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AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire (semi-automatic and automatic), gas-operated 7.62×39mm 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 six 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.
ALSO NOTE: since the 70s, AK-74 and its update AK-74M was a standard-issue assault rifle of Russian armed forces. Therefore, all fictional depictions of 7.62x39 AK variants as 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 is used by the following actors in the following movies:
Soviet/Russian Versions
AK-47
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 Yugo 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.
NOTE: while the English-speaking tradition is to call the Russian 7.62x39 assault rifle by Mikhail Kalashnikov "AK-47", its official nomenclature is in fact was always AK\AKM, withouth 47 added to it. The AK-74 and all its variants, though, include the year in its original naming.
Specifications
(1949 - Present)
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm
- Weight: 11.5 lbs (5.2 kg)
- 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, 75 or 100-round box/drum magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AK-47 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor (2015) | Taliban fighters | 2015 | ||
| Extinction | Matthew Fox | Patrick | 2015 | |
| Homefront (2013) | Drugs laborant | 2013 | ||
| Heavenly Shift (Isteni müszak) | Serbian fighters | 2013 | ||
| Killing Season | Serbian fighters, Bosnian militia | 2013 | ||
| Zulu | Beach thug | 2013 | ||
| Zulu | Shaamilla Nordien | Beach girl | 2013 | |
| Java Heat | Mike Muliadro | Achmed | 2013 | |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Mercenary | 2012 | ||
| Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault | Pandawa fighters | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Afghani terrorists | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Russian smugglers | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Somali soldiers/prison guards | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | 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 | ||
| Balibo | Indonesian soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Kandahar Break | Shaun Dooley | Richard | 2009 | |
| Kandahar Break | Anti-Taliban fighters | 2009 | ||
| Vengeance | Suet Lam | Fat Lok | Polytech Legend model | 2009 |
| Ba'al: The Storm God | Armed guards | Type III | 2008 | |
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | Gangsters | 2008 | ||
| Secrets of State (Secret défense) | Terrorists, DGSE Agents | 2008 | ||
| 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 | |
| Five Fingers | Soldier at airport | 2006 | ||
| Joy Division | Soviet soldier at the gate | 2006 | ||
| Blood Diamond | Leonardo DiCaprio | Danny Archer | 2006 | |
| Blood Diamond | RUF rebels | 2006 | ||
| 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 (2005) | 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 | ||
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Carla Pérez | Pvt. Balbuena | 2002 | |
| 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 (1998) | Ukrainian Soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | Russian troops | 1998 | ||
| Road Ends | Orosco's henchman | 1997 | ||
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Chechen fighters | 1996 | ||
| 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 | ||
| A Better Tomorrow III | Viet Cong fighters | 1990 | ||
| Code Name Coq Rouge | PLO guard | 1989 | ||
| Stellan Skarsgård | Carl Hamilton | |||
| Hell Raiders (1988) | 1988 | |||
| The Beast of War | Afghan Mujaheddin | 1988 | ||
| Rambo III | Afghan Mujaheddin | 1988 | ||
| Iron Eagle II | Enemy Soldiers | 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 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 | ||
| The Fury | Terrorists | 1978 | ||
| The Fury | Kirk Douglas | Pete Sandza | 1978 | |
| Operation Thunderbolt | Yehoram Gaon | Col. Yonatan Netanyahu | 1977 | |
| Operation Thunderbolt | Arik Lavie | Gen. Dan Shomron | 1977 | |
| Operation Thunderbolt | African soldiers, Hijackers, Israeli commando | 1977 | ||
| On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) | Soviet soldiers | Anachronistic | 1969 | |
| 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 | ||
| Escape from East Berlin | East German (NVA) border guards | 1962 | ||
| Maksim Perepelitsa | Soviet Soldiers | 1955 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Breaking Bad - Season 2 | "Negro y Azul" | 2009 | ||
| Charlie's Angels | on photo | 2011 | ||
| Midsomer Murders | Mercenaries | S14E7 "A Sacred Trust" | 2011 | |
| Revolution - Season 1 | Opening credits | 2012 | ||
| Tyrant | seen inside the freedom fighters' Volkswagen Vanagon | 2014 | ||
| Tyrant | Shiek Rashid's guards | equipped with a M4-style collapsible stock and synthetic quad rail handguard | 2014 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Black Lagoon | Balalaika's men and other factions | 2006 | |
| When They Cry | Shion | 2006-2009 | |
| 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 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³ | Rento Kirishima | Airsoft | 2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout Tactics | fires 7.62x51mm rounds | 2001 | ||
| Army Of Two | Available w/ Beta-C magazine | 2008 | ||
| Black | 2006 | |||
| Grand Theft Auto 3 | 2001 | |||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| Grand Theft Auto IV | Assault Rifle | 2008 | ||
| Soldier of Fortune: Payback | w/ variety of accessories | 2007 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint | Available with GP-30 grenade launcher | 2001 | ||
| 24: The Game | AZ7 Soviet | 2006 | ||
| Blacksite: Area 51 | Non-player weapon | 2007 | ||
| Scarface: The World is Yours | Can be upgraded with a Remington 870 shotgun attachment | 2007 | ||
| Counter Strike: Source | CV-47 | 2004 | ||
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 | |||
| Shellshock Nam '67 | 2004 | |||
| The Stalin Subway | 2005 | |||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | 2006 | |||
| No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way | 2002 | |||
| Contract J.A.C.K. | 2002 | |||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | 2007 | |||
| Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | w/ variety of accessories | 2008 | ||
| Rainbow Six: Vegas | With optional ACOG, red dot sight, laser pointer, and silencer | Inaccurately modeled with AK-74 magazine | 2006 | |
| Insurgency | 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 | |
| Battlefield 2 | Available w/GP-25 grenade launcher | 2005 | ||
| America's Army | w/ Type 56 bayonet lug | 2002 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | 2004 | |||
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | |||
| Far Cry 2 | 2008 | |||
| Modern Warfare 2 | w/ AR-15 buttstock; able to attach GP25 grenade launcher, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, suppressor, red dot sight, EOtech holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG, thermal sight and/or extended magazine | 2009 | ||
| Combat Arms | 2008 | |||
| Vietcong 2 | 2005 | |||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Cold Fear | AK-47 / AK | Type III | 2005 | |
| Perfect Dark | KF-7 special | 2000 | ||
| Mercenaries 2: World In Flames | Assault Rifle | 2008 | ||
| Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Type I | w/ 75-round drum (X360 only) | 2006 | |
| Zombie Panic Source | 2007 | |||
| Saints Row 2 | K6 Krukov | 2008 | ||
| Goldeneye 007 | KF-7 soviet | 1997 | ||
| Project Reality | With optional GP-25 grenade launcher and bayonet | 2005 | ||
| Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow | AK-47 (7.62mm) | none | none | 2004 |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | Cannot be used by player | 2007 | ||
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | 2008 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | 2013 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boondocks, The | Mrs. Van Heusen | . | 2005- |
AKS-47
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Basically the same as the AK-47, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock.
