[[Bravo Two Zero]]'' || || Iraqi soldiers ||.|| 1999
|-
| ''[[Hollow Point]]'' || || Mobsters || w/ Type 56-style bayonets|| 1996
|-
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Sliders]]'' || || Russian soldiers || || 1995-2000
|-
| ''[[Millennium]]'' || || || Found in cult warehouse / "Gehenna" || 1996-1999
|-
| ''[[The X-Files]]'' || || Russian gulag guards/soldiers || Type 84s (standard variant), 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Terma" (S4E09), "Patient X" (S5E13) || 1996-1998
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || || Seth's followers || (S03E02) || rowspan=2|1997 - 2007
|-
| [[Jen Halley]] || Lieutenant Tolinev || mocked up as AKS-74U / "The Tomb" (S05E08)
|-
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 5]]'' || [[Brian Markinson]] || Gary Lambert || 84S-1 'Target' (underfolder stock) / "Folie à Deux" (S5E19) || 1998
|-
| ''[[Seven Days]]'' || || Various military personnel and terrorists || "Peackeepers", "The Fire Last Time" || 1998-2001
|-
| ''[[Harsh Realm]]'' || || A bounty hunter and Cherokee nationalists || (Ep. 2 "Leviathan", Ep. 8 "Cincinnati") || 1999
|-
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Sopranos]]'' || [[James Gandolfini]] || Tony ||rowspan="3"|  "Two Tonys" (5.01) ||rowspan="3"| 1999-2007
|-
| [[Max Casella]] || Benny Fazio
|-
| [[Carl Capotorto]] || Little Paulie Germani
|-
| ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' || || Resistance fighters || Season 2, "Lay Down Your Burdens" || 2004-2009
|-
| ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' || [[Ryan Robbins]] || Charlie Connor || Season 3, "Exodus"  || 2004-2009
|-
| ''[[Chris Ryan's Strike Back]]'' || [[Fenar Mohammed-Ali]] || As'ad || Ep. 1, 2 || 2010
|-
| ''[[Chris Ryan's Strike Back]]'' || || Iraqi insurgents ||  Ep. 1, 2 || 2010
|-
| ''[[Wynonna Earp]]''|| || Revenant thug || "The Blade" (S1E04), Type 84S-1 "Match" rifle || 2016
|-
|}
 
===Anime===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig|Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG]]||Dejima refugee sniper||Type 84S Target with scope||2004-2005
|}
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== Norinco MAK-90 ==
[[Image:MAK90.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Norinco MAK-90 - 7.62x39mm]]
"Post-ban" version of the Norinco Type 56, made for import for use as a civilian sporting rifle. As such, the MAK-1990 was manufactured in semi-automatic mode only, the rear sight was ground down and the bayonet lugs were ground off. Most rifles are fitted with a 'thumbhole' stock and were manufactured with both milled and stamped receivers. Originally, these rifles were sold for around $180 and were looked down on as "cheap" rifles, but have since been regarded as fine rifles and have gone up in price greatly.
 
=== Specifications ===
(1990 - 1994)
 
* '''Type:''' Assault Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|lbs|8.25}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|in|35.1}}
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|in|16.34}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 10, 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
----
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]] |||| Terrorist || || 1996
|-
|''[[Soldier]]|| || Arcadia 234 inhabitant || With 10-round magazine || 1998
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[God Bless America]]'' || [[Tara Lynne Barr]] || Roxy || rowspan=3|thumbhole stock removed || rowspan=3|2012
|-
| [[Joel Murray]] || Frank Murdock
|-
| [[Mike Tristano]] || Shady gun dealer
|-
|}
 
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==Zastava M70==
[[File:Zastavam70a.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Zastava M70A with milled receiver, underfolding stock and rifle grenade sights. - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Zastava M70B1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Zastava M70B1 with stamped receiver - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Zastava M70 AB2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Zastava M70AB2 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:Zastava M70AB2.jpg |thumb|right|400px|Zastava M70AB2 - 7.62x39mm (non-standard pistol grip).  The military version of the M70AB2 underfolder rifle has a black plastic pistol grip as seen in the image above. However all of the Zastava M70AB2 rifles imported in the U.S. by Mitchell Arms had the wooden pistol grip seen in this photo.  So a wooden pistol grip is indicative of a 'Mitchell Arms' rifle.]]
 
The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AK-47 (later AKM), however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AK-47/AKM.  It also has other design variations which make it immediately recognizable from its Russian cousin. M70 has grenade launcher sights (see talk page for detailed images) that when raised cut off gas flow to the piston allowing use of blanks for grenade launching; the rear trunion has a plunger to lock the receiver cover to prevent loss when used with a grenade launcher. Flip-up sights are standard equipment for optional night use: two dot rear and one dot front filled with phosphorescent material. M70 magazines are standard AK-47 type, but have a follower that blocks the bolt open when empty (much like the 30 round M1 Carbine magazine follower). The forearm is distinctly longer and has 3 cooling vents.
 
Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion. It was made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Plant), now Zastava Oružje / Zastava Arms in a Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city of Kragujevac.
 
It was most widely used and seen in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Yugoslavia also sold them to many countries such as Iraq (which produced a licensed copy known as the Tabuk, which lacked the grenade-launching sight) and Kuwait.
 
The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:
 
* M70 - milled receiver, fixed stock
* M70A – milled receiver, underfolding stock
* M70A1 – milled receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
* M70B1 – stamped receiver, fixed stock
* M70AB2 – stamped receiver, underfolding stock
* M70AB3 – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, rifle grenade sight removed and replaced with a [[GP-25]] 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher
* M70B1N – stamped receiver, fixed stock, mount for night or optical sights
* M70AB2N – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
 
* Variants M70B, M70AB and M70AB1 also exist, but they are rare and their specifications are unclear.
 
=== Specifications ===
(1970 - Present)
 
* '''Type:''' Carbine
 
* '''Caliber:'''  7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.7}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|0}} (stock extended), {{convert|mm|0}} (stock folded)
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|415}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|'' [[American Sniper]] || || Iraqi insurgents || M70B1 and M70AB2 versions || 2014
|-
|''[[Wicked Blood]]''||[[Sean Bean]]||Frank Stinson||||2014
|-
|'' [[Guardian Angel (Schutzengel)]] |||| Assailant || M70AB2 version with synthetic hand guard || 2012
|-
|'' [[The Dark Knight Rises]] || || Mercenaries || M70AB2 version || 2012
|-
|'' [[Chernobyl Diaries]] || [[Jonathan Sadowski]] || Paul || || 2012
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Machine Gun Preacher]]'' || || LRA troops || || rowspan="3" | 2011
|-
| || SPLA troops ||
|-
| [[Ronnie Nyakale]] || AJ ||
|-
|'' [[Coriolanus]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Tullus Aufidius || M70AB2 version || 2011
|-
|''[[Guard, The (2011)|The Guard]]||[[Don Cheadle]]||F.B.I. Special Agent Everett ||M70B1||2011
|-
|'' [[Fast Five]] |||| Gunmen || M70AB2 version || 2011
|-
|''[[The A-Team (2010)|The A-Team]] |||| Iraqi guards || M70AB2 version || 2010
|-
|''[[District 13: Ultimatum]] || || Thugs || M70AB2 & M70B1 versions || 2009
|-
|''[[A Dangerous Man]] || [[Jesse Hutch]] || Sergey || M70AB1 version || 2009
|-
|''[[Watchmen]] |||| Viet Cong fighter || || 2009
|-
|''[[Punisher: War Zone]] |||| Russian mobsters || M70B1 and M70AB2 versions|| 2009
|-
|''[[The Brothers Bloom]] |||| Czech soldiers || || 2008
|-
|''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)|Shake Hands with the Devil]] |||| Rwandan soldiers and RPF rebels || M70AB2 version|| 2007
|-
|''[[Stealth]] |||| North Korean soldiers || M70AB2 version, with taped on flashlight|| 2005
|-
| ''[[Strawberries in the Supermarket (Jagoda u supermarketu)]]'' || [[Srdjan Todorovic]] || Marko Kraljevic || || 2003
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Warriors (Guerreros)]]'' || || Serbian and Albanian soldiers || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2002
|-
| [[Eloy Azorín]] || Pvt. Vidal
|-
| ''[[Behind Enemy Lines]] |||| Serbian soldiers |||| 2001
|-
| ''[[No Man's Land]] |||| Serbian and Bosnian forces |||| 2001
|-
|''[[Savior]] |||| Serbian and Bosnian forces || || 1998
|-
| ''[[Black Cat, White Cat (Crna macka, beli macor)]]'' || || Train Guards, Dadan's henchman || || 1998
|-
|''[[The Peacemaker]]'' |||| Terrorists, Russian soldiers and UN peacekeepers || || 1997
|-
|''[[Pretty Village, Pretty Flame]] |||| Serbian soldiers || M70B1 and M70AB2 versions|| 1996
|-
| ''[[Detonator II: Night Watch]]'' || || Mao's henchmen || M70AB2 || 1995
|-
|''[[Armour of God]] |||| Cultists || M70AB2 || 1987
|-
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|'' [[Ultimate Force]]||[[Ross Kemp]] || Sgt. Henno Garvie ||"Something to Do with Justice",  M70B1 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]] ||  || Serbian rebels ||"Something to Do with Justice", M70B1 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]] || [[Damian O'Hare]]|| Sean Weir || "The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie", M70B1 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]] || || Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers ||"Weapon of Choice", M70B1 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]] || ||  Al-Qaeda terrorists ||"Deadlier Than the Male", M70AB2 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]] || || SAS, Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers || "Weapon of Choice", M70AB2 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]]  || || Al-Qaeda terrorists || "Dividing Line",  M70AB2 || 2002 - 2006
|-
|''[[Stargate SG-1]] ||  || Russian SG team ||"Icon"  || 1997 - 2007
|-
|''[[Stargate SG-1]]|| [[Victor Favrin]] || Chalo ||"Evolution",  || 1997 - 2007
|-
|''[[Stargate SG-1]] || [[Frank Roman]] || Rafael || "Evolution", M70AB2 || 1997 - 2007
|-
|''[[Stargate SG-1]] ||  || Honduran rebels ||"Evolution"  || 1997 - 2007
|-
|''[[24: Redemption]] ||  || Child soldier ||  M70AB2 || 2008
|-
|''[[Ultimate Weapons]]  ||  || ||"Close Quarter Battle", M70AB2 || 2009 - 2011
|-
|''[[Nikita (2010)|Nikita]] ||  || Bank robbers and Chilean rebels ||  M70AB2 ||2010 - Present
|-
|''[[Covert Affairs]]''|| ||A Taliban Terrorist||"Half a World Away" (S2E7) ||2011
|-
|''[[Banshee - Season 1]]  || [[Ulrich Thomsen]] || Kai Proctor || Episode 10 / M70B1|| 2013
|-
|''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 4|The Man in the High Castle]]''||[[Alexa Davalos]]||Juliana Crain||||2019
|-
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|''[[24: The Game]]||Z85||||||2006
|-
|}
 
== Zastava M85 ==
[[File:M85 5 12.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Zastava M85 - 5.56x45mm NATO]]
The Zastava M85 is a compact carbine manufactured by the Yugoslavian Zastava company, similar to the [[AKS-74U]], albeit in 5.56x45mm NATO, with an underfolding stock instead of a side-folder, and a three-holed handguard.
 
=== Specifications ===
 
* '''Type:''' Carbine
 
* '''Caliber:'''  5.56x45mm NATO
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.5}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|800}}, {{convert|mm|540}} (stock folded)
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|254}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|''[[Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain]] || "Stava M85" || || || 2004
|-
|''[[Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days]] || "Vamazast" || || || 2010
|-
|}
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==Zastava M92 ==
[[Image:ZastavaM92.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Zastava M92 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:Zastava M92 pistol.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Zastava M92 pistol - 7.62x39mm]]
 
Very similar to the [[Zastava M85]] but chambers 7.62x39mm instead of 5.56x45mm. Note the curved magazine.
=== Specifications ===
( - )
 
* '''Type:''' Carbine
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.5}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|800}}, {{convert|mm|540}} (stock folded)
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|254}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
===Film===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''|| ||Terrorist||||2012
|-
| ''[[The Equalizer (2014)|The Equalizer]]''|| ||Andri's henchman||||2014
|-
| ''[[Fate of the Furious, The|The Fate of the Furious]]'' ||  || Russian separatists || with Magpul MOE handguard and Magpul Zhukov buttstock || 2017
|-
|}
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|''[[America's Army]]||  ||  || Seen in crates with other AK-series weapons, unusable || 2002
|-
|}
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==Zastava M21 ==
[[Image:Zastava M21 s.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Zastava M21S - 5.56x45mm]]
 
The '''Zastava M21''' is a family of modern 5.56x45mm firearms developed by [[Zastava Arms]] as a replacement for the older M70 series of rifles. The M21 is currently the standard service rifle of the Serbian military, and is also used by security services in Bosnia-Herzgovina, Iraq and Cameroon.
 
The Zastava M21 is produced in the following variants:
 
* '''M21 A''' - standard full-length rifle (M21 ABS includes picatinny rail system for the mounting of attachments).
* '''M21 S''' - compact short-barrelled variant of the M21 (M21 SBS includes picatinny rail system for the mounting of attachments).
* '''M21 C''' - carbine variant of the M21.
 
=== Specifications ===
( 2004 - )
 
* '''Type:''' Rifle, Carbine
 
* '''Caliber:''' 5.56x45mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.15}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|1000}}, {{convert|mm|750}} (stock folded)(M21 A), {{convert|mm|915}}, {{convert|mm|666}} (stock folded) (M21 S), {{convert|mm|825}}, {{convert|mm|575}} (stock folded) (M21 C)
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|254}} (M21 A), {{convert|mm|375}} (M21 S), {{convert|mm|325}} (M21 C)
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|'' [[Strike Back - Season 5]]||[[Philip Winchester]] || Sgt. Michael Stonebridge ||rowspan="2"| M21 C / S05E09 || rowspan="2"| 2015
|-
||Russian and North Korean operatives
|-
|''[[Strike Back - Season 6]] || [[Warren Brown]]  || Sergeant Thomas "Mac" McAllister || S06E09 || 2017
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Whiskey Cavalier]] ||    || Fascia Rossa guards || "When in Rome" / S01E03|| rowspan="2"| 2019
|-
|| || Human trafficker || M21 S / S01E06
|-
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==Zastava LKP PAP==
[[File:Zastava LKP PAP.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Zastava LKP PAP - 7.62x39mm]]
The '''Zastava LKP PAP''' (Serbian: Polu-automatska puška, "Semi-automatic rifle") is a series of sporting rifles manufactured by the Yugoslavian [[Zastava Arms|Zastava]] company, which designed to comply with US firearms import laws.
=== Specifications ===
 
* '''Type:''' Semi-automatic rifles
 
* '''Caliber:'''    7.62x39mm (PAP M70), 7.62x51mm (PAP M77), 5.56x45mm (PAP M85)
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.6}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|940}}
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|415}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 10-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
----
 
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]] || "Zastava M21" || || || 2007
|-
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==MPi-K/MPi-KmS==
[[File:185 (MPi-K).JPG|thumb|right|450px|7,62-mm-Maschinenpistole „Kalaschnikow" (MPi-K) both sides - 7.62x39mm. Note: Early versions of the MPi-K has the design of front sight is different.]]
 
The MPi-K/MPi-KmS are East German license-manufactured versions of the AK/AKS. It was introduced in 1958, put into regular service in 1961, and was subsequently replaced by the MPi-KM from 1964.
 
