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[[Image:IMG_7046.JPG|thumb|right|300px|AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:IMG_7046.JPG|thumb|right|300px|AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:MaadiARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|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]]
[[Image:MaadiARM.jpg|thumb|right|450px|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]]
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 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.


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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]


== AKMS ==
== AKMS ==

Revision as of 00:32, 30 September 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 - 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.

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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.

Specifications

Type: Assault Rifle

Caliber: 7.62x39mm

Capacity: 30 rounds

Fire Modes: Safe - Auto - Semi

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

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

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 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.

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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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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AKMSU 7.62x39mm with thumbhole foregrip

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 (under-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm
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Norinco Type 56-2 (side-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
  • North Korean soldiers in Die Another Day (including a few made to look like AKS-74s)

Television

Norinco Type 84S

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Norinco Type 84S 5.56x45mm

Chinese AK clone in 5.56x45mm.

Film

Television

Anime

Videogame

AK-101

Modern Russian AK rifle full size. 5.56x45mm

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AK-101 5.56x45mm













AK-102

Modern Russian AK rifle carbine. 5.56x45mm

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AK-102 carbine 5.56x45mm











AK-103

Modern Russian AK rifle full size. 7.62x39mm.

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AK-103 Modern Russian AK rifle 7.62x39mm

Film

Video Games

  • Thomas Jane as Frank Castle in The Punisher (as the "7.62mm Assault Rifle", available with red dot sight, upgradeable to 75-round drum magazine)

AK-104

Modern Russian AK rifle carbine. 7.62x39mm.

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AK104 carbine 7.62x39mm

Film

  • One of Taha's thugs in District B13 (with muzzle brake removed and fitted with Romanian side-folding stock)