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 mag
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AKS-47 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Afghani terrorists | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Somali soldiers/prison guards | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Ashraf Farah | Tareq Al Ameen | 2012 | |
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Seba Mubarak | Mouna al Fathar | 2012 | |
| Kill Zombie! | Sgt. Andreij ‘Mad Dog’ Lidkovski | 2012 | ||
| The Viral Factor | Mercenary | 2012 | ||
| The Heineken Kidnapping | Dutch SWAT team | 2011 | ||
| Nokas | Tov Sletta | David Toska | With AKM style muzzle brake | 2010 |
| The Stool Pigeon | Patrick Keung | Tai Ping | 2010 | |
| Kandahar Break | Rasheed Naz | Ashiq Khan | polytech manufactured | 2009 |
| Kandahar Break | Taliban fighters | original and polytech manufactured | 2009 | |
| Kandahar Break | Afghan National Army soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 | Vincent Cassel | Mesrine | 2008 | |
| Gomorrah | Ciro Petrone | Ciro | 2008 | |
| The Mark of Cain | Iraqi insurgent | 2007 | ||
| The Mechanik | Dolph Lundgren | Nick Cherenko | shortened | 2005 |
| The Mechanik | various thugs | shortened | 2005 | |
| Breaking News | Criminal gang | Poly Tech AKS-47 side-folder copy | 2004 | |
| The Preacher | Mike Reus | Pim | 2004 | |
| The Preacher | various thugs | 2004 | ||
| 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 |
| No Man's Land | Mustafa Nadarevic | Old Serbian soldier | Fitted with orange bakelite magazine | 2001 |
| Avalon | Players/Characters | 2001 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | Russian troops | 1998 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | 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 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Chechen fighters | 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 | |
| Impulse | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Colombian drug dealer | 1990 | |
| Navy SEALs | Navy SEALs | 1990 | ||
| Navy SEALs | Lebanese terrorists | 1990 | ||
| Toy Soldiers | Colombian terrorists | 1990 | ||
| The Beast of War | Jason Patric | Konstantin Koverchenko | 1988 | |
| The Beast of War | Stephen Baldwin | Golikov | 1988 | |
| The Beast of War | Don Harvey | Kaminski | 1988 | |
| The Beast of War | Soviet tank crew members | 1988 | ||
| Iron Eagle II | Enemy soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Rambo III | Soviet soldiers | 1988 | ||
| The Fourth Protocol | Russian Soldiers | 1987 | ||
| Bad Taste | Aliens | 1987 | ||
| Ishtar | Warren Beatty | Lyle Rogers | 1987 | |
| Ishtar | Various characters | 1987 | ||
| Iron Eagle | Enemy soldiers | 1986 | ||
| Solo Voyage | Soviet Marines | 1985 | ||
| Octopussy | Soviet soldier | 1983 | ||
| Octopussy | Kamal Khan's guard | 1983 | ||
| The Little Drummer Girl | Diane Keaton | Charlie | 1984 | |
| The Little Drummer Girl | PLO terrorists | 1984 | ||
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Boris Galkin | Capt. Tarassov | Type I | 1981 |
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Mihai Volontir | Warrant Officer Volentir | Type I | 1981 |
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Vadim Spiridonov | Capt. Shvetz | Type I | 1981 |
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Yelena Glebova | Sgt. Zinovieva | Type I | 1981 |
| Funeral in Berlin | East German Border Guard | 1966 | ||
| Objective 500 Million (Objectif: 500 millions) | Bruno Cremer | Jean Reichau | 1966 | |
| Objective 500 Million (Objectif: 500 millions) | Etienne Bierry | Douard | 1966 | |
| The Lark (Zhavoronok) | Valentins Skulme | Frenchman | 1964 |
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 | |
| 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 |
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 | ||
| Project Reality | With optional bayonet | 2005 |
AKM
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.
NOTE: while the English-speaking tradition is to call any Russian 7.62x39 assault rifle by Mikhail Kalashnikov "AK-47", its official nomenclature is in fact was always AK\AKM, with out 47 added to it. The AK-74 and all its variants, though, include the year in its original naming.
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-round drum magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AKM and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoboCop | Insurgents | With RIS handguards and grenade launcher | 2014 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Bucharest police | 2011 | ||
| Assassination Games | henchmen | 2011 | ||
| Assassination Games | Scott Adkins | Roland Flint | 2011 | |
| Assassination Games | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Vincent Brazil | 2011 | |
| The Debt | East German border guards | 2011 | ||
| Memorial Day | Iraqi Insurgents | 2011 | ||
| Memorial Day | 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 | ||
| 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 | Taliban | 2008 | ||
| An American Carol | Cuban Soldiers | 2008 | ||
| An American Carol | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Cuban Soldier | 2008 | |
| The Hurt Locker | Iraqi insurgents | 2008 | ||
| Body of Lies | Terrorists | 2008 | ||
| Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen | Dale | 2008 | |
| 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 | |
| Catch a Fire | ANC guerrillas | 2006 | ||
| Lord of War | Nicolas Cage | Yuri Orlov | 2005 | |
| Countdown (Lichnyy nomer) | terrorist | 2004 | ||
| Hotel Rwanda | Rwandan National Army soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Bad Boys II | Reynaldo A. Gallegos | Tito Vargas | 2003 | |
| Bad Boys II | Cuban soldiers | 2003 | ||
| S.W.A.T. | Bank robbers | drum magazines | 2003 | |
| S.W.A.T. | gang members | 2003 | ||
| 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 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Serbian soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Equilibrium | Resistance member | 2001 | ||
| xXx | Martin Hub | Ivan Podrov | w/ AK-74 muzzle brake and M203 grenade launcher | 2001 |
| xXx | Colombian cartel soldiers | 2001 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Replacement Killers | Thug | 1998 | ||
| The Siege | Terrorists | 1998 | ||
| Air Force One | Russian prison guards | 1997 | ||
| The Postman | Holnist soldiers | 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 |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Chechen fighters | 1996 | ||
| Shirli-Myrli | Mafia | 1995 | ||
| Clear and Present Danger | Escobedo's men | 1994 | ||
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Iraqi soldiers | 1994 | ||
| True Lies | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Harry Tasker | 1994 | |
| True Lies | Crimson Jihad terrorists | 1994 | ||
| Hard Boiled | Johnny Wong's thugs | 1992 | ||
| Patriot Games | IRA terrorists | 1992 | ||
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1992 | |||
| The Arbiter (Arbitr) | A criminal | 1992 | ||
| Delta Force 2 | Ramon Cota's men | 1990 | ||
| The Commander | General Dong's men | 1988 | ||
| Rambo III | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock | 1988 |
| Rambo III | Richard Crenna | Col. Trautman | 1988 | |
| Rambo III | Randy Raney | Sgt. Kourov | w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock | 1988 |
| Rambo III | Mujaheddin and Russian soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Bulletproof | Gary Busey | Frank McBain | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | Darlanne Fluegel | Captain Devon Shepard | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | Ramón Franco | Camilo | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | L.Q. Jones | CSM O'Rourke | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | henchmen | 1988 | ||
| Extreme Prejudice | Matt Mulhern | SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker | 1987 | |
| Extreme Prejudice | Mexican cartel gunmen | 1987 | ||
| Dragnet | P.A.G.A.N henchmen | 1987 | ||
| Predator | Guerrillas | 1987 | ||
| Robocop | Sal's men | 1987 | ||
| In Country | NVA troops | 1987 | ||
| Heartbreak Ridge | Clint Eastwood | GySGT Tom Highway | 1986 | |