One of the features of MPi-K is the absence of a cleaning rod and a socket in the buttstock for a pencil case with accessories, since instead of them a cleaning kit of the [[Karabiner 98k]] pattern was used. However, the original AK kit later was considered more effective (in particular, the ramrod could allow knocking out a stuck shell), and was introduced on the subsequent MPi-KM.
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[And Your Love Too]]'' || || East German border guards and soldiers || MPi-KmS || 1962
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)]]'' || [[Jaecki Schwarz]] || Lt. Gregor Hecker || rowspan=3| MPi-K; stand-in for [[Sturmgewehr 44]] || rowspan=3|1968
|-
| [[Dieter Mann]] || ''Unteroffizier'' Willi Lommer
|-
| || German soldiers
|-
|}
 
<br clear=all>
 
==MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72==
[[File:MPIKM72Wood.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KM - 7.62x39mm. This is externally different from later MPi-KM-72 by the wooden lower hand grip. This configuration were common in 1966-1972.]]
[[File:EastGermanAK MPi-KM-72.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KM-72 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:East German Mpi-KMS with sling and side-folding stock.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MPi-KMS-72 - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. It was introduced in 1961 and entered to regular service from 1964. Early version of the MPi-KM rifle had wooden furniture and was similar to the original AKM, but later models have distinctive stippled brown pistol and top hand grips (from 1965), and buttstocks (from 1966). In 1970 were designed the updated models, introduced into service in 1972, under the designations MPi-KM-72 and MPi-KMS-72. The MPi-KMS-72 also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the later Romanian rifles. It is worth noting that the MPi-KMS-72 was the first version of the new rifle with a folding buttstock, taken into service, the earlier MPi-KMS (similar to the original AKMS) was not adopted.
 
Since 1984, they have been replaced by the [[AK-74|MPi AK-74]]. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.
 
Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely. Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]] |||| Katanga rebels || "Transitional" model MPi-KM || 1980
|-
|''[[23 (1998)|23]] |||| East German border patrol || || 1998
|-
|''[[Sun Alley]] |||| East German border guards || || 1999
|-
|''[[Extreme Ops]] |||| Thug || || 2002
|-
|''[[Hotel Rwanda]] |||| Rwandan soldiers || || 2004
|-
|'' [[Lord of War]] |||| Afghan mujaheddin |||| 2005
|-
|'' [[Battle for Haditha]] |||| Iraqi Army soldiers || MPi-KMS-72 || 2007
|-
|''[[The Hurt Locker]] |||| Iraqi police officer || MPi-KMS-72 || 2008
|-
|''[[Carlos (2010)|Carlos]] |||| Terrorist || || 2010
|-
|''[[Zero Dark Thirty]] |||| Afghan soldiers || || 2012
|-
|''[[Daylight's End]]''||[[Heather Kafka]]||Earnesta||||2016
|-
| ''[[Wolf Warriors 2]]'' || [[Hans Zhang]] || Zhuo Yifan || MPi-KMS-72 || 2017
|-
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei]]'' ||    ||Bank robber ||"Todesfahrt der Linie 834"; Sturmgewehr AKMS-K carbine|| 1996 - ????
|-
|'' [[GSG-9]] |||| Terrorist ||Folding Stock|| 2008
|-
| ''[[Munich 72]]'' || [[Shredi Jabarin]] || "Issa" || || 2012
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Bornholmer Straße]]'' || [[Max Hopp]] || Burkhard Schönhammer  ||rowspan="3" | MPi-KMS-72 || rowspan="3"|2014
|-
| [[Milan Peschel]] ||Ulrich Rotermund
|-
| [[Robert Gallinowski]] || Michael Krüger
|-
|}
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Spriggan (1998)]]'' || Turkish General Directorate of Customs Protection soldiers || || 1998
|-
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Schwarzesmarken]]'' ||  Sergeant Major Kurt Griebel || rowspan="3" | MPi-KMS-72 || rowspan=3 | 2017
|-
| Second Lieutenant Katia Waldheim
|-
| NVA soldiers and East German border guards
|-
|}
 
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==AKM-63/AMD-65==
[[File:AKM-63.jpg|thumb|400px|right|AKM-63 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AMD-65.jpg|thumb|400px|right|AMD-65 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AMD-65 wood.jpg|thumb|400px|right|AMD-65 with wood furniture - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The '''AKM-63''' and '''AMD-65''' (''Automata Módosított Deszantfegyver''; loosely "Automatic Modified Paratrooper Weapon") are Hungarian variants of the AK-47, manufactured by [[FÉG]]. Hungary originally adopted a domestically manufactured milled receiver AK as the '''AK-55'''. In the early 60s, the Hungarian Army decided to modernize their rifles into the AKM-63. The AKM-63 featured a distinctive perforated sheet metal handguard, a stamped receiver, a foregrip, and was manufactured in either wood or polymer furniture. The AKM-63 was further modified into the AMD-65 in 1965, which was a compact version with a shorter barrel and side folding stock, intended for paratroopers and vehicle crews. The AMD-65 is the most famous variant of the Hungarian AKs.
 
=== Specifications ===
(1963 - )
 
* '''Type:''' Assault Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.21}} (AMD-65)
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|847}} (AMD-65, stock extended), {{convert|mm|624}} (AMD-65, stock folded)
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|317}} (AMD-65)
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|||| ||AMD-65; seen in arsenal ||2021
|-
| ''[[Furious 7]]'' || ||Jakande's henchman|| AMD-65 || 2015
|-
| ''[[Spring Breakers]]'' || Ashley Benson || Brit || AMD-65, with 16-inch barrel || 2013
|-
| ''[[Cockneys vs. Zombies ]]'' || || || AMD-65 || 2012
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' || || Gunmen || AMD-65 || 2012
|-
| ''[[Fast Five]]'' || || Zizi's gunmen|| AMD-65 || 2011
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || || Iraqi Insurgents || AMD-65 || 2011
|-
| ''[[Underworld]]'' || || || AMD-65, Mounted on armory rack || 2003
|-
| ''[[I Spy (2002)|I Spy]]'' |||| Gunder's men || AMD-65 || 2002
|-
| ''[[Exit Wounds]]'' |||| Corrupt DPD officer || AMD-65 || 2001
|-
| ''[[In China They Eat Dogs]]'' || || A gangster || AMD-65 || 1999
|-
| ''[[Commander Hamilton]]'' || || Russian troops || AMD-65 || 1998
|-
| ''[[Citizen X]]'' || || Soviet troops || AKM-63 and AMD-65 || 1995
|-
| ''[[Death Wish V: The Face of Death]]'' || [[Chuck Shamata]] || Sal Paconi || AMD-65 || 1994
|-
|''[[Red Scorpion]]'' || [[Dolph Lundgren]]|| Nikolai Rachenko || AMD-65 || 1989
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Rambo III]]'' ||[[Richard Crenna]]|| Colonel Trautman || rowspan=3| AMD-65 || rowspan=3|1988
|-
| [[Sylvester Stallone]]|| John Rambo
|-
| || Soviet tank crew
|-
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Professionals (TV Series), The|The Professionals]]''|| || Quinn || AMD-65, "A Man Called Quinn" , PSO-1 scope || 1983
|-
| ''[[Moon Knight - Season 1]]''|| ||Arthur Harrow's cultist||AMD-65; "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) || 2022
|-
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' || || || AMD-65, Used by Ocelot Unit, unobtainable || 2004
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]] ||  ||  || AMD-65 || 2007
|-
|''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]''|| || || AKM-63||2010
|-
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' ||"ADM63"||  || AKM-63 || 2010
|-
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' ||"ADM65"||  || AMD-65 || 2010
|-
| ''[[Squad]]'' || AMD-65 || || || 2015
|-
|}
 
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==AMM/AMMS==
<!--MISSING AMM IMAGE-->
[[File:AMMS.jpg|thumb|400px|right|AMMS - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:SA85M.jpg|thumb|400px|right|SA-85M - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:FEG SA-85.jpg|thumb|400px|right|FEG SA-85 Underfolder - 7.62x39mm]]
 
In the late 1970s, the Hungarian government decided to improve and develop a new rifle for simplification, unification with their allies, and exportability. The confusingly-named '''AK-63''' was adopted in 1977 as the standard Hungarian infantry rifle. Two versions of the AK-63 were produced, the AK-63F with a fixed stock, and the AK-63D with an underfolding stock. The two weapons were adopted as the '''AMM''' and '''AMMS''' (spelt AMMSz in Hungarian) respectively. Another variant, the '''AK-63MF''', was a modernized version of the AK-63D with telescopic stock and Picatinny rail. A rare semi-auto only version of the AK-63F, known as the '''SA-85M''', was made for export to the lucrative US civilian market, which was affected by the 1989 ban.
 
The Hungarian AK-63 is almost completely identical to the Soviet AKM. The main differences between the two is that the AK-63 rifles retains the distinctive straight pistol grip of the AKM-63, and that the handguard of the AK-63 lacks the palm swells of the Soviet AKM. The wood also has has a bright, laminated blond finish like the AKM-63.
 
AMM stands for ''Automata Kalasnyikov Modernizált Magyarosított'', which loosely means "Hungarianized AKM".
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Rambo (2008)]] ||||Burmese Junta soldiers|| SA-85M underfolder || 2008
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|''[[Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 1]]'' ||  [[Marek Wlodarzcyk]] || Wadim Gubanow || AMMS, "Das Lied vom Freund" (S01E07) || 1994
|-
|}
 
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Voice Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Characters'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="350"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|''' Date'''
|-
|  ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' ||  ||  ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) ||  2022
|-
|}
 
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{{Clear}}
 
== FÉG NGM-81==
[[File:FEG-NGM 81.jpg|thumb|right|450px|FÉG NGM-81 with original PKM style flash hider - 5.56x45mm]]
The Hungarian '''FÉG NGM-81''' was a domestic rifle based on the indigenous Hungarian AK, but built for export. For that reason, it was chambered in 5.56x45mm, though some 5.45x39mm variants exist. The Rifle was built between 1981-1990.  The original rifles were only offered with a fixed butt and a wooden fore-end, made in the same Hungarian Blonde wood as the SA-85M export rifle. The folding stock version of this rifle was called the '''NGV-81'''.
 
Due to Cold War prohibitions against Combloc weapons within the U.S. (except those exempted by treaty), the vast majority of the export NGM-81 rifles went to Europe and Africa. Most versions omit the large [[PK machine gun|PKM]] style flash hider, opting instead for the standard AK-47 style muzzle nut. The FÉG NGM rifle was noteworthy in that it kept the AK-47/Type 56 style of gas block system, with the gas relief holes in the gas tube, not the gas block (as is the case with the AKM and later style rifles). The Gas block itself and the front sight is the AKM style in shape and the rifle takes a Hungarian stamped metal 5.56mm magazine similar but not identical to the Wieger style AK magazine.
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Sahara (2005)|Sahara]]'' ||[[Steve Zahn]] || Al Giordino || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2005
|-
| [[Matthew McConaughey]] || Dirk Pitt
|-
| ''[[Casino Royale]]'' || || Nambutu Embassy Guards || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw]]'' || || Brixton's operatives || Modernized || 2019
|-
| ''[[Angel Has Fallen]]'' || || Salient operatives || Modernized || 2019
|-
| ''[[Infinite (2021)|Infinite]]'' || || Operatives || Modernized || 2021
|-
| ''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]'' || || || Modernized; seen in arsenal || 2021
|-
|}
 
===Television===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|  ''[[Ultimate Force - Season 4|Ultimate Force]]'' || || Various soldiers and terrorist|| || 2006
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==Radom-Hunter==
[[Image:Radom Hunter.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Radom Hunter - 7.62x39mm]]
The '''Radom Hunter''' is a Polish "sporterised" version of the AKM. The Hunter can be seen with proprietary sight-mount/receiver cover or, more common, the standard AKM side rail.
 
===Specifications===
(1987 - 2000)
 
* '''Manufacturer:''' [[Fabryka Broni Radom]].
 
* '''Type:''' Hunting Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|5.185}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|1015}}
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|508}}
 
* '''Capacity:''' 5 (Or any AK-type magazine)
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
----
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Demons of War]]'' || [[Miroslaw Baka]] ||  "The silent"  || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1998
|-
| [[Christoph Rex-Jarnot]] || Filip
|-
| ''[[The Foreigner]]'' || [[Steven Seagal]] || Jonathan Cold ||  || 2003
|-
|}
 
<br clear=all>
 
==AKU-94==
[[File:AKU-94onARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Maadi ARM in AKU-94 bullpup kit - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:AKU-94.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK variant in AKU-94 bullpup kit with polymer magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
The AKU-94 is a bullpup conversion kit for the AK type rifle, originally created and sold by American company K-VAR Corporation. Both the European style AKs (like the Romanian AKs or Egyptian Maadis) and the Chinese style of AK rifle (Type 56) can fit into the kit.  In the Mid-2000s, KVAR stopped making and selling the AKU-94 conversion kit.  All remaining kits were purchased by Century Arms International, and subsequently used to 'spruce up' AK rifles with a futuristic bullpup look.  Currently various imported AK rifles (mostly WASRs) with kit installed, is sold by Century Arms International.  This bullpup configuration retains the standard barrel length but the design makes the AK rifle more compact making it more suitable for close quarters battle. 
 
=== Specifications ===
( - )
 
* '''Type:''' Assault Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.62x39mm
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Soldier]]'' ||[[Kurt Russell]] || Sgt. Todd || rowspan=2|Dressed up as futuristic weapon, with Surefire universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight || rowspan=2|1998
|-
| || Soldiers
|-
| ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'' || [[John G. Brennan]] || The Chief || modified rear sights || 2000
|-
| ''[[The Apocalypse Code]]'' || || Various terrorists || || 2007
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Last Sentinel]]'' || || Various commandos || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2007
|-
| [[Katee Sackhoff]] || Girl
|-
| ''[[The Interceptor (Zapreshchyonnaya Realnost)]]'' || || Kurylo's special forces soldier || || 2009
|-
| ''[[The Town]]'' ||[[Slaine]] || Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan || red dot sight|| 2010
|-
| ''[[American Heist]]'' || || NOPD SWAT || M4-style birdcage flash hider, no sights|| 2014
|-
|}
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' || [[Robert Beltran]] || Chakotay || rowspan=2| "Nemesis", Dressed up as alien weapons || rowspan=2| 1997
|-
| || Kradin soldiers
|-
| ''[[The X-Files - Season 7]]'' || Ryan Todd || 'Mixer' || Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope / "First Person Shooter" (S7E13) || 2000
|-
| ''[[Firefly]]'' || || guards || "War Stories" (S1E10) || 2002
|-
|}
 
===Video Games===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]'' || AK-103 Bullpup || w/ various attachments ||  || 2012
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty Online]] || "AKBP" || w/ various attachments|| || 2015
|-
|}
 
== "AKMSU" ==
[[Image:AKMSU-original.jpg|thumb|right|450px|"AKMSU" in the National Firearms Centre, with thumbhole foregrip and an AKMS-style stock, fitted with a bakelite magazine - 7.62x39mm. This model has a muzzle brake containing an expansion chamber, required for the correct cycling.]]
[[Image:AK-Krinkov.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Converted AKM pistol - 7.62x39mm. This is a blank adapted full auto transferable AKM pistol that was converted into a Krinkov via parts kit. Guns just like this one have been used in ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', ''[[Three Kings]]'', and numerous other movies and TV shows.]]
[[File:AKPDW01.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Converted AKM pistol with RIS handguard - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The AKMSU is a chopped and shortened version of the AKM, in the same vein as the [[AKS-74U]]. The weapon is very rare, and the origin of the weapon is very strongly disputed. Some sources describe the weapon as a rare prototype carbine intended for Russian airborne troops, before being found to be inconvenient to use and phased out by the AKS-74U. Other sources, including most Russian sources, say the weapon does not exist, never made in any capacity by the Soviet Union, and any chopped and shortened AKM carbines are foreign-made custom models.
 
