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== AKMSU ==
== AKMSU ==
Chopped and shortened AKMS underfolder, made to resemble the AKSU-74 except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun.
Chopped and shortened AKMS underfolder, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun.
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=== Film ===
=== Film ===

Revision as of 19:41, 21 June 2008

The AK-47 and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

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 are actually derivatives of the AKM, which features a stamped receiver and many improvements. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is an AK-47 and not an AKM. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM, since the old AK-47 has not been in production for many, many years and is no longer as common in the real world - or Hollywood's rental armories - as its successor.

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Original AK-47 design, hybrid stamped/milled receiver; 7.62x39mm.
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Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm.

AK-47

Film

  • Việt Cộng fighters in Jarhead (footage taken from Apocalypse Now)
  • P.L.O.Terrorists, Ugandan Army soldiers, Israeli Commando in Raid On Entebbe

Television

  • Somali militiamen in Seven Days (episode "The Fire Last Time")

Anime

Video Games


AKS-47U

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AKS-47U 7.62x39mm with folded stock


Film



AKM

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm
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Maadi ARM - most of the AKMs seen in movies during the 1980s were imported ARMs that were legally converted to full auto fire. This image is of an actual movie gun. The laminated buttstock was replaced with a hardwood one when the original stock was broken during a stunt - 7.62x39mm


Film

  • Soviet soldiers and the "Wolverines" in Red Dawn
  • Colombian drug cartel henchmen in XXX
  • Arcadia 234 inhabitants in Soldier (including one with an Dragunov-esque stock)
  • Iraqi soldiers, Shiite refugees, and the main protagonists of Three Kings
  • Bank robbers and gang members in S.W.A.T. (including two fitted with high-capacity drum magazines)


Television

  • Abu Fayed's men in 24

Video Games

AKMS

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Polish AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock 7.62x39mm

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.


Film

Television

AKMSU

Chopped and shortened AKMS underfolder, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun.

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Film


Television

Norinco Type 56

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Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet - 7.62x39mm
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Norinco Type 56-1 (folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm

The Chinese Type 56 (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK variant in Hollywood productions, both film and television. They are frequently seen impersonating Russian weapons in many films, since 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 84s (.223 version) or Type 56s. These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in some cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.

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. 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 "hood" over the front sight that no other AKs (including those made in Russia) have.

Film

  • Numerous N.V.A. and V.C. soldiers and fighters in Platoon

Television