| Heartbreak Ridge | Cuban soldiers | 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 | |
| Commando | Arius' soldiers | 1985 | ||
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | NVA Soldiers and Russian Spetnaz Commandos | 1984 | ||
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Julia Nickson-Soul | Co Bao | 1984 | |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | George Cheung | Capt. Tay | 1984 | |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 1984 | |
| Red Dawn | Soviet soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Red Dawn | Cuban / Nicaraguan soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Red Dawn | Jennifer Grey | Toni Mason | 1984 | |
| Red Dawn | C. Thomas Howell | Robert Teasdale | 1984 | |
| Red Dawn | Patrick Swayze | Jed Eckert | 1984 | |
| Red Dawn | Charlie Sheen | Matt Eckert | 1984 | |
| Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) | Sergey Nikonenko | Afonin | 1984 | |
| Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) | Sergey Shakurov | Sultan | 1984 | |
| Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) | Aleksandr Pashutin | Spirkin | 1984 | |
| Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) | Pyotr Zaychenko | Pukhov | 1984 | |
| Parade of the Planets (Parad planet) | Aleksei Zharkov | Slonov | 1984 | |
| Octopussy | Soviet soldier | 1983 | ||
| The Grach Brothers (Grachi) | Vitali Shapovalov | Leonid Osadchiy | 1982 | |
| Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) | Katanga fighters | 1980 | ||
| In the Zone of Special Attention (V zone osobogo vnimaniya) | Soviet Army soldiers | 1977 |
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" | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Banshee - Season 2 | Rabbit's men | Episode 10 | 2014 | |
| Banshee - Season 3 | Chayton's tribesmen | 2015 | ||
| Banshee - Season 3 | Ricky Russert | Tommy Littlestone | 2015 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spriggan | Turkish soldier | 1994 | |
| Full Metal Panic! | 2002 | ||
| Flag | Militia fighters | 2006 | |
| Canaan | Canaan | 2009 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Recon | AK47 | without muzzle break | 2001 | |
| Combat Arms | AK-47 | 2004 | ||
| Half-Life 2 | AR-1 | Cut Weapon | 2004 | |
| Project Reality | 2005 | |||
| Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | not usable | 2005 | ||
| Counter-Strike Online | AKM | With Metal and Gold finishes | 2007 | |
| Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | 2007 | |||
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | 2007 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | AKM | w/ various attachments | 2008 | |
| Mercenaries 2: World in Flames | 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 | ||
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | AK-47 | synthetic furniture, RIS handguard | 2013 | |
| Survarium | 2014 |
AKMS
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: 10, 20, 30, 40 round box magazines, 75-round drum magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AKMS and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Sniper | Iraqi insurgents | 2014 | ||
| Tokarev | Russian mobsters | With AK-74 style muzzle brakes | 2014 | |
| Zulu | Clayton Evertson | Beach thug | 2013 | |
| Zombie Fever | Alexander Levenchuk | Pyotr | 2013 | |
| Valeriy Zelenskiy | Sasha | |||
| 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 | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Pakistani police | 2012 | ||
| Resident Evil: Damnation | Sasha | w/ plastic magazines | 2012 | |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | Robin Kasyanov | Sergei | 2012 | |
| The Baytown Outlaws | Quinn Early | Smoke | 2012 | |
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Russian smugglers | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Somali soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Hans Kloss. Stawka wieksza niz smierc | East German soldiers | Polish variant called PMKMS | 2012 | |
| Bablo | Ukrainian Berkut officers | 2011 | ||
| Machine Gun Preacher | Junior Magale | William | 2011 | |
| Home (Dom) | Konstantin Adaev | Tocka | with AK-74 style muzzle brake and POSP 4x24B sniper scope | 2011 |
| 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 |
| The Hurt Locker | British Private Military Contractors | Customized with RIS foregrips and C-More sights | 2009 | |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | African soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Crank: High Voltage | Thugs | 2009 | ||
| Taken | Human trafficker | w/ shortened barrel | 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 | |||
| Largo Winch | Brazilian Police | 2008 | ||
| Rambo (2008) | Supakorn Kitsuwon | Myint | w/ shortened barrel | 2008 |
| Rambo (2008) | Tim Kang | En-Joo | 2008 | |
| Rambo (2008) | Burmese Junta soldiers | Hungarian SA-85M variant | 2008 | |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Kingdom | Saudi terrorists | w/ RIS and foregrip | 2007 | |
| Breach | Seen in the trunk of Robert Hanssen's (Chris Cooper) car | 2007 | ||
| The Departed | Chinese mobsters | 2006 | ||
| Waist Deep | thugs | 2006 | ||
| Lord of War | Russian hitmen | 2005 | ||
| Sky Fighters | Benoît Magimel | Captain Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli | 2005 | |
| Sky Fighters | Clovis Cornillac | Captain Sébastien "Fahrenheit" Vallois | 2005 | |
| Sky Fighters | Terrorists | 2005 | ||
| Hotel Rwanda | Rwandan National Army soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Countdown (Lichnyy nomer) | terrorist | 2004 | ||
| Moscow Heat | Klimov's henchmen | 2004 | ||
| 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 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Nick Stahl | John Connor | w/ shortened barrel and dual-mag clamp | 2003 |
| 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 | |
| War (Voyna) | Chechen rebel | 2002 | ||
| Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, The | Sergey Garmash | Militia (police) captain Koshaev | 1999 | |
| Air Force One | General Radek's men | w/ shortened barrels and custom folding stocks | 1997 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Aleksei Zharkov | Maj. Maslov | 1996 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Chechen fighters | 1996 | ||
| Executive Decision | Terrorists | 1996 | ||
| Face/Off | Thug | 1996 | ||
| True Lies | Art Malik | Salim Abu Aziz | 1994 | |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Iraqi soldiers | 1993 | ||
| Toy Soldiers | Columbian terrorists | 1991 | ||
| Afghan Breakdown | Michele Placido | Major Bandura | with 75-round RPK drum magazine | 1990 |
| Afghan Breakdown | Soviet paratroopers | w/ plastic magazines | 1990 | |
| Navy SEALs | U.S Navy SEALs | 1990 | ||
| Rambo 3 | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 1988 | |
| Rambo 3 | Mujaheddin | 1988 | ||
| Rambo 3 | Soviet Spetznaz soldiers | w/AK-74 style muzzle brakes | 1988 | |
| The Living Daylights | Mujaheddin | 1987 | ||
| The Living Daylights | Czech soldiers | 1987 | ||
| Search and neutralize (Nayti i obezvredit) | Militia sergeant | 1982 | ||
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Yelena Glebova | Sergeant Zinovieva | w/ standard magazine, while training | 1981 |
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Soviet marines | w/ and whitout plastic magazines, while training | 1981 | |
| Izhora Battalion (Izhorskiy batalyon) | German soldiers | Standing for Sturmgewehr 44 | 1972 | |
| Officers (Ofitsery) | Soviet paratroopers | 1971 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Strike Back - Season 3 | Rhona Mitra | Major. Rachel Dalton | 2012 | |
| Strike Back - Season 3 | Tim Pigott-Smith | Patrick Burton | 2012 | |
| Tyrant | freedom fighters | 2014 |
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 | "AKSU-74" | w/ shortened barrel and side-folding stock | 2012 | |
| Payday 2 | With cleaning rod removed | 2013 | ||
| Insurgency 2 | "AKM" | w/ various attachments | 2014 |
AKMSU
Chopped and shortened version of the AKM, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun. AKMSU was not produced in large quantities in the Soviet Union; however, many other countries, including Yugoslavia, massively built their own versions.