One alleged genuine AKMSU is in the possession of National Firearms Centre (of the Royal Armouries) in Leeds, United Kingdom, gifted to them in 2005 by UK's MOD Pattern Room; the Pattern Room received the weapon in June 1986. This model is identified to have been a custom model made from a Type 56 receiver and AKS-74U parts (with the rivet positions at the rear of the receiver being one telling sign that it is originally a Type 56), and is often cited as originating from the Khyber Pass. Given that the only alleged genuine AKMSU is conclusively identified as a custom model, no genuine Russian AKMSUs are known to exist, supporting the idea that the term does not describe a production weapon.
 
The name AKMSU is regularly cited as "Автомат Калашникова Mодернизированный Складной Укороченный", or "Kalashnikov's shortened modernized assault rifle with a folding stock". It is unclear who first applied this name to the weapon; it's possible that the name was first applied to the National Firearms Centre model, and was spread through firearm encyclopedias and airsoft replicas.
 
Despite the muddied history of the "genuine AKMSU", AKMSU-like firearms (i.e. 7.62x39mm AK derivatives resembling the AKS-74U in overall form) have been produced outside of Russia. The Bulgarian Arsenal AR-SF, SLR-107UR, and Yugoslavian/Serbian Zastava M92 all fit the description to some extent.
 
On IMFDB, "AKMSU" currently designates custom modified AKM carbines that exist in recognizable quantities in Hollywood productions, such as ''[[Three Kings]]'', ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', ''[[Bad Boys II]]'', etc. These are full-size AK variants that have been converted with Krinkov parts kits; many feature side-folding AKS-74U-style stocks.
 
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Hard Boiled]]'' ||[[Philip Kwok]]|| Mad Dog || || 1992
|-
|'' [[Three Kings]]'' |||| Iraqi Republican Guard officer |||| 1999
|-
|''[[Training Day (2001)|Training Day]]'' |||| Russian mafia hitmen || || 2001
|-
|''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'' |||| Gang member || || 2002
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[XXX|xXx]]'' ||[[Radek Tomecka]] || Ivan Pedgrag || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2002
|-
| || Czech Police
|-
|''[[Bad Boys II]]'' |||| Haitian gang members and Cuban special forces |||| 2003
|-
|''[[Battle Royale II: Requiem]]'' ||Saki Sakurai|| Wild Seven || || 2003
|-
|''[[A Man Apart]]'' |||| Cartel soldier || w/ Bulgarian "waffle"-style plastic magazine|| 2003
|-
|''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' |||| Nigerian militia fighter || || 2003
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' |||| Davian's mercernaries || || 2006
|-
|''[[The Kingdom]]'' |||| Terrorists |||| 2007
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' ||[[Brandon Soo Hoo]]|| Tran || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2008
|-
| || Flaming Dragon members
|-
|''[[The Dark Knight]]'' ||||| One of Scarecrow's men || || 2008
|-
|'' [[Terminator Salvation]]'' |||| Human survivor |||| 2009
|-
| ''[[The Town]]'' ||[[Jeremy Renner]] || James 'Jem' Coughlin || With RIS handguard || 2010
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Expendables]]'' |||| General Garza's soldiers || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2010
|-
| [[Gary Daniels]] || The Brit
|-
|''[[Sinners and Saints]]''||[[Johnny Strong]]||Detective Riley||||2010
|-
| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]]'' || || Guard || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol]]'' || || Russian agents || KCI quad rail handguard || 2011
|-
| ''[[Contraband]]'' || [[Diego Luna]] || Gonzalo || KCI quad rail handguard || 2011
|-
| ''[[Largo Winch II]]'' || || Police in Bashkortostan || || 2011
|-
|''[[Red Dawn (2012)|Red Dawn]]''||[[Chris Hemsworth]]||Jed Eckert||||2012
|-
| ''[[Resident Evil: Damnation]]''|| ||Leon S. Kennedy / J.D. ||heavily customized ||2012
|-
| ''[[The Expendables 2]]''|| [[Scott Adkins]] ||Hector || ||2013
|-
| ''[[Iron Man 3]]''|| [[Ben Kingsley]] ||The Mandarin|| ||2013
|-
| ''[[The Purge: Anarchy]]''|| [[Frank Grillo]] || Leo Barnes || KCI Quad-Rail handguard ||2014
|-
| ''[[Transcendence]]''|| [[Falk Hentschel]] ||Bob || Railed handguard ||2014
|-
| ''[[22 Jump Street]]''|| Eddie Perez || Library Goon || Railed handguard ||2014
|-
|''[[Sabotage (2014)|Sabotage]]''||||drug cartel assassin||||2014
|-
| ''[[Jack Reacher: Never Go Back]]''|| || Contractor || Railed handguard ||2016
|-
| ''[[Fate of the Furious, The|The Fate of the Furious]]'' || || Russian separatists || || 2017
|-
|''[[12 Strong]]''||[[Navid Negahban]]||General Abdul Rashid Dostum||||2018
|-
|''[[Bad Boys for Life]]'' ||||gunman||||2020
|-
|}
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Firefly]]'' ||  || henchman|| "Heart of Gold" (S01E13) || 2003
|-
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' ||  || Gang Hitman ||  || 2002 - 2010
|-
|  ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || || Russian Mobsters ||"Seeing Red" || 2002 - 2010
|-
| ''[[CSI: NY - Season 5|CSI: NY]]''||[[Emilio Rivera]]||Little Stevie||"Point of No Return" (S05E18)||2004 - Present
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4|Criminal Minds]]'' || [[Luke Perry]] || Benjamin Cyrus || "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) || 2008
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 4|Criminal Minds]]'' ||  || Polygamist cult members || "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) || 2008
|-
| ''[[Unit, The|The Unit]]'' ||||  ||  || 2006 - 2009
|-
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010) - Season 2|Hawaii Five-0]]'' || [[Alex O'Loughlin]] || Steve McGarrett || RIS handguard || 2011
|-
|  ''[[The Last Ship - Season 1|The Last Ship]]''||[[Travis Van Winkle]] || Lt. Danny Green ||  || 2014
|-
|''[[True Detective - Season 2|True Detective]]''||||gangster||||2015
|-
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 3|Stranger Things]]''||[[David Harbour]]||Chief Hopper||Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S03E08)||2019
|-
|}
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Söldner: Secret Wars]]'' || AKS-74U |||| ||  2004
|-
| ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]]'' || Akm 74/2U|| || Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm|| 2007
|-
| ''[[Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals]]'' || AKS-74 ||||  || 2008
|-
| ''[[SAS Secure Tomorrow]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]]'' ||Akm 74/2U || || Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm|| 2008
|-
| ''[[Armed Forces Corps]]'' ||AKS-74U|| NONE || || 2009
|-
| ''[[Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures]]' || AKS-74U ||||  || 2009
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' || AKS-74U ||single-player only  || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Uncharted 3]]'' || KAL 7 || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]'' || AKS-74U || w/ various accessories|| || 2012
|-
| ''[[Spec Ops: The Line]]'' ||AKS-74U || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]'' || AKS-74U Suchka || w/ various accessories  || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Payday 2]]'' || "Krinkov" || With underfolding stock ||  || 2013
|-
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]'' ||AKS-74U || w/ various accessories || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Survarium]]'' || || || || 2013
|-
|}
 
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Voice Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Characters'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="350"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|''' Date'''
|-
|  ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 3]]'' ||  ||  ||seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) ||  2022
|-
|}
 
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==AK-Alfa==
[[File:AK Alfa.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK-Alfa with 16.3" barrel, 90 degree gas block and Hartman MH1 reflex sight - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AK-Alfa.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK-Alfa with 12.4" barrel, 45 degree gas block, KeyMod forend and MH1 reflex sight - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The '''AK-Alfa''' is a modernized version of the AK design made by Kalashnikov USA/Israel (CAA). The core of its design is actually based on the [[Saiga rifle series]], a semi-automatic rifle series based on the AK design.
 
===Specifications===
(2016 - Present)
*'''Type:''' Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle (7.62x51mm)
*'''Calibers:''' 7.62x39mm M43, 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO
*'''Barrel lengths:''' {{convert|mm|415}}, {{convert|mm|314}}
*'''Length''' (with 16.3" barrel)''':''' {{convert|mm|950}}, {{convert|mm|685}} with stock folded
*'''Weight''' (with 16.3" barrel)''':''' {{convert|kg|3.5}} empty
*'''Capacity:''' 30-round box magazine, AK-47 type magazines (7.62x39mm)
*'''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
 
----
 
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[America's Army: Proving Grounds]]'' || "CZ Alpha" || || Added in a 2018 update || 2013
|-
| ''[[Warface]]'' || "AK Alpha" ||  ||  || 2013
|-
| ''[[World War 3]]'' || "Alpha" ||  ||  || 2018
|-
|}
 
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Voice Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Characters'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="350"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|''' Date'''
|-
| ''[[Love, Death & Robots - Season 1]]'' || ||Marines' Enemies||hybrid with [[M249]]; "Lucky 13" (S1E13) || 2019
|-
|}
<br clear=all>
 
==Century Arms C39 V2==
[[File:C39V2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Century Arms C39 V2 - 7.62x39mm]]
 
The '''Century Arms C39 V2''' is an American AKM clone with milled receiver design made by Century Arms.
 
===Specifications===
(??? - Present)
*'''Type:''' Assault Rifle, Pistol, SBR,
*'''Calibers:''' 7.62x39mm M43
*'''Barrel lengths:''' 16.5"
*'''Length''' 37.25"
*'''Weight''' 8.05lbs
*'''Capacity:''' 30-round box magazine, AK-47 type magazines (7.62x39mm)
*'''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto
 
----
 
=== Television ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2]]'' ||[[David Fernandez Jr.]]|| One of the men from Gael's group || "Grotesque" (S2E08) || 2016
|-
| ''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3]]'' ||[[Nathan Sutton]] ||Jimmie ||unknown hybrid with [[Type 56]]; "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Minotaur" (S3E09)  || 2017
|-
| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 7]]'' || Unknown || Saivors ||"Well" (S7E02), "Service" (S7E04), "Sing Me A Song" (S7E07), "New Best Friends" (S7E10), "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) || 2016-2017
|-
| ''[[The Walking Dead - Season 8]]'' ||- ||-||lying against the table, with Magpul Furniture; "The Damned" (S8E02)  || 2017-2018
|}
 
==.22 LR Caliber Versions==
===Adler-Jäger AP-80===
An Italian-made AK replica that first debuted in the 1980s, seen in productions filmed in Europe and chambered in .22 LR.
 
[[File:Jager47-027293.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Adler-Jäger AP-80 - .22 LR]]
 
====Film====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="225"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="225"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Octopussy]]'' || || Orlov's forces, Border guards || || 1983
|-
| rowspan="5"|''[[Water (1985)|Water]]'' || [[Stefan Kalipha]] || Cuban ||  || rowspan="5"| 1985
|-
| [[Alan Igbon]] || Cuban ||
|-
| [[Billy Connolly]] || Delgado Fitzhugh ||
|-
| [[Chris Tummings]] || Garfield Cooper  ||
|-
| [[Michael Caine]] || Baxter Thwaites  ||
|-
| ''[[Man on Fire (1987)|Man on Fire]]'' || || A combatant in Beirut || || 1987
|-
| ''[[Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)]]'' || || PLO guard, other characters || || 1989
|-
|-
|}
|}


==== Television ====
{{Clear}}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Bergerac - Season 4|Bergerac]]'' || || African soldiers || "The Last Interview" (S04E01) || 1985
|-
|}
 
====Video Games====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' || "AK47" || ||  || 2001
|-
|}
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==Firing Replicas of the AK-47==
==Tokyo Marui AK-Spetsnaz==
[[File:Tokyo Marui AK Spetsnaz.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tokyo Marui AK-Spetsnaz - 6mm BB]]


===Bollywood Replica AK-47===
The '''AK-Spetsnaz''' was the predecessor to Tokyo Marui's AK Beta Spetsnaz. It was a limited edition airsoft AK released at the 36th Shizuoka Hobby Show in 1997. It features a standard AK rear sight, an AKS-47 receiver (without the stock), and no Picatinny rail.


Commonly seen in Bollywood productions due to Indian firearms restrictions, these replica AK-47s are designed to fire blank ammunition and are most likely custom fabricated by Indian armorers. Virtually all "AK-47s" seen in Bollywood movies (excepting films made with the help of the Indian military) will be such blank-firing replicas.
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
[[File:BollywoodAK.jpg|thumb|right|450px|AK-47 replica, commonly seen in Bollywood productions. Photo from Ekta Enterprises.]]
 
====Film====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="225"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="225"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]'' || || Criminals and Mumbai Police || || 2007
! width="300" | Game Title
! width="150" | Appears as
! width="250" | Mods
! width="200" | Notation
! width="100" | Release date
|-
|-
| ''[[LOC Kargil]]'' || || Pakistani Soldiers || || 2003
|''[[Ghost Squad]]''|| "TK1B" |||| Stocked ||2004
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' || || Pakistani Gunmen || || 2012
|-
|-
| ''[[Operation Ghost]]'' || || || Stocked || 2011
|}
|}
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{{Clear}}


==Non-Firing Replicas of the AK-47==
=Non-Firing Replicas=
===Hudson AK-47===
==Hudson AK-47==


The most common of all movie AK-47s in scenes where a real firearm was not used, is the all metal Japanese "Hudson AK-47".  Hudson, a replica gun company like Model Gun Corp. (MGC) made many metal replicas in the 1970s and 1980s.
The most common of all movie AK-47s in scenes where a real firearm was not used, is the all metal Japanese "Hudson AK-47".  Hudson, a replica gun company like Model Gun Corp. (MGC) made many metal replicas in the 1970s and 1980s.
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[[File:HudsonAKS47Folder.jpg  |thumb|right|450px|Hudson AK-47, a Japanese Replica firearm based on the original Type III AK-47, seen here with AKS-style underfolding stock]]
[[File:HudsonAKS47Folder.jpg  |thumb|right|450px|Hudson AK-47, a Japanese Replica firearm based on the original Type III AK-47, seen here with AKS-style underfolding stock]]


====Television====
===Television===


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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title'''
! width="200" | Show Title
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
! width="200" | Actor
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
! width="200" | Character
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Note / Episode'''
! width="270" | Note / Episode
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
! width="80" | Date
|-
|-
| ''[[Stargate SG-1 - Season 8]]'' || || Russian soldiers || "Full Alert" (S8E14) || 2005
| ''[[Stargate SG-1 - Season 8]]'' || || Russian soldiers || "Full Alert" (S8E14) || 2005
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=See Also=
=See Also=
* [[Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
* [[Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
* [[Norinco]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Norinco.
* [[Zastava Arms]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Zastava.
* [[Fabryka Broni Radom]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Fabryka Broni Radom.


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Latest revision as of 18:16, 30 December 2023

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AK-47 serial number 1 - 7.62x39mm. Important note: this is the original appearance of this prototype, in the form in which it, together with the rifles under serial numbers 2 and 3, was tested in December 1947 - January 1948. It was subsequently heavily modified in 1948 when it was used along with #2 for additional testing.

The AK-47, officially Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова, lit. 'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'), is a select-fire, gas-operated 7.62x39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov. The model spawned the Kalashnikov rifle family of weapon designs, whose members would be adopted by large amounts of countries as their service rifles, becoming one of the most widely used firearms in the world.

The AK-47 and its variants has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide, and was the basis for developing many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. Multiple Communist Bloc countries manufactured copies of the AK-47 (and the AKM), some of which would go on to spawn derivative rifle families with designs distinct from Soviet/Russian designs. These include:

Note: This page specifically focuses on 7.62x39mm Soviet/Russian variants of the Kalashnikov rifle, as well as their near-identical copies manufactured by other countries. For 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov variants with distinctive designs used by other countries, please see their respective pages. For later modernized Soviet/Russian Kalashnikov variants, see the AK-74, AK-100 series, and AK-12 pages.