Most of the so-called "AKMSU" carbines seen in Hollywood movies, such as Three Kings, Tropic Thunder, Bad Boys II, etc. are actually full-size AK variants that have been converted with Krinkov parts kits; many feature side-folding AKS-74U-style stocks. The picture to the right is an actual movie gun that is identical to those that have appeared in many films and TV shows.
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 | |
| xXx | Czech Police | 2002 | ||
| 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 | |
| Tropic Thunder | Flaming Dragon members | 2008 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Expendables | Gary Daniels | The Brit | 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 |
| Fast Five | Michael Irby | Zizi | With MP5K-style foregrip and sights | 2011 |
| Resident Evil: Damnation | Leon S. Kennedy / J.D. | heavily customized | 2012 |
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 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Söldner: Secret Wars | AKS-74U | 2004 | ||
| Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals | AKS-74 | 2008 | ||
| SAS Secure Tomorrow | 2008 | |||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky | 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 | With underfolding stock | 2013 | ||
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | AKS-74U | w/ various accessories | 2013 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Metal Panic! | 2002 |
AK-101
Modern Russian AK rifle full size.
Specifications
(1994 - Present)
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
- Weight: 7.9 lbs (3.6 kg)
- Length: 37.1 in (94.3 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
The AK-101 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Heat | Achmed´s henchmen, policemen | 2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splinter Cell: Double Agent | used by hostile NPC's | 2006 | ||
| Battlefield 2 | two magazines taped together "jungle style", with and without GP-30 grenade launcher | 2005 | ||
| Hitman: Contracts | "AK74" | 2004 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | ||
| The 3rd Birthday | "RK-101" | 2010 |
AK-102
The AK-102 is a modern day AK that is the carbine version of the AK-101.
Specifications
(1990s - Present)
- Type: Carbine
- Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
- Weight: 6.6 lbs (3 kg)
- Length: 32.4 in (82.4 cm) (stock extended), 23.1 in (58.6 cm) (stock folded)
- Barrel length: 12.4 in (31.4 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AK-102 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Can be fitted with a GP-30 grenade launcher | 2008 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty Online | "AK117" | w/ various attachments | 2013 |
AK-103
Modern Russian AK rifle full size.
Specifications
(1994 - Present)
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm
- Weight: 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg)
- Length: 37.1 in (94.3 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
The AK-103 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Russian Troop | 2013 | ||
| Hooked 2. Next Level | Marina Petrenko | Rita | 2010 | |
| Hooked 2. Next Level | Evgeniy Kharlanov | Komar | 2010 | |
| Hooked 2. Next Level | Aleksey Bardukov | Max | 2010 | |
| Hooked | Muslim terrorists | 2009 | ||
| Hooked | Nodar Siradze | Yan | 2009 | |
| Newsmakers (Goryachie Novosti) | MVD sniper | 2009 | ||
| War, Inc. | Tamerlane personnel | 2008 | ||
| War, Inc. | John Cusack | Hauser | 2008 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black and White | Lao Tou's guard | 2009 | ||
| Top Shot - Season 3 | 2011 | |||
| The Last Ship | Eric Dane | CDR Tom Chandler | 2015 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercenaries 2: World in Flames | Black electrical tape on the stock. | 2008 | ||
| Hitman: Codename 47 | AK103 | 2000 | ||
| Urban Terror | 2000 | |||
| America's Army | w/ GP-30 grenade launcher | 2002 | ||
| Secret Service | KMF 03 | 2008 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | ||
| Freedom Fighters | Assault Rifle | Mocked-up to look futuristic | 2003 | |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | 2010 | |||
| Breach | AK-103 | w/ RIS handguard and top cover | fires 5.56x45mm rounds | 2011 |
| Spec Ops: The Line | AK-47 | wooden furniture | w/ burst mode | 2012 |
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | AK-103 | w/ various attachments | 2012 | |
| AKM | w/ wooden handguard and stock | SP only | 2012 | |
| Far Cry 3 | AK47 | with side mounted accessory rail and wooden AK-74 furniture | 2012 | |
| Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | Militia Rifle | 2012 | ||
| Watch Dogs | AK-47 | with wooden AK-74 furniture | 2014 | |
| Far Cry 4 | AK47 | 2014 |
AK-104
Modern Russian AK rifle carbine.
Specifications
(1994 - Present)
- Type: Carbine
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm
- Weight: 6.6 lbs (3 kg)
- Length: 32.4 in (82.4 cm)
- Barrel length: 12.4 in (31.4 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AK-104 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Bruce Willis | John McClane | With RIS handguard, foregrip and flashlight | 2013 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black and White | Triad gangsters | Episode 11 | 2009 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Island | 2011 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | Various available modifications | AK-104 barrel group attachable to base AK-103 | 2012 |
AK-108
Modern full-size AK rifle borrowing operating mechanics from the AEK-971.
Foreign Copies & Derivatives
Norinco Type 56
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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 AK weapons 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 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.
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 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.
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 (including those made in Russia) have.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zulu | Clayton Evertson | Beach thug | Type 56-1 | 2013 |
| The Berlin File | Abdul's henchmen | Type 56-2 with plastic furniture | 2013 | |
| The Berlin File | North Korean agent | Type 56-2 with AK-74 style muzzle brake and MPi-KMS-72 style side-folding stock | 2013 | |
| The Berlin File | Seung-beom Ryu | Dong Myung-Soo | Type 56-2 with AK-74 style muzzle brake and MPi-KMS-72 style side-folding stock | 2013 |
| Captain Phillips | Somali pirates | Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without jungle-taped magazines | 2013 | |
| Osombie | 2012 | |||
| R2B: Return to Base | North Korean soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) | Assailant | Type 56-1 with green handguard | 2012 | |
| Johnny English Reborn | Mozambique guard | Type 56-1 | 2011 | |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Gerard Butler | Sam Childers | Type 56-1 | 2011 |
| Machine Gun Preacher | LRA and SPLA troops | w/ pig-sticker bayonet | 2011 | |
| Machine Gun Preacher | LRA and SPLA troops | Type 56-1 | 2011 | |
| Killer Elite | Fighters | early variant with milled receiver | 2011 | |
| Memorial Day | Iraqi Security Forces | 2011 | ||
| The Guard | 2011 | |||
| Red State | Nicholas Braun | Billy-Ray | Type 56 - made to look like AKM | 2011 |
| Melissa Leo | Sara | |||
| James Parks | Mordechai | |||
| Jennifer Schwalbach Smith | Esther | |||
| Believers | Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS | |||
| Kandahar | Taliban fighters | with and without under-folding bayonets | 2010 | |
| Green Zone | Matt Damon | Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller | Type 56-1 | 2010 |
| Iraqi gunmen | ||||
| Salt | North Korean soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Outside the Law | Vietminh | anachronistic | 2010 | |
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | thugs | 2010 | ||
| Elephant White | Kevin Bacon | Jimmy | Type 56-1 modified with picatinny rails and composite grips | 2010 |
| Kandahar Break | Tribesmen | Type 56, with underfolding bayonet | 2009 | |
| Taliban fighters | ||||
| Anti-Taliban fighters | ||||
| Tribesman | Type 56-1, with smooth orange magazine | |||
| Afghan National Army soldiers | Type 56-1 | |||
| A Dangerous Man | Byron Lawson | Mao | Type 56-2 (folded stock), continuity errors: stock (un-)folded in same scene and mirror images | 2009 |
| Jesse Hutch | Sergey | |||
| Steven Seagal | Shane | |||
| Vitaly Kravchenko | Vlad | |||
| Russian thugs | ||||
| 31 North 62 East | Terrorists | Type 56-1 | 2009 | |
| Balibo | Indonesian soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | Gangster with a face paints | 2008 | ||
| The Kite Runner | Taliban fighters | Type 56-1 and Type 56-1 | 2008 | |
| Soviet soldiers | ||||
| Body of Lies | Iraqi insurgents | Type 56-1 | 2008 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Soviet soldiers | Type 56 and Type 56-1 | 2008 | |
| Outlaw | Lennie James | Cedric Munroe | Type 56-1 | 2007 |
| Outlaw | Sean Bean | Danny Bryant | Type 56-1 | 2007 |
| Invisible Target | Andy On | Tien Yeng-Yee | Type 56 with laser aiming device | 2007 |
| Invisible Target | Vincent Sze | Tien Yeng Chi | Type 56 and Type 56-1 | 2007 |
| Invisible Target | Mei Wang Xue | Tien Yeng Yan | Type 56-1 | 2007 |
| No Country for Old Men | Type 56 and Type 56-1, seen with dead drug dealers | 2007 | ||
| Hot Fuzz | Crackhead | Type 56-1 | 2007 | |
| Battle for Haditha | Falah Falyeh | Ahmad | Type 56-1 | 2007 |
| Oliver Bytrus | Jafar | |||
| Iraqi Army soldiers | ||||
| Iraqi civilians | ||||
| In Her Line of Fire | The rebels | 2006 | ||
| Blood Diamond | Kagiso Kuypers | Dia Vandy | Type 56-1 | 2006 |
| R.U.F. rebels | ||||
| Sierra Leone Army soldiers | ||||
| Lord of War | Weston Cage | Mechanic | Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover | 2005 |
| Soviet soldiers | ||||
| Afghan Mujahideen | ||||
| Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard | ||||
| R.U.F. rebels | Type 56-1 | |||
| Sahara | Matthew McConaughey | Dirk Pitt | Type 56-1 | 2005 |
| Malian Soldiers | ||||
| Munich | Black September terrorists | Type 56-1 | 2005 | |
| PLO gunmen | ||||
| Israeli commandos | ||||
| Batman Begins | Chinese soldiers | Type 56-1 | 2005 | |
| Stealth | Tajikistani terrorists | Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel | 2005 | |
| A Bittersweet Life | Thugs | Type 56-1 | 2005 | |
| Typhoon | Pirates | Type 56-1 | 2005 | |
| Sky Fighters | Terrorists | 2005 | ||
| District B13 | Guard | Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake | 2004 | |
| Hotel Rwanda | Tutsi rebel | 2004 | ||
| The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) | Eric Fraticelli | Figoli "Le Piaf" | 2004 | |
| Tears of the Sun | Militia fighters | Type 56 and Type 56-1 | 2003 | |
| Cameroon border guards | ||||
| Refugees | Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet | |||
| Belly of the Beast | Kidnappers, Abu Karaf fighers | 2003 | ||
| The Missing Gun | Jiang Wen | Ma Shan | in his memories | 2002 |
| Die Another Day | North Korean soldiers | Type 56-1 | 2002 | |
| North Korean commando | Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74 | |||
| Black Hawk Down | Somali militiamen | Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without pig-sticker bayonets | 2001 | |
| Black Dog | Gabriel Casseus | Sonny | 1998 | |
| Air Force One | Rebel soldiers | Type 56-1 | 1997 | |
| Dangerous Ground | Elizabeth Hurley | Karen | 1997 | |
| The Devil's Own | Brad Pitt | Frankie Maguire | Type 56-1 | 1997 |
| Courage Under Fire | Iraqi soldiers | Type 56 and Type 56-1 | 1996 | |
| Heat | Danny Trejo | Trejo | Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake | 1995 |
| Dead Presidents | N.V.A. soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Soldier Boyz | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Vinh Moc | 1995 | |
| Soldier Boyz | Jacqueline Obradors | Vasquez | With pig-sticker bayonet | 1995 |
| Soldier Boyz | Demetrius Navarro | Lopez | 1995 | |
| Soldier Boyz | Vinh Moc's soldiers | With & without pig-sticker bayonets | 1995 | |
| Soldier Boyz | A criminal | Type 56-1 | 1995 | |
| Top Dog | Neo Nazi terrorists | Type 56-1 with AKM-style muzzle brakes | 1995 | |
| GoldenEye | Pierce Brosnan | James Bond | Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74 | 1995 |
| Sean Bean | Alec Trevelyan | |||