The AK-47 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Soviet/Russian Models

AK-46

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AK-46 prototype No. 1 - 7.62x39mm

The AK-46 (exact designation uncertain) is the common name for an experimental assault rifle by Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov on the basis of a self-loading carbine he developed in 1944, whose design would evolve into the AK-47. The rifle commission rejected this design in the second round of their tests, but Kalashnikov would radically revise his design and create the prototype "AK-47".

The AK-46's design had a certain resemblance to the mechanisms of the M1 Garand, specifically action with a short stroke of the gas piston located above the barrel and a rotating bolt.

There were three versions of the rifle, each slightly different from each other. The third in particular had a folding buttstock, similar to the later AKS-47.

Specifications

(Prototyped in 1946)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Feed System: 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Kalashnikov Yuriy Borisov Mikhail Kalashnikov №1 prototype 2020


AK-47

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Type 1 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm
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Type 2 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm
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Type 2 AK-47 - 7.62x39mm
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Type 3 AK-47 with slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm
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Type 3 AK-47 with laminated stock - 7.62x39mm
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Poly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the Type 3 AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47.
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Type 3 AK-47 built from US Receiver - 7.62x39mm. This is an Actual Screen used AK-47 from the film We Were Soldiers (built by Cinema Weaponry)

The name AK-47, as used in the English-speaking world, refers to the oldest production variants of Kalashnikov's assault rifle design, before the introduction of the AKM. These production weapons are officially designated as the AK in Soviet sources; the name "AK-47" in Russian sources instead only refers Kalashnikov's pre-production prototypes from 1947, which feature some differences from the finalized design. In Soviet sources, the AK-74 and its variants were the first to include the year in its original naming.

These early production AK variants are divided by western firearm collectors into three distinctive types:

  • Type 1: The first production model, produced from 1948-1951. The Type 1 AK featured an early stamped receiver. It can be distinguished by a raised section of the stamped receiver underneath its charging handle, as well as a slightly differently shaped pistol grip.
  • Type 2: The second production model, produced from 1951-1957. The Type 2 AK featured a milled receiver; while it was intended for the AK to use all stamped parts for cost reasons, the Soviet metalworking industry was simply not ready to do this at the time, and the high rejection rate of the early stamped AK receivers led to a switch to milling that lasted until the introduction of the AKM. It can be distinguished by a metal stock mounting bracket on its buttstock.
  • Type 3: The third production model, produced from 1955-1959. The Type 3 AK is an improved version of the Type 2 AK, and also had a milled receiver. Most milled receiver AKs are derived from the Type 3 design. The Type 3 AK was phased out in 1959 by the improved stamped receiver AKM.

It is noteworthy that the U.S. government had a ban on all weapons imported from Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold War years (1947-1989). Communist nations which were not part of the Warsaw pact, such as Yugoslavia and Mainland China, were allowed to negotiate trade agreements with the U.S., thus the influx of Chinese AK type rifles and Yugoslavian AKs (Zastava). The Maadi ARMs (the US version of the MISR) were allowed because Egypt was never a Communist country nor a member of the Warsaw Pact. But, as a result of this, virtually no U.S. movie has a real original AK-47 prior to a certain date. The exceptions are, custom build ups after the mid 1990s when original AK-47 rifle kits were available (as was done on We Were Soldiers, using original blueprints and US-made milled receivers), and movies filmed overseas where foreign movie armorers had no such restrictions. This is particularly true for films made in Israel and some parts of Europe.

This is not the case now, with the current crop of films made outside the U.S., mostly in the newly democratic Eastern European nations (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, etc.) However, Russia has firmly blocked the export of their old AK-47 surplus guns outside of the country, having distributed most of them to client nations and guerrillas throughout the world in the previous five decades. So the AK-47 one 'thinks' one sees may very well be a Poly Technologies Legend series AK (from China) or another AK Variant.

As an additional note, early production AKs used the slab sided magazine featured in Kalashnikov's original design, and the ribbed magazine design was introduced later.

Specifications

(1949 - Present)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 8.5 lbs (3.9 kg) empty, 10.5 lbs (4.8 kg) loaded
  • Length: 34.3 in (87 cm)
  • Barrel length: 16.4 in (41.6 cm)
  • Muzzle velocity: 2,350 ft/s (715 m/s)
  • Feed System: 10, 20, 30, 40-round box magazine, 75 or 100-round drum magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Black Widow Russian soldiers 2021
Seventh Circle Prison guards
The Outpost Taliban fighters Type III 2020
Afghan National Army soldiers
Villagers
Kalashnikov (2020) Yuriy Borisov Mikhail Kalashnikov Type I 2020
Yuriy Borisov Mikhail Kalashnikov AK-46 prototype
Soviet soldiers Type III
Extraction Chris Hemsworth Tyler Rake 2020
Mosul Suhail Dabbach Commander Jasem With RIS handguard, foregrip, Tapco Intrafuse stock and EOTech sight 2020
Amir Mohimen Mahbuba Type III
Hooka Thaer Al Shayei Type III
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Vietcong soldiers 2019
Luke Bracey Sgt. Bob Buick
PASKAL The Movie Angolan militias 2018
7 Days in Entebbe Daniel Brühl Wilfried Böse 2018
Rosamund Pike Brigitte Kuhlmann
Angel Bonanni Yonatan Netanyahu
IDF Commandos
Palestinian Hijackers
Ugandan Soldiers
The Death of Stalin Jason Isaacs Georgy Zhukov 2017
Red Army soldiers, Stalin's guards
The Nice Guys Matthew Bomer John Boy 2016
Pitbull: Tough Women A gang member 2016
Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve) Equatorial Guinea soldiers 2015
Survivor (2015) Taliban fighters 2015
The Calculator (Vychislitel) Seen in Captain's armory 2014
ABCs of Death 2 Ibraheem Ganem Arab man 2014
Kite Emir's gunmen 2014
The White Storm Marc Ma Dune Kun 2013
Homefront (2013) Drugs laborant 2013
Heavenly Shift (Isteni müszak) Serbian fighters 2013
Killing Season Serbian fighters, Bosnian militia 2013
Zulu Beach thug 2013
Shaamilla Nordien Beach girl
Java Heat Mike Muliadro Achmed 2013
009-1: The End of the Beginning Soldiers 2013
The Dark Knight Rises Mercenary 2012
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault Pandawa fighters 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Afghani terrorists, Russian smugglers, Somali soldiers/prison guards, Ethiopian terrorists 2012
Safe House Hitmen 2012
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) several assailants M4-style stocks, AKM-style flash hider and synthetic hand guards 2012
Red State Jennifer Schwalbach Smith Esther continuity error 2011
X-Men: First Class Soviet soldiers 2011
Elephant White several versions in weapons caches 2010
The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie) 2010
Clash (Bay Rong) Johnny Nguyen and Veronica Ngo Quan and Trinh Type III 2009
Balibo Indonesian soldiers 2009
Kandahar Break Shaun Dooley Richard 2009
Anti-Taliban fighters
Vengeance Suet Lam Fat Lok Polytech Legend model 2009
Peranmai Jeyam Ravi Dhuruvan 2009
Mercenary
Ba'al: The Storm God Armed guards Type III 2008
Crossfire (Les Insoumis) Gangsters 2008
War, Inc. Turaqi militia 2008
Secrets of State (Secret défense) Terrorists, DGSE Agents 2008
The Hunting Party Somali militia member 2007
Rescue Dawn Christian Bale Deiter Dengler 2007
The Mark of Cain Iraqi insurgents 2007
Hitman African Rebels and Russian Alfa commandos 2007
The Apocalypse Code Various terrorists 2007
Five Fingers Laurence Fishburne Ahmat 2006
Soldier at airport
Joy Division Soviet soldier at the gate 2006
Blood Diamond Leonardo DiCaprio Danny Archer 2006
RUF rebels
Catch a Fire ANC fighters 2006
The Battle of Long Tan Vietcong 2006
Lord of War Nicolas Cage Yuri Orlov Type III model 2005
The Mechanik thugs 2005
Sahara Touraeg fighter 2005
Nemesis 2: Nebula Sue Price Alex Sinclair 2005
Breaking News Criminals Possibly Polytech Legend model 2004
Tears of the Sun Cameroonian border guard 2003
Warriors (Guerreros) Serbian and Albanian soldiers 2002
Carla Pérez Pvt. Balbuena
K-19: The Widowmaker Soviet sailors 2002
We Were Soldiers Viet Cong and NVA soldiers Built by armorer Mike Papac 2002
Sniper 2 2002
Muscle Heat Arabian terrorists, Arena Guards 2002
Behind Enemy Lines Serbian soldier 2001
Armstrong Russian Soldiers 1998
Godzilla Ukrainian Soldiers 1998
Commander Hamilton Russian troops 1998
Road Ends Orosco's henchman 1997
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) Chechen fighters 1996
The Way to Dusty Death Vincennes' henchmen 1995
Zero Tolerance Mobsters 1994
Crime Story (1993) Robber 1993
Operation Condor Guards Type II 1991
Jackie Chan Asian Hawk - Condor
Eva Cobo de Garcia Elsa
For Sacha (Pour Sacha) Arab soldiers 1991
Loaded with Death (Zaryazhennye smertyu) Boris Bystrov Nikodimov 1991
Vadim Andreev Fedoseev
Vyacheslav Baranov Uvarov
Aleksei Rodionov Borisov
Zdraviya zhelayu! ili Beshenyy dembel Anton Androsov Mitya Agafonov 1990
Oleg Komarov Pvt. Kokin aka "Koka"
Aleksandr Olkov Sr. Lieutenant
Soviet Army soldiers
A Better Tomorrow III Viet Cong fighters 1990
Husband of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Muzh sobaki Baskerviley) Aleksandr Korzhenkov Oranzhevyy 1990
Code Name Coq Rouge PLO guard 1989
Stellan Skarsgård Carl Hamilton
Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) Afghan government soldier 1989
Stray Dogs (Psy) Andrey Krasko Viktor Utekhin 1989
Yuriy Kuznetsov Ivan Maksimchuck
The Beast of War Afghan Mujaheddin 1988
Rambo III Afghan Mujaheddin 1988
Iron Eagle II Enemy Soldiers 1988
Zerograd (Gorod Zero) Seen in the museum 1988
The Fourth Protocol Russian Soldiers 1987
Fatal Beauty Criminal Henchmen 1987
Death Before Dishonor Brian Keith Colonel Halloran 1987
Who's That Girl Sean Sullivan The gun dealer 1987
The Living Daylights Art Malik Kamran Shah 1987
Iron Eagle Enemy Soldiers 1986
The Delta Force Terrorists 1985
Rocky IV Soviet Soldiers 1985
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye) Soviet sailors 1985
Water Billy Connolly Delgado Fitzhugh 1985
Valerie Perrine Pamela Weintraub
The Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian officer 1982
Green Ice Colombian guerillas 1981
Apocalypse Now Viet Cong fighters and Kurtz's men 1979
The Odd Angry Shot Viet Cong fighters 1979
Country Trip of Sergeant Tsybulya (Dachnaya poezdka serzhanta Tsybuli) Soviet soldiers 1979
The Fury Kirk Douglas Pete Sandza 1978
Terrorists
Operation Thunderbolt Yehoram Gaon Col. Yonatan Netanyahu 1977
Arik Lavie Gen. Dan Shomron
African soldiers, Hijackers, Israeli commandos
The Mirror (Zerkalo) Soviet soldiers Real 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict archive footage 1975
And on the Pacific... (I na Tikhom Okeane...) Soviet soldiers and cadets 1974
Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) Mongolian soldiers 1971
Mission in Kabul (Missiya v Kabule) Afghan soldiers Seen in documentary footage 1971
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) Soviet soldiers Anachronistic 1969
The Scouts (Razvedchiki) Soviet soldiers Anachronistic 1968
At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) German soldiers Probably represented as Sturmgewehr 44s 1968
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) Soviet soldiers 1965
In the Hard Hour (V trudnyy chas) German soldiers 1961
Soldier's Heart (Soldatskoye serdtse) Soviet soldiers 1959
Gloomy Morning (Khmuroe utro) White Army soldiers Heavily anachronistic 1959
Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela) Yuriy Bogolyubov Sgt. Grechka 1958
Anvar Turaev Pvt. Kaphnutdinov
Maksim Perepelitsa Soviet Soldiers The first screen appearance of AK 1955

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Born by Revolution: The Last Meeting (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: Poslednyaya vstrecha) Militsia personnel 1977
Blott on the Landscape East German soldiers 1985
On Wings of Eagles Kurdish fighter 1986
The State Border: Film 8 Russian Border guards Some modified to resemble AK-74 1988
Citizen X Red Army soldiers 1995
Soldier Soldier Conor Mullen C Sgt Maj. Alan Fitzpatrick Season 07 Ep10. "Chain of Command" 1997
The Sopranos Edie Falco Carmela Pilot (1.01) 1999
Ultimate Force Sean Gilder Mick Sweeney Replica, switches to Zastava M70 for firing scenes 2002 - 2006
Damian O'Hare Sean Weir
Guns Shawn Doyle Det. Merriweather 2008
Flashpoint (2008) various subjects 2008-2012
Breaking Bad - Season 2 seen on leaflet; "Grilled" (S2E02) 2009
Seen in music video; "Negro Y Azul" (S2E07)
Charlie's Angels on photo 2011
Midsomer Murders Mercenaries S14E7 "A Sacred Trust" 2011
Breaking Bad - Season 4 Cartel Member Cybergun airsoft; "Salud" (S4E10) 2011
Revolution - Season 1 Opening credits 2012
Arrow - Season 1 mercenaries 2012-2013
Breaking Bad - Season 5 Jonathan Banks Mike Ehrmantraut "Say My Name" (S5E07) 2012-2013
24: Live Another Day Operative 2014
Tyrant seen inside the freedom fighters' Volkswagen Vanagon 2014
The Spider (Pauk) A security guard 2015
The Night Manager mercenaries 2016
The Departed (Gorod) Criminals 2017
Stranger Things - Season 3 Soviet military 2019
Better Call Saul - Season 5 Uncredited Herardo "Something Unforgivable" (S5E10) 2020
For All Mankind - Season 2 Soviet cosmonauts Side-folding wire stock, "Triage" (S2E09), "The Grey" (S2E10) 2021
Topi seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) 2021
Moon Knight - Season 1 Arthur Harrow's cultists "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) 2022
Egyptian Patrol Agency guards "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06)
Ann Akinjirin Bobbi Kennedy
Ms. Marvel - Season 1 Train station guards "Seeing Red" (S1E04) 2022
The Last of Us - Season 1 Anna Torv Tess "Infected" (S1E02) 2023
Revolutionaries of Kansas City "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Power of the Living movement Guerrier "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03), "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04) 2023

Anime

Title Character Note Date
The Abashiri Family Militants "Explosion of violence!! We don't have justice!" (E01) 1991
New Dominion Tank Police Tank Police Squad and criminals 1993
Gunsmith Cats Seen in gun store 1995-1996
Burn-Up W Terrorist 1996
Trigun Descarte's henchman Futurisic version of AKMS 1996-1997
Burn-Up Excess Terrorist, Maya Jingu, Nanvel Candlestick 1997-1998
Noir Islamic revolutionaries & USSR soldiers Seen in flashback 2001
Gunslinger Girl Padania Terrorists 2003
Magikano Rika Anju "Did a Maid Really Come?" (Ep.07) 2006
Black Lagoon Various factions 2006
When They Cry: Kai Shion Shinozaki 2007
Batman: Gotham Knight Seen in flashback 2008
Rideback BMA terrorist 2009
Eden of the East Seen in Takizawa's closet 2009
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky Terrorists 2010
Upotte!! Type 3 and Type 1 2012
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Rento Kirishima Airsoft 2013
Magical Girl Raising Project Calamity Mary 2016
Lycoris Recoil Various hitmen 2022
Chainsaw Man Yakuza members "Mission Start" (S1E11) 2022

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release date
Goldeneye 007 KF-7 soviet 1997
Perfect Dark KF-7 special 2000
Fallout Tactics fires 7.62x51mm rounds 2001
007: Agent Under Fire 2001
Grand Theft Auto 3 2001
Operation Flashpoint Available with GP-30 grenade launcher 2001
Conflict: Desert Storm 2002
No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way 2002
America's Army w/ Type 56 bayonet lug 2002
Contract J.A.C.K. 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
Counter Strike: Source CV-47 2004
Shellshock Nam '67 2004
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 2004
Söldner: Secret Wars 2004
The Stalin Subway 2005
Civilization IV 2005
Battlefield 2 Available w/GP-25 grenade launcher 2005
Vietcong 2 2005
Elite Warriors Vietnam 2005
Cold Fear AK-47 / AK Type III 2005
Boiling Point: Road to Hell 2005
Project Reality With optional GP-25 grenade launcher and bayonet 2005
Conflict: Global Terror 2005
El Matador 2006
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 2006
Black 2006
24: The Game AZ7 Soviet 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas With optional ACOG, red dot sight, laser pointer, and silencer Inaccurately modeled with AK-74 magazine 2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Type I w/ 75-round drum (X360 only) 2006
Soldier of Fortune: Payback w/ variety of accessories 2007
Blacksite: Area 51 Non-player weapon 2007
Scarface: The World is Yours Can be upgraded with a Remington 870 shotgun attachment 2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007
Zombie Panic Source 2007
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat 2007
Alliance of Valiant Arms 2007
Counter-Strike Online CV-47 w/ long magazine mode in Zombie 2 mode, Zombie 3 mode and Zombie Unite Mode
CV-47 Dragon		 2007
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Cannot be used by player 2007
Cross Fire "Type 56" with Type 56's bayonet 2007
Army Of Two Available w/ Beta-C magazine 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV Assault Rifle 2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 w/ variety of accessories 2008
Far Cry 2 with golden AK secret easter egg 2008
Combat Arms 2008
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames Assault Rifle 2008
Saints Row 2 K6 Krukov 2008
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 2008
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 AK-47 w/ AR-15 buttstock; able to attach GP-25 grenade launcher, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, suppressor, red dot sight, EOtech holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG, thermal sight and/or extended magazine Hybrid AK-47/AK-74 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine w/ wooden fore-grip unusable 2009
Rogue Warrior 2009
1968 Tunnel Rats (VG) 2009
Goldeneye 007 w/ optional Kobra red dot sight 2010
Singularity used by Soviet guards in 1955 2010
Splinter Cell: Conviction w/ various upgrades 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light AR-06 2010
The 3rd Birthday RK-47 standard and RIS versions 2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day AK-47 Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes 2010
Battlefield Play4Free 2011
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops AK-101 Type I w/ railed top cover fires 5.56mm rounds 2011
Uncharted 3 2011
Karma Online 2011
NCIS: The Video Game trailer only 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 AK-47 w/ AR-15 buttstock Hybrid AK-47/AKM 2011
Uncharted: Golden Abyss AK-47 Type III 2011
Project Reality: Vietnam With optional bayonet 2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action AK 47 fires 5.45x39mm rounds 2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action AKM w/ side-folding skeleton stock, polymer handguard, and custom pistol grip 2012
Max Payne 3 AK 47 Gold plated version also available 2012
Arctic Combat 2012
Ravaged 2012
Tomb Raider (2013) Rifle with various upgrades 2013
The Walking Dead: Season Two 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist 2013
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly AK-47 bayonet 2014
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare AK-47 Hybrid AK-47/AKM; added in 2015 update 2014
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier with stamped receiver 2016
Alekhine's Gun 2016
The Walking Dead: Michonne 2016
Escape from Tarkov With optional bayonet seen on the training poster 2016
Ghost Recon: Wildlands 2017
Black Squad AK47 GL GP-30 2017
The Walking Dead: The Final Season 2018
Ironsight AK-47 Type II with picatinny rail 2018
Ring of Elysium Hybrid (AK-47, MPi-K, AKS-74) 2018
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness Not usable 2018
State of Decay 2 2018
Maximum Action 2018
Krunker Good Ol' Days Various skins remove the stock and visually have a smaller magazine Incorrectly has ejection ports on both sides, the charging handle on the left side, no magazine release, no safety, and holds 28 rounds 2019
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare AK-47 2019
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War AK-47 Hybrid AK-47/AKM 2020

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Boondocks, The Mrs. Van Heusen . 2005-
What If...? - Season 1 Klaue's mercenaries "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" (S1E06) 2021

AKS-47

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Type 1 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm
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Type 3 AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm
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Type 3 AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm
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Poly Tech Model AK-47S Semi-Automatic Carbine - 7.62x39mm

The AKS-47 is a variant of the AK-47 where the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKS may feature any of the three AK-47 receiver types. Very few original Russian versions of this rifle were ever allowed into the U.S. Market. The vast majority of milled receiver underfolders seen in American movies were Chinese Norinco Rifles or Chinese Polytech legend series (which was by far the most accurate Chinese clone of the original AK 47 to date). Original Russian AK (especially the milled versions) were most common in movies and tv shows filmed OUTSIDE of the USA.

Specifications

(1949 - Present)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 6.5 lbs (3 kg)
  • Length: 37 in (94 cm) (stock extended), 27.6 in (70 cm) (stock folded)
  • Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
  • Feed System: 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Black Widow Russian soldiers 2021
seen in arsenal
The Suicide Squad Alice Braga Sol Soria 2021
Kalashnikov (2020) Yuriy Borisov Mikhail Kalashnikov Type I 2020
Soviet soldier on state trials
Mosul Nineveh Province SWAT team officers 2019
ISIS terrorists
Women of Mafia 2 Aleksandra Poplawska Justyna "Siekiera" 2019
ISIS terrorists
Triple Threat Iko Uwais Jaka Type 3 2019
guards, Devereaux's hired guns Type 3
Pitbull: Last Dog (Pitbull. Ostatni pies) Polish SWAT, Russian SWAT 2018
Women of Mafia Kasia Warnke Anna Ostrowska 2018
Agnieszka Dygant Daria Wawrzyniak "Niania"
7 Days in Entebbe Ben Schnetzer Zeev Hirsch 2018
IDF Commandos
God Bless the Broken Road Insurgents 2018
Abang Long Fadil 2 Achey Bochey Ali @ Tiger 2017
Gangster Ka Seychelles policeman 2015
Lupin the 3rd Pramuk's bodyguards 2014
Lone Survivor Taliban fighters With bakelite magazines 2013
Cold War Kidnappers 2012
Inescapable Syrian soldiers 2012
I Declare War Siam Yu Paul 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Ashraf Farah Tareq Al Ameen 2012
Seba Mubarak Mouna al Fathar
Afghani terrorists, Somali soldiers/prison guards
Kill Zombie! Sgt. Andreij ‘Mad Dog’ Lidkovski 2012
The Viral Factor Mercenary 2012
The Heineken Kidnapping Dutch SWAT team 2011
Fat Alexandru Balteanu Vasika 2011
Vitalie Ambroci Grisa airsoft
Nokas Tov Sletta David Toska With AKM style muzzle brake 2010
The Stool Pigeon Patrick Keung Tai Ping 2010
Angel of Evil Filippo Timi Enzo 2010
Kandahar Break Rasheed Naz Ashiq Khan polytech manufactured 2009
Taliban fighters original and polytech manufactured
Afghan National Army soldiers
Largo Winch Brazilian Police 2008
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 Vincent Cassel Mesrine 2008
Gomorrah Ciro Petrone Ciro 2008
The Mark of Cain Iraqi insurgent 2007
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu) Maksim Drozd Vasily Stepanovich Zhgutov 2006
Vladimir Mashkov Kirill Mazur
Sergey Garmash Zima
Yuri Pristrom Fyodor
Svetlana Antonova Olga Khmelnitskaya
Prokhor's men
The Mechanik Dolph Lundgren Nick Cherenko shortened 2005
Various thugs
The Preacher Mike Reus Pim 2004
Various thugs
Lakshya Indian Army soldiers 2004
Bumer Militsioners 2003
The Italian Job Edward Norton Steve 2003
Warriors (Guerreros) Serbian and Albanian soldiers 2002
No Man's Land Branko Duric Ciki w/ two magazines taped together 2001
Mustafa Nadarevic Old Serbian soldier Fitted with orange bakelite magazine
Avalon Players/Characters 2001
Lion's Share (Lvinaya dolya) OMON troopers 2001
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies archive footage 2001
Demons of War Boguslaw Linda Maj. Edward Keller 1998
Olaf Lubaszenko Lt. Czacki
Miroslaw Baka 'The silent'
Commander Hamilton Russian troops, PLO troops 1998
Demons of War Boguslaw Linda Maj. Edward Keller 1998
Olaf Lubaszenko Lt. Czacki
Miroslaw Baka 'The silent'
Artur Zmijewski Sgt. Biniek
Tadeusz Huk Maj. Czeslaw Kusz
Zbigniew Zamachowski Cpl. 'Houdini' Moraczewski
Szymon Bobrowski Jarek Boruń
IFOR Polish soldiers, Serbian separatists
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) Oleg Menshikov Sanya 1996
Chechen fighters
All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) Mercenaries 1996
Darkman II: The Return of Durant Gangbangers w/ AKM-style muzzle brakes 1995
Hot Shots! Part Deux Iraqi soldiers 1993
Pigs (Psy) Boguslaw Linda Lt. Maurer alias 'Franz' 1992
It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill Deana Horváthová Nona 1992
Year of the Gun Luigi Di Fiore 1st Terrorist 1991
Lumi Andrey Shcherbovich-Vecher Valērijs Gumpert 1991
Aleksandr Mokhov Sigis
Impulse Thomas Rosales Jr. Colombian drug dealer 1990
Navy SEALs Navy SEALs, Lebanese terrorists 1990
Toy Soldiers Colombian terrorists 1990
Husband of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Muzh sobaki Baskerviley) Mobsters 1990
Zdraviya zhelayu! ili Beshenyy dembel Nikolai Geiko Yefreytor Zamotaev aka "Zamotay" 1990
Oleg Komarov Pvt. Kokin aka "Koka"
Soviet Army soldiers
The Mediator (Posrednik) Valeriy Storozhik Aleksandr Zamyatin 1990
Algis Matulionis Kiselyov / "Angle 1"
Stanislav Zhitarev Militsiya Capt. Rubchenko / "Triangle 6"
Nikolay Sysoyev Paratrooper Lt.
Mind-controlled people
Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) Afghan mujaheddins 1989
The Beast of War Jason Patric Konstantin Koverchenko 1988
Stephen Baldwin Golikov
Don Harvey Kaminski
Soviet tank crew members
Iron Eagle II Enemy soldiers 1988
Rambo III Soviet soldiers 1988
Zerograd (Gorod Zero) Seen in the museum 1988
The Fourth Protocol Russian Soldiers 1987
Bad Taste Aliens 1987
Ishtar Warren Beatty Lyle Rogers 1987
Various characters
Order No. 027 (Myung ryoung-027 ho) North Korean commandos Type 58B 1986
Iron Eagle Enemy soldiers 1986
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye) Aleksandr Fatyushin Starshi praporshchik Kruglov 1985
Sergey Nasibov Pvt. Danilov
The Emerald Forest Powers Boothe Bill Markham 1985
Arthur Muhlenberg Rico
Octopussy Soviet soldier, Kamal Khan's guard 1983
The Little Drummer Girl Diane Keaton Charlie 1984
PLO terrorists
Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) Boris Galkin Capt. Tarassov Type I 1981
Mihai Volontir Warrant Officer Volentir
Vadim Spiridonov Capt. Shvetz
Yelena Glebova Sgt. Zinovieva
Funeral in Berlin East German Border Guard 1966
Objective 500 Million (Objectif: 500 millions) Bruno Cremer Jean Reichau 1966
Etienne Bierry Douard
The Lark (Zhavoronok) Valentins Skulme Frenchman 1964
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard British police 1963
Soldier's Heart (Soldatskoye serdtse) Soviet soldiers 1959
Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela) A saboteur 1958

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Stawka wieksza niz zycie Polish soldiers and paratroopers as a substitution for Sturmgewehr 44 1966-68
Czterej pancerni i pies German and Polish soldiers as a substitution for Sturmgewehr 44 1966-70
Columbo Peter Falk Lt. Columbo "Dead Weight" (S01E03) 1971-2003
Columbo Eddie Albert Maj. Gen. Martin J. Hollister "Dead Weight" (S01E03) 1971-2003
Columbo is seen in a showcase with option sight/ "Columbo Cries Wolf" (S09E02) 1971-2003
Dempsey and Makepeace Francisco Morales Cortez "The Cortez Connection" (S03E08) 1985
Brigada Tajik mafia 2002
Firefly Badger's henchman "Shindig" (S01E04) 2002
The Kill Point Adam Cantor Rocko 2007
The Kill Point Frank Grillo Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman 2007
24: Redemption Keifer Sutherland Jack Bauer 2008
Midsomer Murders Mercenaries S14E7 "A Sacred Trust" 2011
Tyrant Shiek Rashid's guards equipped with a synthetic quad rail handguard 2014
Spy City Soviet soldiers Ep. 04 2020
Topi seen on the training poster; "Transfiguration" (S1E05) 2021
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area North Korean military 2022
Moon Knight - Season 1 Alex Martin Arthur Harrow's cultist "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "The Tomb" (S1E04), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) 2022
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Power of the Living movement Guerriers "Deux Amours" (S1E05) 2023
The Continental: From the World of John Wick Continental Enforcers "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01), "Loyalty to the Master" (S1E02), "Theater of Pain" (S1E03) 2023

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Amazing Nurse Nanako Unknown soldiers 1999
Gunslinger Girl Padania Terrorists 2003
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Daishichi Golden AKS 2013

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
007: The World Is Not Enough Soviet KA-57 2000
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Project Reality With optional bayonet 2005
Cold War (VG) 2005
Escape from Tarkov seen on the training poster 2016


AKM

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AKM - 7.62x39mm
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Maadi ARM - 7.62x39mm. This Egyptian clone of AK is often seen in American movies.
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Romanian AKM with synthetic furniture - 7.62x39mm
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AKM with GP-25 grenade launcher - 7.62x39mm / 40mm

The AKM is the improved version of the AK-47, featuring a number of refinements such as a stamped receiver (as opposed to the milled receiver of the original Type 2 and Type 3 AK-47), a slant compensator on the tip of the barrel (to reduce recoil), an improved gas tube (without vents), and use of lighter materials to reduce weight and simplify construction.

Most of the AKMs seen in Hollywood movies are actually Egyptian Maadi MISR copies, which were sold in the U.S. as the ARM in the 1980s - such weapons were first procured by Stembridge Gun Rentals for Red Dawn and subsequently re-used in numerous other motion pictures. The Maadi is almost identical to the original Soviet-built AKM, save for the markings, and is nearly impossible to tell apart.