| Famke Janssen | Xenia Onatopp | |||
| Russian soldiers | Made to look like AK-74 and AKS-74 | |||
| Janus soldiers | ||||
| Steel Frontier | Stacie Foster | Sarah | 1995 | |
| mercenaries | ||||
| Dead Weekend | TWF soldiers | Type 56-1 | 1995 | |
| In the Army Now | Lori Petty | Pvt. Christine Jones | Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake | 1994 |
| Libyan Army soldiers | ||||
| Libyan Army soldier | Type 56-1, made to look like AK-74 | |||
| Clear and Present Danger | Colombian cartel gunmen | Type 56-1 | 1994 | |
| Bad Blood | Chang's henchmen | 1994 | ||
| Enemy Gold | Julie Strain | Jewel Panther | Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake | 1993 |
| Enemy Gold | Ron Browning | Slash | Type 56-1, under-folding stock variant with slanted muzzle brake | 1993 |
| Crime Story (1993) | Robber | with AKM muzzle brake | 1993 | |
| Freejack | Emilio Estevez | Alex Furlong | 1992 | |
| Mercenaries | ||||
| Beyond the Law | Ed Adams | Dirt | Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake | 1992 |
| Rapid Fire | Guards | 1992 | ||
| Hard Boiled | Johnny Wong's thugs | Type 56-1 | 1992 | |
| Boyz N The Hood | Baldwin C. Sykes | Monster | Type 56-1 | 1991 |
| In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal | Mobster | 1991 | ||
| Bullet in the Head | Waise Lee | Little Wing | 1990 | |
| Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Ah Bee | |||
| Jacky Cheung | Fai | |||
| N.V.A. soldiers | ||||
| Viet-Cong guerrillas | ||||
| Revenge | Miguel Ferrer | Amador | Type 56-1 | 1990 |
| Enemy | Tia Carrere | Mai Chang | 1990 | |
| Enemy | Peter Fonda | Ken Andrews | 1990 | |
| The Hunt for Red October | Soviet Naval Infantryman | 1990 | ||
| RoboCop 2 | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Chet | Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake | 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 | |
| Afghan Breakdown | Afghan Mujaheddin | 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 | |
| The Iron Triangle | Liem Whatley | Ho | Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet | 1989 |
| Viet-Cong | ||||
| Code Name Coq Rouge | Boy on the beach | M22, without pig-sticker bayonet | 1989 | |
| PLO guard | ||||
| Stellan Skarsgård | Carl Hamilton | |||
| Nick Burnell | Meyer | |||
| Israeli terrorists | ||||
| L.A. Bounty | Cavanaugh´s men | 1989 | ||
| Rambo III | Sasson Gabai | Mousa | Type 56-1 | 1988 |
| Afghan Mujahideen | Type 56 and Type 56-1 | |||
| Big Trouble in Little China | Wing Kong gang members | Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes | 1986 | |
| Platoon | Charlie Sheen | Pvt. Chris Taylor | With pig-sticker bayonet | 1986 |
| Tom Berenger | SSgt. Robert Barnes | |||
| N.V.A. soldiers | ||||
| Viet-Cong | ||||
| Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) | Viet Cong guerrillas | With pig-sticker bayonets | 1985 | |
| The Park is Mine | Jong Soo Park | Tran Chan Dinh | Type 56-1 | 1985 |
| Commando Leopard | Rebels | 1985 | ||
| Latino | FSLN soldiers and villagers | 1985 | ||
| The Stabilizer | Peter O'Brian | Peter Goldson | 1985 | |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | General Khan's soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Octopussy | Soviet soldiers | M22, without pig-sticker bayonet | 1983 | |
| East German boarder guards | ||||
| The Year of Living Dangerously | Indonesian soldiers | Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets | 1982 | |
| Apocalypse Now | N.V.A. soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Viet-Cong | ||||
| Kurtz's men | With & without jungle-taped magazines | |||
| French colonialists | With & without pig-sticker bayonets | |||
| The Deer Hunter | Robert De Niro | Michael | 1978 | |
| The Deer Hunter | Christopher Walken | Nick | 1978 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry's Game | Derek Thompson | Billy Downes | Type 56-1 | 1982 |
| The A-Team | 1983 - 1988 | |||
| 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 |
| Ultimate Force | Ross Kemp | SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie | Type 56-1 | 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 |
| Criminal Minds | Somali militiamen | "Distress" (S2E17) | 2007 | |
| The Kill Point | Leo Fitzpatrick | "Mr. Mouse" | Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator | 2007 |
| The Kill Point | Adam Cantor | Rocko | Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator | 2007 |
| The Kill Point | Frank Grillo | Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman | Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator | 2007 |
| 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 |
| Chaos | North Korean border guards | "Song of the North"; With AKM slant compensator | 2011 - | |
| 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 | Lobo Sebastian | Octavio Muara | Type 56-1, "The Cancer" (S01E04), plastic magazine, muzzle brake | 2012 |
| Continuum - Season 2 | "Second Chances" (E01) | 2013 | ||
| Banshee - Season 2 | Rabbit's men | Episode 10; Type 56 and Type 56-1 | 2014 | |
| Tyrant | Abbudinian soldiers | Episode 1; Type 56 | 2014 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunslinger Girl | Padania Terrorists | 2003 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto V | "Assault Rifle" | Type 56-2 | 2013 | |
| 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
The Type 84 rifle is nearly identical to the Chinese Type 56 (seen above), but it is chambered in 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington. 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 imported 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 of us in the U.S. would never have known these variants existed.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Interview | North Korean soldier | Type 84S-1 | 2014 | |
| Zombieland | Stylish Secret Agent | . | 2009 | |
| Underworld: Evolution | Hungarian police officers | . | 2006 | |
| 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
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Stargate SG-1 - Season 3 | Seth's followers | S03E02 | 1999 - 2000 | |
| The Sopranos | James Gandolfini | Tony | "Two Tonys" (5.01) | 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 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG | Dejima refugee sniper | Type 84S Target with scope | 2004-2005 |
Norinco MAK-90
Civilian "post-ban" version of Norinco Type 56, with 'thumbhole' stock and semi-auto only fire mode.