Specifications

(1959 - Present)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 7.9 lbs (3.6 kg)
  • Length: 34.6 in (88 cm)
  • Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
  • Feed System: 10, 20, 30, 40-round box magazines, 75 or 100-round drum magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
OSS 117: From Africa with Love Ilya Nikitenko A Soviet soldier 2021
Soviet soldiers
Jean Dujardin Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
Tenet terrorists 2020
Extraction Bangladeshi SWAT 2020
Mosul Ish'aq Elias Waleed 2019
Women of Mafia 2 Colombian mobsters 2019
7 Days in Entebbe Palestinian hijackers 2018
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Mercenaries 2018
Kong: Skull Island Shea Whigham Captain Earl Cole 2017
American Made cartel soldiers and contras 2017
St. Zombie Girls' High School Zombie hunter 2017
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Iraqi insurgents 2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Contractor Vltor Modstock, railed handguard 2016
War Dogs Jonah Hill Efraim Diveroli 2016
Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve) Equatorial Guinea soldiers 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road Richard Carter The Bullet Farmer 2015
Godzilla (2014) Filipino Mine Guards 2014
RoboCop Insurgents With RIS handguards and grenade launcher 2014
No Way Out (Elq Chka) Prison guards 2014
22 Minutes (22 minuty) Gaël Kamilindi Kalash 2014
Aleksandr Galibin Dekalin
Somali Pirates
Kill the Messenger Nicaraguan prison guards 2014
Elysium Matt Damon Max De Costa futuristically modified, fires fictional airburst ammunition 2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Cobra Troopers Customised AKMs fitted in Center Balanced Systems stocks 2013
Commitment North Korean soldiers 2013
Lone Survivor Taliban fighters 2013
Oblivion Zoe Bell Kara 2013
We're the Millers Cartel Guard With GP-25 2013
Pawnshop (Lombard) Mark's and Yuriy's bandits 2013
Red Dawn Josh Peck Matt Eckert 2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies 2012
Battleground Bob Cymbalski Texas 2012
Suave Patria One of Gustavo Solis's men 2012
Casa de mi Padre Henchman 2012
Fire with Fire On gun table 2012
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault Smugglers Customized with quad rail systems, foregrips and M4 carbine style stocks 2012
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) assailants M4-style stocks and synthetic handguards 2012
Resident Evil: Damnation Russian Soldiers 2012
August. Eighth Russian and Georgian soldiers and Russian scouts With and without GP-25 grenade launchers 2012
Home (Dom) Kirill Poluhin Starshiy 2011
Machine Gun Preacher SPLA troops 2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Assassins Customized with quad rail systems and foregrips 2011
Assassination Games Scott Adkins Roland Flint 2011
Jean-Claude Van Damme Vincent Brazil
Bucharest police, henchmen
The Debt East German border guards 2011
Memorial Day Iraqi Insurgents, Iraqi Security Forces 2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Iranian soldiers 2011
A Quiet Outpost (Tikhaya zastava) Islamist fighters 2011
El Infierno 2010
Kandahar Taliban fighters 2010
The Losers Cartel gunmen 2010
Machete Rebels With transparent magazines 2010
The Expendables Somali pirates and General Zayas' soldiers 2010
Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven) Contrabandists Also can be seen in the Counter Strike style game footage 2010
A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries Special Forces 2010
Dark World (Tyomnyy mir) Vladimir Lukyanchikov Toivo 2010
X-Men Origins: Wolverine African soldiers 2009
Hooked (Na Igre) can be seen in the Counter Strike style game footage 2009
Go Fast Drug dealer 2009
Rambo Burmese Junta soldiers 2008
An American Carol Thomas Rosales Jr. Cuban Soldier 2008
Taliban, Cuban soldiers
Baader Meinhof Complex, The (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) Alexandra Maria Lara Petra Schelm 2008
The Hurt Locker Iraqi insurgents 2008
Body of Lies Terrorists 2008
Pineapple Express Seth Rogen Dale 2008
Shooter enemy fighters 2007
American Gangster guards in the Nationalists' heroin fields 2007
Shake Hands with the Devil Rwandan soldiers 2007
The Kingdom Saudi terrorists 2007
Transformers Qatari village militiaman 2007
Redacted Iraqi insurgents 2006
Children of Men Refugees 2006
Catch a Fire Derek Luke Patrick Chamusso 2006
ANC guerrillas
Lord of War Nicolas Cage Yuri Orlov 2005
The Island Djimon Hounsou Albert Laurent futuristic housing 2005
Countdown (Lichnyy nomer) terrorist 2004
Hotel Rwanda Rwandan National Army soldiers 2004
Innocent Voices Héctor Jiménez Raton 2004
Bad Boys II Reynaldo A. Gallegos Tito Vargas 2003
Cuban soldiers
S.W.A.T. Bank robbers drum magazines 2003
Gang members
Tears of the Sun Nigerian rebels 2003
Underworld Lycans 2003
War (Voyna) Ruslan with two magazines taped "jungle-style" 2002
Die Another Day North Korean soldiers w/ AKS-74 side-folding stocks and muzzle brakes 2002
Collateral Damage Jsu Garcia Roman 2002
Behind Enemy Lines Owen Wilson LT Chris Burnett 2001
Serbian soldiers
Equilibrium Resistance member 2001
xXx Martin Hub Ivan Podrov w/ AK-74 muzzle brake and M203 grenade launcher 2001
Colombian cartel soldiers
Militia ATF agents and militiamen 2000
Joint Security Area NKPA soldiers 2000
Analyze This Hitmen 1999
Virus 1999
Three Kings Iraqi soldiers and Shiite refugees 1999
Rushmore Sara Tanaka Margaret Yang 1998
The Replacement Killers Thug 1998
The Siege Terrorists 1998
Air Force One Russian prison guards 1997
The Postman Holnist soldiers 1997
All the Things We Dreamt of for So Long Nikolay Dobrynin Nikolay 1997
Escape from L.A. Gang members 1996
Eraser Russian mobsters 1996
Normal Life FBI agent 1996
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) Oleg Menshikov Sanya Standard and with GP-25 1996
Chechen fighters
All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) Mercenaries 1996
Shirli-Myrli Mafia 1995
Crusader (Krestonosets) Criminals 1995
Clear and Present Danger Escobedo's men 1994
Hot Shots! Part Deux Iraqi soldiers 1994
True Lies Arnold Schwarzenegger Harry Tasker 1994
Crimson Jihad terrorists
Hard Boiled Johnny Wong's thugs 1992
Patriot Games IRA terrorists 1992
The Arbiter (Arbitr) A criminal 1992
Four Sheets of Plywood (Chotyry lysty fanery) Criminal 1992
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
100 Days Before the Command (Sto dney do prikaza...) Oleg Vasilkov Pvt. Elin 1991
Aleksei Volkov Sr. Sergeant
Sergei Rozhentsev Sgt. Titarenko
Soviet Army soldiers
Afghan Breakdown Nikolai Ustinov Pvt. Onisimov 1991
Soviet soldiers Some with PBS sound suppressors
Mujaheddins
Husband of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Muzh sobaki Baskerviley) Viktor Konisevich Danila Osokin 1990
Militiaman
Zdraviya zhelayu! ili Beshenyy dembel Oleg Komarov Pvt. Kokin aka "Koka" 1990
Delta Force 2 Ramon Cota's men 1990
White Crows (Belye vorony) Soviet soldiers 1989
The Commander General Dong's men 1988
Rambo III Sylvester Stallone John Rambo w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock 1988
Richard Crenna Col. Trautman
Randy Raney Sgt. Kourov w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock
Mujaheddin and Russian soldiers
Bulletproof Gary Busey Frank McBain 1988
Darlanne Fluegel Captain Devon Shepard
Ramón Franco Camilo
L.Q. Jones CSM O'Rourke
Henchmen
The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater) Soviet soldiers 1988
Extreme Prejudice Matt Mulhern SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker 1987
Mexican cartel gunmen
Dragnet P.A.G.A.N henchmen 1987
Predator Guerrillas 1987
Robocop Sal's men 1987
In Country NVA troops 1987
Never Too Young to Die Various punks 1986
Heartbreak Ridge Clint Eastwood GySGT Tom Highway 1986
Cuban soldiers
The Park is Mine Tommy Lee Jones Mitch Garnett w/ two magazines "jungle taped" 1986
Back to the Future Richard L. Duran Libyan terrorist in Van 1985
Commando Arius' soldiers 1985
The Annihilators Viet Cong fighters 1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II Julia Nickson-Soul Co Bao 1984
George Cheung Capt. Tay
Sylvester Stallone John Rambo
NVA Soldiers and Russian Spetnaz Commandos
Red Dawn Jennifer Grey Toni Mason 1984
C. Thomas Howell Robert Morris
Patrick Swayze Jed Eckert
Charlie Sheen Matt Eckert
Ron O'Neal Colonel Bella
Soviet soldiers, Cuban / Nicaraguan soldiers
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) Sergey Nikonenko Afonin 1984
Sergey Shakurov Sultan
Aleksandr Pashutin Spirkin
Pyotr Zaychenko Pukhov
Aleksei Zharkov Slonov
Octopussy Soviet soldier 1983
The Grach Brothers (Grachi) Vitali Shapovalov Leonid Osadchiy 1982
The Right to Shoot (Pravo na vystrel) Soviet Border Guards 1981
To Command Yourself (Prikazhi sebe) Soviet Army soldiers 1980
Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) Katanga fighters 1980
Border Dog Alyi (Pogranichnyy pyos Alyi) Vladimir Dubrovskiy Sgt. Aleksey Koshkin 1980
Soviet border guards
In the Zone of Special Attention (V zone osobogo vnimaniya) Soviet Army soldiers 1977
Spring Conscription (Vesenniy prizyv) Igor Kostolevskiy Pvt. Alik Polukhin 1977
Aleksandr Fatyushin Sgt. Karpenko
Soviet Army soldiers
Don't Cry, Girl (Ne plach, devchonka) Soviet Army soldiers 1977
Granite Islands (Granitnye ostrova) Aleksandr Milokostyj Pvt. Konstantin Savin Some with removed muzzle compensators 1976
Leonid Belozorovich Sgt. Vasiliy Syrtsov
Soviet Borger Guards
I Serve at the Border (Ya sluzhu na granitse) Boris Shcherbakov Pvt. Dmitriy Sedykh Mostly with removed muzzle compensators 1974
Anatoliy Rudakov Yefreytor Semyon Osinin
Aleksandr Aleksandrov Pvt. Andrey Strekalov
Aare Laanemets Yefreytor Laanemets
Soviet Border Guards
Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) Mongolian soldiers 1971
Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad) Soviet Army infantry on parade Documentary footage 1970
The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech) German soldiers Replacement for StG 44 1968
Zhenya, Zhenechka and "katyusha" Soviet soldiers 1967

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The A-Team George Peppard Col. John "Hannibal" Smith 1983 - 1987
NVA soldiers "The Sound of Thunder"
Riptide Perry King Cody Allen 1984-1986
Riptide Joe Penny Nick Ryder 1984-1986
On Wings of Eagles Miguel Ángel Fuentes ‘The Large Kurd’ 1986
Kurdish fighters
The State Border: Film 6 Russian and Polish Border guards Can be seen in documentary footage 1987
Tour of Duty Stephen Caffrey Lt. Myron Goldman 1987 - 1989
Incident at the Airport (Sluchay v aeroportu) Militsiya 1989
The Halt of Wanderers (Prival strannikov) A criminal 1991
Purgatory (Chistilishche) various characters With GP-25 grenade launchers 1998
The X-Files - Season 7 Ivory Coast Soldier "The Sixth Extinction" (S7E01) 1999
Tunisian Prison Guards "Requiem" (S7E22) 2000
24 Henchmen 2001 - 2010
The X-Files - Season 9 Iraqi Insurgents "Providence" (S9E10) 2002
Ultimate Force Various criminals and terrorists With and without telescopic sights 2002 - 2006
Firefly Browncoats "Serenity" (S1E01) 2002
henchmen "Heart of Gold" (S1E13) 2003
Ultimate Force - Season 2 Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie "Dead is Forever" 2003
Conor Mullen Omega "What in the Name of God", With telescopic sight
Luke De Woolfson Michael
CSI: NY Terrorists "Snow Day" 2004 - 2013
Ultimate Force - Season 3 Louis Decosta Johnson Cpl. Dave Woolston "Never Go Back" 2005
Saskia Butler Luanne Du Preez
Con O'Neil Lavelle "Weapons of Choice"
Archangel Igor Filipov Major Kretov 2005
Russian troops
24 - Season 5 Terrorists 2005 - 2006
My Name is Earl various characters in various episodes 2005 - 2009
The Unit Dennis Haysbert CSM Jonas Blane "Johnny B. Good", With Surefire Universal Weaponlight and silencer 2006 - 2009
Max Martini MSgt. Mack Gerhardt
Scott Foley Sgt. Bob Brown
Michael Irby Sgt. Charles Grey
Michael Irby Sgt. Charles Grey "Two Coins"
Soldiers
Terrorists
Criminal Minds - Season 4 Cultists Some with synthetic furniture and rails / "Minimal Loss" (S04E03) 2008
Breaking Bad - Season 3 "One Minute" (S3E07) 2010
Detroit 1-8-7 henchman "Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop" (S1E04) 2010
Justified - Season 1 Alexandra Barreto Pilar "Fire in the Hole" (S1E01) 2010
Charlie's Angels Rachael Taylor Abby 2011
Guards
Jon Benjamin Has a Van Guatemalan troops "Border" (S1E01) 2011
Falling Skies Noah Wyle Tom Mason 2011
Last Resort Daisy Betts LT Shepard "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" (S1E13) 2012
Breaking Bad - Season 5 Seen in armory; "To'hajiilee" (S5E13) 2013
Black Cats (Chyornye koshki) A Soviet soldier Seen in documentary footage; with bayonet 2013
CSI Andel (Kriminálka Andel) - Season 4 Marek Svitek SGT. Martin Hájek "Mise" (S4E08) 2014
True Detective Matthew McConaughey Detective Rustin "Rust" Cohle 2014
Banshee - Season 2 Rabbit's men Episode 10 2014
Banshee - Season 3 Chayton's tribesmen 2015
Banshee - Season 3 Ricky Russert Tommy Littlestone 2015
The Jackal (Shakal) Militsiya 2016
Operation "Satan" (Operatsiya "Satana") Militsiya 2018
Better Call Saul - Season 4 Gabe Baca Espinosa Gang Member "Talk" (S4E04) 2018
Chernobyl Soviet soldiers Some mocked up as AK-74 2019
True Detective Michael Greyeyes Brett Woodward 2019
Magnum P.I. Perdita Weeks Higgins 2019
Magnum P.I. Stephen Hill TC 2019
Magnum P.I. Tim Kang HPD Detective Gordon Katsumoto 2019
Katran Soviet Internal Troops soldiers 2020
Alex the Fierce (Alex Lyutyj) Soviet border guards 2020
Better Call Saul - Season 5 Ulysses Montoya Ciro "Something Unforgivable" (S5E10) 2020
For All Mankind Soviet soldiers "Best-Laid Plans" (S2E06) 2021
"Don't be Cruel" (S2E07)
Topi w/bayonet, seen on the training poster; "Frenzy" (S1E04), "Transfiguration" (S1E05) 2021
Moon Knight - Season 1 Egyptian Patrol Agency guards Maadi ARM; "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) 2022
Arthur Harrow's cultists
Stranger Things David Harbour Jim Hopper "Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09) 2022
Stranger Things Brett Gelman Murray Bauman "Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09) 2022
Secret Invasion - Season 1 Skrull Rebels w/black synthetic furniture; "Beloved" (S1E04) 2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 Power of the Living movement guerrier "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03) 2023

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Full Metal Panic! 2002
Flag Militia fighters 2006
Canaan Canaan 2009
Girls' Last Tour ep. 01 2017

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release date
Ghost Recon "AK47" Without muzzle brake 2001
Combat Arms "AK-47" 2004
Half-Life 2 "AR-1" Cut weapon 2004
Project Reality 2005
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Not usable 2005
Driver: Parallel Lines 2006
Counter-Strike Online "AKM" With Metal and Gold finishes 2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 2007
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune "AK-47" 2007
7.62 High Calibre "AKM" w/ various attachments 2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 2008
Xenus 2: White Gold 2008
ArmA II 2009
Left 4 Dead 2 "AK-47" w/ flashlight by zip ties and optional laser sight w/ 40-round Tapco polymer magazine 2009
Medal of Honor "AK-47" w/ various attachments w/o slant muzzle brake 2010
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days "Kaliningrad 47" The metal parts are a pink-ish purple, while the wood is lighter, almost faded 2010
NCIS: The Video Game Seen on posters 2011
War Inc. Battlezone "AKM" w/ various attachments 2011
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive "AK-47" 2012
State of Decay "AK47" 2013
"AK47 Custom" w/ Tapco pistol grip, Magpul stock, aftermarket handguard and magazine, sight, tactical grip and shortened barrel
Splinter Cell: Blacklist "AK-47" Synthetic furniture, RIS handguard 2013
Payday 2 "AK.762" With cleaning rod removed 2013
Warface "AK-47" 2013
Survarium 2013
Watch_Dogs "AK-47" With wooden AK-74 stock and AK-103 muzzle brake 2014
Far Cry 4 "AK-47" With wooden AK-103 stock and AK-103 muzzle brake Only used by NPCs during introductory cutscene, model from Watch_Dogs 2014
Squad 2015
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault "AK47" 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "AKM" 2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered "AK-47" 2016
Mafia III "Pasadena AR30" 2016
The Division AK-47 2016
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds 2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 "AKA-47" 2017
Escape from Tarkov AKM 7.62x39 assault rifle
AKMN 7.62x39 assault rifle		 Tons of the attachments AKM was added in v0.4.0.580 patch (2017);
AKMN was added in v0.5.0.811 patch (2017)		 2016
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam optional Type II bayonet 2017
Far Cry 5 "AK-47, AK-M" Standard, tactical, shortened variants 2018
Insurgency: Sandstorm "AKM" AKMN 2018
State of Decay 2 2018
Call to Arms 2018
Krunker Assault Rifle Shorter magazine, optional Pan AV reflex sight or ACOG scope, some skins remove the rail and its ability to attach sights Incorrectly has no safety and holds 28 rounds 2019
Far Cry New Dawn 2019
The Division 2 AK-M 2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts "AKA-47" 2019
Serious Sam 4 stock removed not usable 2020
Into the Radius VR "AKM" Various attachments, dovetail rail 10 and 30-round magazines available 2020
Far Cry 6 "AK-47, AK-M" Standard and tactical variants 2021
Enlisted 2021
Atomic Heart Tons of attachments Anachronistic 2021

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022


AKMS

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AKMS - 7.62x39mm
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Custom AKMS with shortened barrel, similar to the one seen in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Pineapple Express, Rambo and Taken - 7.62x39mm. The configuration shown here has parts from the AKMS and the Norinco Type 56-1.

Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.

Specifications

(1959 - Present)

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 8.4 lbs (3.8 kg)
  • Length: 34.6 in (88 cm) (stock extended), 25.8 in (65.5 cm) (stock folded)
  • Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
  • Feed System: 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Bullet Train Yakuza members 2022
OSS 117: From Africa with Love Soviet soldiers 2021
Bamba's guards
African rebels
Arms dealers
Mosul Adam Bessa Kawa 2019
12 Strong Navid Negahban General Abdul Rashid Dostum 2018
KL Special Force Gang Anarchist mafias 2018
Hold the Dark Iraqi militant 2018
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Ali Larter Claire Redfield 2017
Bushwick mercenaries 2017
Sindiket Southern Filipino militias 2017
Chappie Jose Pablo Cantillo Amerika Wooden and synthetic furniture 2015
Mercenaries
Thugs
Partners (Naparnikter) Special Forces 2015
Kilo Two Bravo Afghans 2015
American Sniper Iraqi insurgents 2014
Tokarev Russian mobsters With AK-74 style muzzle brakes 2014
22 Minutes (22 minuty) Russian Marines Some with AK-74 style muzzle brakes and side-folding stocks 2014
Zulu Clayton Evertson Beach thug 2013
Zombie Fever Alexander Levenchuk Pyotr 2013
Valeriy Zelenskiy Sasha
Red Dawn Isabel Lucas Erica 2012
Battleground 2012
Iron Sky moon Nazis with sci-fi embellishments, missing gas tube 2012
Casa de mi Padre Henchman 2012
Zero Dark Thirty Joel Edgerton Navy SEAL Patrick 2012
Pakistani police
Resident Evil: Damnation Sasha w/ plastic magazines 2012
Robin Kasyanov Sergei
The Baytown Outlaws Quinn Early Smoke 2012
Hamilton: I nationens intresse Russian smugglers, Somali soldiers 2012
Hans Kloss. Stawka wieksza niz smierc East German soldiers Polish variant called PMKMS 2012
Chernobyl Diaries Milos Timotijevic Berkut member 2012
Bablo Ukrainian Berkut officers 2011
Machine Gun Preacher Junior Magale William 2011
Entanglemen (Uwiklanie) Marek Bukowski Slawomir Smolar suppressed, sniper scope 2011
Home (Dom) Konstantin Adaev Tocka with AK-74 style muzzle brake and POSP 4x24B sniper scope 2011
The Liquidator Arystan soldier 2011
Tatar Operation (Tatar ajillagaa) Erdenebileg Ganbold Tulga 2011
Amarkhuu Borkhuu Tayvnaa
Dagvajamts Batsukh Gyalbaa
Enkhtayvan Borkhuu Koliaa
Police troops
El Infierno Damián Alcázar Benny García 2010
Tomorrow, When the War Began Australian resistance 2010
The Alien Girl Hitmen 2010
The Town Jeremy Renner James 'Jem' Coughlin w/ shortened barrel 2010
The Expendables General Zaya's soldiers Normal and shortened barrel models 2010
Kandahar Break Anti-Taliban fighters 2009
Lebanon Palestinian Fighters 2009
The Hurt Locker Ralph Fiennes Private Military Contractor Leader Customized with RIS foregrip 2009
British Private Military Contractors Customized with RIS foregrips and C-More sights
X-Men Origins: Wolverine African soldiers 2009
Clash (Bay Rong) Gangster French 2009
Crank: High Voltage Thugs 2009
Taken Human trafficker w/ shortened barrel 2009
Antikiller D.K. "Kolgan"'s bodyguard 2009
The Ghost (Domovoy) Russian OMON officers 2008
Pineapple Express James Franco Saul w/ shortened barrel 2008
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 Mathieu Amalric François Besse 2008
Gérard Lanvin Charly Bauer
Rambo (2008) Supakorn Kitsuwon Myint w/ shortened barrel 2008
Tim Kang En-Joo
Tropic Thunder Flaming Dragon guerrillas 2008
Get Smart Guards 2008
The Spirit Louis Lombardi Phobos 2008
War, Inc. Tamerlane Private Military Contractors 2008
Zone Of The Dead Security Guard 2008
Trackman (Putevoy Obkhodchik) Special Forces 2007
We Own the Night Alex Veadov Vadim Nezhinski 2007
The Kingdom Jamie Foxx FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury w/ RIS and foregrip 2007
Saudi terrorists
Breach Seen in the trunk of Robert Hanssen's (Chris Cooper) car 2007
Paragraph 78 (Paragraf 78) Vladimir Vdovichenkov Skiff 2007
Anatoliy Belyy Spam
The Departed Chinese mobsters 2006
Waist Deep thugs 2006
Murder in a Winter Yalta (Vbyvstvo u zymoviy Yalti) Berkut 2006
Lord of War Russian hitmen 2005
Sky Fighters Benoît Magimel Captain Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli 2005
Clovis Cornillac Captain Sébastien "Fahrenheit" Vallois
Terrorists
Hotel Rwanda Rwandan National Army soldiers 2004
Countdown (Lichnyy nomer) terrorist 2004
Moscow Heat Klimov's henchmen 2004
Antikiller 2: Antiterror Chechen terrorists 2003
S.W.A.T. Bank robber 2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Claire Danes Katherine Brewster w/ shortened barrel and dual-mag clamp 2003
Nick Stahl John Connor
Bumer Militsioners 2003
Hulk South American guerrilla 2002
Die Another Day Isla Los Organos clinic guards 2002
Equilibrium Resistance fighters 2002
War (Voyna) Aleksey Chadov Ivan Ermakov 2002
Chechen rebel
Antikiller Criminals 2002
Lion's Share (Lvinaya dolya) OMON troopers 2001
April (Aprel) OMON troopers 2001
I Am a Dummy (Ya - kukla) Sergey Nikonenko Aleksey Ivanovich 2001
Aleksandr Domogarov Viktor Vorobyov
Vladimir Episkoposyan Murat
Russian soldiers, cadets,
Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, The Sergey Garmash Militia (police) captain Koshaev 1999
Composition for Victory Day (Sochinenie ko Dnyu Pobedy) OMON personnel 1998
Air Force One General Radek's men w/ shortened barrels and custom folding stocks 1997
All the Things We Dreamt of for So Long Nikolay Dobrynin Nikolay 1997
Sergey Galkin A gangster
Ricochet (Rikoshet) OMON personnel, criminals 1997
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) Aleksei Zharkov Maj. Maslov 1996
Chechen fighters
Executive Decision Terrorists 1996
Face/Off Thug 1996
All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) Mercenaries 1996
The Bomb (Bomba) Vohid Zoidov Aripjon Pulatbuloyev 1995
Muhammadsoli Yusupov Xolmat aka
Rustam Sagdullaev Rahim Ahmedov
Crusader (Krestonosets) Aleksandr Inshakov Aleksandr Konov 1995
Criminals
True Lies Art Malik Salim Abu Aziz 1994
Hagi-Tragger Militia, criminals 1994
The Little Bee (Pchyolka) Prisoner transport car guards 1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux Iraqi soldiers 1993
Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) mujahedeen, Soviet soldiers 1993
Toy Soldiers Columbian terrorists 1991
Afghan Breakdown Michele Placido Major Bandura With 75-round RPK drum magazine 1991
Rinat Ibragimov Pvt. Popov w/ plastic magazines
Artur Uvarov Pvt. Ivanov
Soviet paratroopers
Navy SEALs U.S Navy SEALs 1990
Living Target (Zhivaja mishen) Militsia and criminals 1990
Fools Die on Friday (Duraki umirayut po pyatnitsam) Militia 1990
Rambo 3 Sylvester Stallone John Rambo 1988
Mujaheddin
Soviet Spetznaz soldiers w/AK-74 style muzzle brakes
Off Limits assassins 1988
Road to Hell (Doroga v ad) Militsiya personnel 1988
The Living Daylights Mujaheddin, Czech soldiers 1987
The Living Daylights Maryam d'Abo Kara Milovy 1987
Wild Geese II East German border guard 1985
Search and neutralize (Nayti i obezvredit) Militsiya sergeant 1982
The Right to Shoot (Pravo na vystrel) Soviet Border Guards 1981
Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) Yelena Glebova Sergeant Zinovieva w/ standard magazine 1981
Soviet marines w/ standard and plastic magazines
Border Dog Alyi (Pogranichnyy pyos Alyi) Vladimir Dubrovskiy Sgt. Aleksey Koshkin 1980
Soviet border guards
Granite Islands (Granitnye ostrova) Leonid Belozorovich Sgt. Vasiliy Syrtsov 1976
Soviet Borger Guards
Between Sky and Earth (Mezhdu nebom i zemlyoy) Vsevolod Abdulov Sgt. Simion Kuku 1976
Viktor Perevalov Pvt. Vasiliy Zemnov
Soviet Army paratroopers
I Serve at the Border (Ya sluzhu na granitse) Soviet border guards 1974
Izhora Battalion (Izhorskiy batalyon) German soldiers Standing for Sturmgewehr 44 1972
Officers (Ofitsery) Soviet paratroopers 1971
Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad) Soviet Army paratroopers on parade Documentary footage 1970
One Chance in One Thousand (Odin shans iz tysyachi) Oleg Khalimonov Kartsev Standing for Sturmgewehr 44 1969
Vladimir Marenkov Sgt. Sokolov

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) A Special unit trooper 1985
Homicide: Life on the Street Steve Buscemi Gordon Pratt "End Game" (S3E14) 1995
Grazhdanin nachalnik Militsia and criminals 2001
24 William Devane Secretary of Defense Heller 2001 - 2010
24 Kiefer Sutherland Agent Jack Bauer 2001 - 2010
24 Terrorists 2001 - 2010
24 Henchmen 2001 - 2010
Ultimate Force Tony Curran Sgt. Pete Twamley 2002 - 2006
Brigada Special Forces soldiers 2002 -
Red Cap 2003 - 2004
I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!) Russian paratroopers and Chechen rebels Some fitted with the GP-25 grenade launchers 2004
CSI:NY Clifton Collins Jr. Raymond Harris "Life Sentence" (S07E21) 2004 - Present
CSI:NY Carmine Giovinazzo Detective Danny Messer "Life Sentence" (S07E21) 2004 - Present
Over There Iraqi insurgents 2005
The Storm Gate Vyacheslav Razbegaev Shah 2006
The Storm Gate Russian Army Spetsnaz with sound suppressor 2006
The Storm Gate Chechen terrorists With GP-25 grenade launcher 2006
Criminal Minds Cultists "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) 2008
The Unit Scott Foley Sgt. Bob Brown "Extreme Rendition", With custom shortened barrel 2006 - 2009
The Walking Dead Melissa McBride Carol Peletier 2010-????
Strike Back - Season 1 Shaun Parkes Felix Masuku Episode 3 "Zimbabwe: Part One" 2010
Strike Back - Season 3 Rhona Mitra Major. Rachel Dalton 2012
Strike Back - Season 3 Tim Pigott-Smith Patrick Burton 2012
Munich 72 Palestinian terrorists 2012
Tyrant freedom fighters 2014
The Night Manager mercenaries 2016
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 Los Hermanos members "Los Muertos" (S2E09), "North" (S2E15) 2016
Ruben Carbajal Antonio Reyes "North" (S2E15)
Edwin Garcia II Los Hermanos member
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 Black Hat Reservation resident "Minotaur" (S3E09) 2017
Daniel Sharman Troy Otto
Frank Dillane Nicholas Clark
Proctors "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
Tim J. Smith Proctor "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
Magnum P.I. Zachary Knighton Orville "Rick" Wright "Payback is for Beginners" (S02E01) 2019
Katran A Soviet Internal Troops Sergeant 2020
Better Call Saul - Season 5 Norman Mora Miguel w/drum magazine; "Something Unforgivable" (S5E10) 2020
Topi seen on the training poster; "Frenzy" (S1E04), "Transfiguration" (S1E05) 2021
Reacher gunmen "In a Tree" (S1E04) 2022
The Continental: From the World of John Wick Continental enforcer "Theater of Pain" (S1E03) 2023

Anime

Title Character Notation Release date
New Dominion Tank Police 1993
Flag Ru-Pou's followers with shortened barrels 2009
Suisei no Gargantia Sailor 2013

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release date
Project Reality 2005
7.62 High Calibre "AKMC" w/ various attachments 2008
ArmA II 2009
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action w/ shortened barrel and side-folding stock 2012
State of Decay "AKMS" 2013
Payday 2 "AK.762" With cleaning rod removed 2013
Insurgency "AKM" w/ various attachments 2014
Contract Wars 2014
Escape from Tarkov AKMS 7.62x39 assault rifle
AKMSN 7.62x39 assault rifle		 Tons of the attachments AKMS was added in v0.5.0.811 patch (2017);
AKMSN was added in v0.8.0.1208 patch (2018)		 2016


Foreign Copies & Derivatives

MPi-K/MPi-KmS

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7,62-mm-Maschinenpistole „Kalaschnikow" (MPi-K) both sides - 7.62x39mm. Note: Early versions of the MPi-K has the design of front sight is different.

The MPi-K/MPi-KmS are East German license-manufactured versions of the AK/AKS. It was introduced in 1958, put into regular service in 1961, and was subsequently replaced by the MPi-KM from 1964.