Specifications
( - )
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm
- Weight: 8.3 lbs (3.7 kg)
- Length: 35.1 in (89.2 cm)
- Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
The Norinco MAK-90 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnosaur 3: Primal Species | Terrorist | 1996 | ||
| Soldier | Arcadia 234 inhabitant | With 10-round magazine | 1998 | |
| God Bless America | Tara Lynne Barr | Roxy | thumbhole stock removed | 2012 |
| God Bless America | Joel Murray | Frank Murdock | thumbhole stock removed | 2012 |
| God Bless America | Mike Tristano | Shady gun dealer | thumbhole stock removed | 2012 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow | PSO-1 Scope and Dragunov stock | Used by Hostile NPCs only | 2004 |
Zastava M70
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 Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (Slovenia and Macedonia were not a major combatants in the fighting). 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: 8.2 lbs (3.7 kg)
- Length: 0 in (0 cm) (stock extended), 0 in (0 cm) (stock folded)
- Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Zastava M70 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Sniper | Iraqi insurgents | M70B1 and M70AB2 versions | 2014 | |
| Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) | Assailant | M70AB2 version with synthetic hand guard | 2012 | |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Mercenaries | M70AB2 version | 2012 | |
| Machine Gun Preacher | LRA troops | 2011 | ||
| SPLA troops | ||||
| Ronnie Nyakale | AJ | |||
| Coriolanus | Gerard Butler | Tullus Aufidius | M70AB2 version | 2011 |
| The Guard | Don Cheadle | F.B.I. Special Agent Everett | M70B1 | 2011 |
| Fast Five | Gunmen | M70AB2 version | 2011 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Serbian and Albanian soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Eloy Azorín | Pvt. Vidal | 2002 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Serbian soldiers | 2001 | ||
| No Man's Land | Serbian and Bosnian forces | 2001 | ||
| Savior | Serbian and Bosnian forces | 1998 | ||
| The Peacemaker | Terrorists, Russian soldiers and UN peacekeepers | 1997 | ||
| Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | Serbian soldiers | M70B1 and M70AB2 versions | 1996 | |
| Armour of God | Cultists | M70AB2 | 1987 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | 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 | 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 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24: The Game | Z85 | 2006 |
Zastava M85
The Zastava M85 is a compact carbine manufactured by the Yugoslavian Zastava company, similar to the AKMSU mentioned above, although with an underfolding stock instead of a side-folder, a three-holed handguard and is chambered for 5.56x45mm.
Specifications
( - )
- Type: Carbine
- Caliber: 5.56x45mm
- Weight: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)
- Length: 31.5 in (80 cm), 21.3 in (54 cm) (stock folded)
- Barrel length: 10 in (25.4 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Zastava M85 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36th Precinct | Robber | 2004 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | 2010 |
Zastava M92
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: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)
- Length: 31.5 in (80 cm), 21.3 in (54 cm) (stock folded)
- Barrel length: 10 in (25.4 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Zastava M92 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Dark Thirty | Terrorist | 2012 | ||
| The Equalizer | Andri's henchman | 2014 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Army | Seen in crates with other AK-series weapons, non-playable | 2002 |
AIM/AIMS
The Romanian clones of the AKM and AKMS, identifiable by the vertical foregrip integrated into the handguard and by the lack of the holes in the gas tube.The folding-stock version of the AIM, known as the AIMS, originally had a conventional under-folding stock and the grip curving inwards at a convex angle. This was eventually replaced by a version which had a side-folding stock (copied from the East German MPi-KMS), as shown here.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) | Bank robbers | PM Md. 65 | 2011 | |
| Kandahar | Taliban fighters | AIM with a shortened barrel | 2010 | |
| Kandahar Break | Taliban fighters | AIM | 2009 | |
| Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Police | AIMS | 2009 | |
| Street Kings | Jayceon "The Game" Taylor | Grill | AIMS | 2008 |
| The Last Sentinel | Katee Sackhoff | The Girl | AIMS | 2007 |
| Second in Command | Rebels | Both AIM and AIMS | 2006 | |
| Attack Force | Special Forces soldiers | Both AIM and AIMS | 2006 | |
| Typhoon | Pirates | Older model AIMS with underfolding stock | 2005 | |
| Lakshya | Indian soldiers and Pakistani irregulars | PM md. 90 without foregrips | 2004 | |
| District B13 | Tahas' Henchmen | PM md. 90 Krinkov | 2004 | |
| 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout | Andrew Bryniarski | Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. | AIMS, w/ 75-round drum magazine | 2003 |
| 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout | Oleg Taktarov | Emil Matasareanu | AIMS, w/ 75-round drum magazine | 2003 |
| Diplomatic Siege | Adrian Pintea | Goran Mladnov | 1998 | |
| Mihai Baranga | Dushan | |||
| Vlad Ivanov | Coscis | |||
| Irina Movila | Petra | |||
| Francisco Reyes | Pascal | |||
| Romanian policemen | ||||
| Iron Eagle II | Uri Gavriel | Georgi Koshkin | AIMS, w/ bakelite magazines and Israeli blank-firing adaptor | 1988 |
| Ishtar | Gunrunner | 1987 | ||
| Iron Eagle | Enemy soldier | AIMS, with Israeli blank-firing adaptor | 1986 | |
| Lethal Weapon 4 | Corrupt Chinese General's men | AIMS, w/ AKM type handguard | 1998 | |
| Lethal Weapon 4 | Mel Gibson | Detective Martin Riggs | AIMS, w/ AKM type handguard | 1998 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Situation Critical | 2007-2008 | |||
| Black and White | Triad gangsters | with plastic forend | 2009 | |
| Tyrant | Abbudinian soldiers | Episode 1 | 2014 |
AIMR
AIMR is the collective export designation for a series of Romanian carbines based on the AIMS. The majority feature the distinctive side folding AIMS stock and a straight AKM type handguard (the exception being the first model PM md. 80 which has a unique folding stock and an AIM style vertical grip handguard), and all have a 12 inch barrel with the front sight mounted directly to the gas block. They are fitted with barrel threads onto which can be fitted either a standard barrel nut, or a unique birdcage flash hider. A variant of the AIMR with smooth handguards and the stock removed chambered in 7.62x39mm or 5.56x45mm was imported into the US as the "Champion Pistol". Later the designation of "Draco Pistol" was given to 7.62x39mm weapons, with "Champion Pistol" now referring to only 5.56x45mm weapons.
Specifications
(1980 - Present)
- Type: Carbine
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm, 5.45x39mm or 5.56x45mm
- Barrel length: 12 in (30.5 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AIMR Carbine and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lookout | Jérôme Pouly | David | AIMR 5.56 | 2012 |
| Taken 2 | Liam Neeson | Bryan Mills | AIMR 5.56 | 2012 |
| On the Other Side of the Tracks | gang member | 2012 | ||
| Sleepless Night | Tomer Sisley | Vincent | AIMR 5.56 | 2011 |
| The Assault (L'Assault) | Terrorists | 2010 | ||
| Colombiana | Bodyguard | Draco carbine | 2010 | |
| Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) | Pierre Abbou | Boban's lieutenant | 2010 | |
| Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) | Boban's henchmen | 2010 | ||
| Secrets of State (Secret défense) | Nicolas Duvauchelle | Pierre as Aziz | 2008 | |
| Home of the Brave | Insurgents | Draco carbine | 2006 | |
| Sky Fighters | Terrorists | 2005 | ||
| District B13 | Taha's henchmen | 2004 | ||
| Amélie | Imaginary Mujahedins | 2001 | ||
| Taxi 2 | Yakuza Guard | 2000 | ||
| Diplomatic Siege | Romanian police | PM md. 80 | 1999 | |
| Ronin | Bodyguards | Draco carbine | 1998 | |
| Commander Hamilton | Russian troops | 1998 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | Zakia Tahri | Moona | 1998 | |
| The Rage | Lorenzo Lamas | FBI Special Agent Nick Travis | PA md. 86 with drum magazine | 1997 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Season 35 | Paul Grasshoff | Patrick O Connor | 2014 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing Floor | "AK47" | Draco carbine with AIMS stock | Gold-plated version available with DLC | 2009 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag | Ru-Pou's followers | Draco Pistol | 2006 |
Romanian WASR
A Romanian AK clone modified to accept single stack magazines for American import. Chambered in 7.62x39mm (WASR-10), 5.45x39mm (WASR-2), and 5.56x45mm (WASR-3). Most variants had their magazine wells adapted to take standard high capacity magazines, by the distributors.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24: Redemption | Sangalan Rebels | 2008 | ||
| Derailed | Terrorists | 2002 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead | Travis Love | Shumpert | "Suicide King" (S3E09) | 2013 |
MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72
The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. Early versions of the rifles had wooden furniture, but later models have distinctive stippled brown buttstocks and pistol grips. The MPi-KMS also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the Romanian AIMS rifle. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Dark Thirty | Afghan soldiers | 2012 | ||
| The Hurt Locker | Iraqi police officer | 2008 | ||
| Battle for Haditha | Iraqi Army soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Lord of War | Afghan mujaheddin | 2005 | ||
| Hotel Rwanda | Rwandan soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Extreme Ops | Thug | 2002 | ||
| 23 | East German border patrol | 1998 | ||
| Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) | Katanga rebels | Early model MPi-KM-72 | 1980 |
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 |
AMD-65
Hungarian variant of AKM.