One of the features of MPi-K is the absence of a cleaning rod and a socket in the buttstock for a pencil case with accessories, since instead of them a cleaning kit of the Karabiner 98k pattern was used. However, the original AK kit later was considered more effective (in particular, the ramrod could allow knocking out a stuck shell), and was introduced on the subsequent MPi-KM.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
And Your Love Too East German border guards and soldiers MPi-KmS 1962
I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn) Jaecki Schwarz Lt. Gregor Hecker MPi-K; stand-in for Sturmgewehr 44 1968
Dieter Mann Unteroffizier Willi Lommer
German soldiers


MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

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MPi-KM - 7.62x39mm. This is externally different from later MPi-KM-72 by the wooden lower hand grip. This configuration were common in 1966-1972.
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MPi-KM-72 - 7.62x39mm
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MPi-KMS-72 - 7.62x39mm

The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. It was introduced in 1961 and entered to regular service from 1964. Early version of the MPi-KM rifle had wooden furniture and was similar to the original AKM, but later models have distinctive stippled brown pistol and top hand grips (from 1965), and buttstocks (from 1966). In 1970 were designed the updated models, introduced into service in 1972, under the designations MPi-KM-72 and MPi-KMS-72. The MPi-KMS-72 also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the later Romanian rifles. It is worth noting that the MPi-KMS-72 was the first version of the new rifle with a folding buttstock, taken into service, the earlier MPi-KMS (similar to the original AKMS) was not adopted.

Since 1984, they have been replaced by the MPi AK-74. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.

Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely. Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) Katanga rebels "Transitional" model MPi-KM 1980
23 East German border patrol 1998
Sun Alley East German border guards 1999
Extreme Ops Thug 2002
Hotel Rwanda Rwandan soldiers 2004
Lord of War Afghan mujaheddin 2005
Battle for Haditha Iraqi Army soldiers MPi-KMS-72 2007
The Hurt Locker Iraqi police officer MPi-KMS-72 2008
Carlos Terrorist 2010
Zero Dark Thirty Afghan soldiers 2012
Daylight's End Heather Kafka Earnesta 2016
Wolf Warriors 2 Hans Zhang Zhuo Yifan MPi-KMS-72 2017

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei Bank robber "Todesfahrt der Linie 834"; Sturmgewehr AKMS-K carbine 1996 - ????
GSG-9 Terrorist Folding Stock 2008
Munich 72 Shredi Jabarin "Issa" 2012
Bornholmer Straße Max Hopp Burkhard Schönhammer MPi-KMS-72 2014
Milan Peschel Ulrich Rotermund
Robert Gallinowski Michael Krüger

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Spriggan (1998) Turkish General Directorate of Customs Protection soldiers 1998
Schwarzesmarken Sergeant Major Kurt Griebel MPi-KMS-72 2017
Second Lieutenant Katia Waldheim
NVA soldiers and East German border guards


Radom-Hunter

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Radom Hunter - 7.62x39mm

The Radom Hunter is a Polish "sporterised" version of the AKM. The Hunter can be seen with proprietary sight-mount/receiver cover or, more common, the standard AKM side rail.

Specifications

(1987 - 2000)

  • Type: Hunting Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 11.4 lbs (5.2 kg)
  • Length: 40 in (101.5 cm)
  • Barrel length: 20 in (50.8 cm)
  • Capacity: 5 (Or any AK-type magazine)
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Demons of War Miroslaw Baka "The silent" 1998
Christoph Rex-Jarnot Filip
The Foreigner Steven Seagal Jonathan Cold 2003


AKU-94

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Maadi ARM in AKU-94 bullpup kit - 7.62x39mm
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AK variant in AKU-94 bullpup kit with polymer magazine - 7.62x39mm

The AKU-94 is a bullpup conversion kit for the AK type rifle, originally created and sold by American company K-VAR Corporation. Both the European style AKs (like the Romanian AKs or Egyptian Maadis) and the Chinese style of AK rifle (Type 56) can fit into the kit. In the Mid-2000s, KVAR stopped making and selling the AKU-94 conversion kit. All remaining kits were purchased by Century Arms International, and subsequently used to 'spruce up' AK rifles with a futuristic bullpup look. Currently various imported AK rifles (mostly WASRs) with kit installed, is sold by Century Arms International. This bullpup configuration retains the standard barrel length but the design makes the AK rifle more compact making it more suitable for close quarters battle.

Specifications

( - )

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Feed System: 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Soldier Kurt Russell Sgt. Todd Dressed up as futuristic weapon, with Surefire universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight 1998
Soldiers
Big Money Hustlas John G. Brennan The Chief modified rear sights 2000
The Apocalypse Code Various terrorists 2007
The Last Sentinel Various commandos 2007
Katee Sackhoff Girl
The Interceptor (Zapreshchyonnaya Realnost) Kurylo's special forces soldier 2009
The Town Slaine Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan red dot sight 2010
American Heist NOPD SWAT M4-style birdcage flash hider, no sights 2014

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Star Trek: Voyager Robert Beltran Chakotay "Nemesis", Dressed up as alien weapons 1997
Kradin soldiers
The X-Files - Season 7 Ryan Todd 'Mixer' Fitted with Trijicon ACOG scope / "First Person Shooter" (S7E13) 2000
Firefly guards "War Stories" (S1E10) 2002

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Medal of Honor: Warfighter AK-103 Bullpup w/ various attachments 2012
Call of Duty Online "AKBP" w/ various attachments 2015

"AKMSU"

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"AKMSU" in the National Firearms Centre - 7.62x39mm

The AKMSU, as used by most sources outside of IMFDB, specifically designates a custom 7.62x39mm AK-based carbine in the possession of the National Firearms Centre (of the Royal Armouries) in Leeds, United Kingdom. The AKMSU was gifted to the National Firearms Centre in 2005 by UK's MOD Pattern Room, who in turn received the weapon in June 1986. The weapon's exact background is unclear, but most authoritative sources today believe that the AKMSU is a one-off custom carbine made outside of the Soviet Union, likely made in the Khyber Pass region of Pakistan.

A false history came to be attributed to the weapon during the weapon's time in the MOD Pattern Room, which described it as a rare prototype carbine intended for Soviet airborne troops, before being found to be inconvenient to use and phased out by the AKS-74U; this history is refuted by the lack of Soviet documentation on a weapon of this configuration, and the fact that the AKMSU uses non-Russian AK components (see below).

The AKMSU's identity as a custom model is primarily evidenced by its diverse range of components: it features a Type 56 receiver (indicated by the rivet positions at the rear of the receiver), an AKS-74U-like barrel and handguard, an AKMS-style stock, a custom thumbhole foregrip, and a custom muzzle brake containing an expansion chamber, required for cycling.

The name AKMSU, following the naming pattern set by other Soviet AK variants, is short for "Автомат Калашникова Mодернизированный Складной Укороченный", or "Kalashnikov's shortened modernized assault rifle with a folding stock". It is unclear how the name was invented, attributed to the weapon, and became its common name; one of the earliest public depictions of the rifle comes from Masami Tokoi's AK-47 & Kalashnikov Variations, who named it "AKMS Carbine" rather than "AKMSU".

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Survarium 2013


Converted AKM Pistol / "Krinkov" / "AKMSU"

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Converted AKM pistol - 7.62x39mm. This is a blank adapted full auto transferable AKM pistol that was converted into a Krinkov via parts kit. Guns just like this one have been used in Tropic Thunder, Three Kings, and numerous other movies and TV shows.
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Converted AKM pistol with RIS handguard - 7.62x39mm

Full-size 7.62x39mm AK variants converted with AKS-74U parts kits exist in recognizable quantities in Hollywood productions, such as Three Kings, Tropic Thunder, Bad Boys II, etc. They are usually nicknamed "Krinkov", originally a nickname for the AKS-74U, by the movie production community.

On IMFDB, such carbines are commonly designated "AKMSU", even though they are configured differently from the National Firearms Centre AKMSU, and are not clones or derivatives of it.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Hard Boiled Philip Kwok Mad Dog 1992
Three Kings Iraqi Republican Guard officer 1999
Training Day Russian mafia hitmen 2001
Ali G Indahouse Gang member 2002
xXx Radek Tomecka Ivan Pedgrag 2002
Czech Police
Bad Boys II Haitian gang members and Cuban special forces 2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem Saki Sakurai Wild Seven 2003
A Man Apart Cartel soldier w/ Bulgarian "waffle"-style plastic magazine 2003
Tears of the Sun Nigerian militia fighter 2003
Mission: Impossible III Davian's mercernaries 2006
The Kingdom Terrorists 2007
Tropic Thunder Brandon Soo Hoo Tran 2008
Flaming Dragon members
The Dark Knight One of Scarecrow's men 2008
Terminator Salvation Human survivor 2009
The Town Jeremy Renner James 'Jem' Coughlin With RIS handguard 2010
The Expendables General Garza's soldiers 2010
Gary Daniels The Brit
Sinners and Saints Johnny Strong Detective Riley 2010
Killer Elite Guard 2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Russian agents KCI quad rail handguard 2011
Contraband Diego Luna Gonzalo KCI quad rail handguard 2011
Largo Winch II Police in Bashkortostan 2011
Red Dawn Chris Hemsworth Jed Eckert 2012
Resident Evil: Damnation Leon S. Kennedy / J.D. heavily customized 2012
The Expendables 2 Scott Adkins Hector 2013
Iron Man 3 Ben Kingsley The Mandarin 2013
The Purge: Anarchy Frank Grillo Leo Barnes KCI Quad-Rail handguard 2014
Transcendence Falk Hentschel Bob Railed handguard 2014
22 Jump Street Eddie Perez Library Goon Railed handguard 2014
Sabotage drug cartel assassin 2014
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Contractor Railed handguard 2016
The Fate of the Furious Russian separatists 2017
12 Strong Navid Negahban General Abdul Rashid Dostum 2018
Bad Boys for Life gunman 2020

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Firefly henchman "Heart of Gold" (S01E13) 2003
CSI: Miami Gang Hitman 2002 - 2010
CSI: Miami Russian Mobsters "Seeing Red" 2002 - 2010
CSI: NY Emilio Rivera Little Stevie "Point of No Return" (S05E18) 2004 - Present
Criminal Minds Luke Perry Benjamin Cyrus "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) 2008
Criminal Minds Polygamist cult members "Minimal Loss" (S4E03) 2008
The Unit 2006 - 2009
Hawaii Five-0 Alex O'Loughlin Steve McGarrett RIS handguard 2011
The Last Ship Travis Van Winkle Lt. Danny Green 2014
True Detective gangster 2015
Stranger Things David Harbour Chief Hopper Chapter Eight: "The Battle of Starcourt" (S03E08) 2019

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Söldner: Secret Wars AKS-74U 2004
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Akm 74/2U Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm 2007
Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals AKS-74 2008
SAS Secure Tomorrow 2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Akm 74/2U Incorrectly chambered in 5.45x39mm 2008
Armed Forces Corps AKS-74U NONE 2009
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures' AKS-74U 2009
Medal of Honor AKS-74U single-player only 2010
Uncharted 3 KAL 7 2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier AKS-74U w/ various accessories 2012
Spec Ops: The Line AKS-74U 2012
Medal of Honor: Warfighter AKS-74U Suchka w/ various accessories 2012
Hitman: Absolution 2012
Payday 2 "Krinkov" With underfolding stock 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist AKS-74U w/ various accessories 2013

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022


Century Arms C39 V2

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Century Arms C39 V2 - 7.62x39mm

The Century Arms C39 V2 is an American AKM clone with milled receiver design made by Century Arms.

Specifications

(??? - Present)

  • Type: Assault Rifle, Pistol, SBR,
  • Calibers: 7.62x39mm M43
  • Barrel lengths: 16.5"
  • Length 37.25"
  • Weight 8.05lbs
  • Capacity: 30-round box magazine, AK-47 type magazines (7.62x39mm)
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 David Fernandez Jr. La Mañas member Unknown Model; "Grotesque" (S2E08) 2016
Los Hermanos members Unknown Model; "Pillar of Salt" (S2E12), "North" (S2E15)
Militiamen Unknown Model; "North" (S2E15)
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 Broke Jaw Ranch Militiamen Unknown Model; "Eye of the Beholder" (S3E01), "The New Frontier" (S3E02), "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12) 2017
Matt Lasky Cooper Unknown Model; "Red Dirt" (S3E06)
Black Hat Reservation residents Unknown Model; "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Minotaur" (S3E09), "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)
Nathan Sutton Jimmie Unknown Model; "The Unveiling" (S3E07)
Tracie Crawford Dominguez Broke Jaw Ranch resident Unknown Model w/no front sight; "Brother’s Keeper" (S3E12)
Daniel Sharman Troy Otto Unknown Model; "El Matadero" (S3E14)
Proctors "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15), "Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
Gonzalez Dam guard "Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
The Walking Dead - Season 7 Unknown Saivors "Well" (S7E02), "Service" (S7E04), "Sing Me A Song" (S7E07), "New Best Friends" (S7E10), "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) 2016-2017
The Walking Dead - Season 8 - - lying against the table, with Magpul Furniture; "The Damned" (S8E02) 2017-2018

.22 LR Replicas

Adler-Jäger AP-80

An Italian-made AK replica that first debuted in the 1980s, seen in productions filmed in Europe and chambered in .22 LR.

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Adler-Jäger AP-80 - .22 LR

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Octopussy Orlov's forces, Border guards 1983
Water Stefan Kalipha Cuban 1985
Alan Igbon Cuban
Billy Connolly Delgado Fitzhugh
Chris Tummings Garfield Cooper
Michael Caine Baxter Thwaites
Man on Fire A combatant in Beirut 1987
Code Name Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge) PLO guard, other characters 1989

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Bergerac African soldiers "The Last Interview" (S04E01) 1985

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Grand Theft Auto III "AK47" 2001


Firing Replicas

Bollywood Replica AK-47

Commonly seen in Bollywood productions due to Indian firearms restrictions, these replica AK-47s are designed to fire blank ammunition and are most likely custom fabricated by Indian armorers. Virtually all "AK-47s" seen in Bollywood movies (excepting films made with the help of the Indian military) will be such blank-firing replicas.

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AK-47 replica, commonly seen in Bollywood productions. Photo from Ekta Enterprises.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Shootout at Lokhandwala Criminals and Mumbai Police 2007
LOC Kargil Pakistani Soldiers 2003
Zero Dark Thirty Pakistani Gunmen 2012


Airsoft Replicas

Tokyo Marui AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz

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Tokyo Marui AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz - 6mm BB
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JG "AK Beta-F" - 6mm BB

The AK-47 Beta Spetsnaz (stylized as "β-Spetsnaz"; Japanese: AK47 ヴェータ・スペツナズ) is a visually distinct airsoft AK-47 replica featuring AKS-74U elements an a very short foreend, shorter than that of the AKS-74U. It was originally released by Tokyo Marui in 2001. The weapon comes with a fixed stock and by default uses an airsoft AK magazine visually based on the shortened AK magazine used by the RWGŁ-3 (a.k.a. WG-GS-4).

Tokyo Marui also released a different airsoft AK with the foreend of the Beta Spetsnaz and an M4 stock in 2010, known as the AK47 HC.

Clones of the Beta Spetsnaz have been produced by Jing Gong and CYMA.

Anime

Title Character Notation Release date
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 2013
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil 2014


Tokyo Marui AK-Spetsnaz

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Tokyo Marui AK-Spetsnaz - 6mm BB

The AK-Spetsnaz was the predecessor to Tokyo Marui's AK Beta Spetsnaz. It was a limited edition airsoft AK released at the 36th Shizuoka Hobby Show in 1997. It features a standard AK rear sight, an AKS-47 receiver (without the stock), and no Picatinny rail.

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release date
Ghost Squad "TK1B" Stocked 2004
Operation Ghost Stocked 2011


Non-Firing Replicas

Hudson AK-47

The most common of all movie AK-47s in scenes where a real firearm was not used, is the all metal Japanese "Hudson AK-47". Hudson, a replica gun company like Model Gun Corp. (MGC) made many metal replicas in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Hudson AK-47, a Japanese Replica firearm based on the original Type III AK-47, seen here with AKS-style underfolding stock

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Stargate SG-1 - Season 8 Russian soldiers "Full Alert" (S8E14) 2005


See Also

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