Specifications
(1965 - )
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x39mm
- Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg)
- Length: 33.3 in (84.7 cm) (stock extended), 24.6 in (62.4 cm) (stock folded)
- Barrel length: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AMD-65 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
| Zero Dark Thirty | Gunmen | 2012 | ||
| Fast Five | Zizi's gunmen | 2011 | ||
| Memorial Day | Iraqi Insurgents | 2011 | ||
| Underworld | Mounted on armory rack | 2003 | ||
| I Spy | Gunder's men | 2002 | ||
| In China They Eat Dogs | A gangster | 1999 | ||
| Commander Hamilton | Russian troops | 1998 | ||
| Death Wish V: The Face of Death | Chuck Shamata | Sal Paconi | 1994 | |
| Red Scorpion | Dolph Lundgren | Nikolai Rachenko | 1989 | |
| Rambo III | Richard Crenna | Colonel Trautman | 1988 | |
| Rambo III | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 1988 | |
| Rambo III | Soviet tank crew | 1988 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Professionals | Quinn | "A Man Called Quinn" , PSO-1 scope | 1983 | |
| Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 1 | Marek Wlodarzcyk | Wadim Gubanow | "Das Lied vom Freund" (S01E07) | 1994 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Used by Ocelot Unit, unobtainable | 2004 | ||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | 2007 | |||
| Medal of Honor | AMD-63 | 2010 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "ADM63" | 2010 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "ADM65" | 2010 |
FEG NGM-81
The Hungarian FEG NGM-81 was a domestic rifle based on the indigenous Hungarian AK74, 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 PKM style flash hider, opting instead for the standard AK-47 style muzzle nut. The FEG 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
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Royale | Nambutu Embassy Guards | 2006 | ||
| Sahara | Steve Zahn | Al Giordino | 2005 | |
| Sahara | Matthew McConaughey | Dirk Pitt | 2005 | |
| Hotel Rwanda | Rwandan Army soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Hotel Rwanda | Rwandan Army soldier | fitted with Krinkov conversion | 2004 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Force | Various soldiers and terrorist | 2006 |
Bulgarian Arsenal AR
The Arsenal AR is the name given to the Bulgarian manufactured AK clone (Built by the Bulgaria gunmaker ARSENAL JSCo.). These modern day copies of the AK-47 have milled receivers and are chambered in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm in various configurations. As time goes on, Arsenal JSCo. builds more variants for export as civilian, military and law enforcement models.
Specifications
( - Present)
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x39mm
- Feed System: 30-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Bulgarian Arsenal AR and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt 45 | Redouane Behache | Tarek Derkaoui | AR-SF | 2014 |
| Colt 45 | Aymen Saïdi | Kaïs Derkaoui | AR-SF | 2014 |
| Colt 45 | Thug | AR-SF with wood furniture | 2014 | |
| Killing Season | U. S. troops | Mocked-up as M16A2 | 2013 | |
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | Honor Blackman | Peggy | AR-SF | 2012 |
| Taken 2 | Guard | AR-SF (5.56x45mm) | 2012 | |
| Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) | hitman | AR-1F | 2012 | |
| Assassin's Bullet | Elika Portnoy | Vicky | AR-M1F | 2012 |
| Assassin's Bullet | Abdullah Said's bodyguards | AR-M1F | 2012 | |
| The Devil's Double | Iraqi boy | SAR-M1 with wood furniture | 2011 | |
| New Kids Nitro | Either AR-F or AR-M1F seen in trunk of car | 2011 | ||
| New Kids Nitro | Woensel rapper | AR-SF | 2011 | |
| Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) | Boban's henchman | AR-SF | 2010 | |
| Infestation | Jim Cody Williams | Jed | Mocked-up as M16A2 | 2009 |
| The Tournament | Bashar Rahal | Asa Sadi | Mocked-up as M16A2 | 2009 |
| The Tournament | Assassin | 7.62x39mm AR-F model | 2009 | |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | US Army soldiers | 7.62x39mm model mocked-up as M16A2 | 2009 | |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Mike Pyle | Capt. Kevin Burke | 7.62x39mm model mocked-up as M16A2 | 2009 |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Luc Deveraux | 7.62x39mm model mocked-up as M16A2 | 2009 |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Andrei Arlovski | NGU | 7.62x39mm AR model with bipod and ACOG scope | 2009 |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Aki Avni | Colonel Petrov | 7.62x39mm AR model | 2009 |
| Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Marcel Cobzariu | Mercenary #1 | 2009 | |
| Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Elias Ferkin | Mercenary #2 | 2009 | |
| Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Razvan Gheorghiu | Mercenary #3 | 2009 | |
| Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Vasile Albinet | Mercenary #4 | 2009 | |
| Transporter 3 | Ukrainian Special Security Forces | 7.62x39mm AR model | 2008 | |
| Day of the Dead | Nick Cannon | Salazar | 7.62x39mm AR model with custom muzzle brake and thumbhole stock | 2008 |
| Day of the Dead | AnnaLynne McCord | Nina | 2008 | |
| Day of the Dead | US Army soldiers | 7.62x39mm model mocked up as M16A2 | 2008 | |
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | Masked gangster | 2008 | ||
| Secrets of State (Secret défense) | Terrorist | 2008 | ||
| JCVD | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Himself | 2008 | |
| Anaconda 3: Offspring | Crystal Allen | Amanda Hayes | 2008 | |
| Anaconda 3: Offspring | Patrick Regis | Nick | 2008 | |
| Hitman | Russian Alfa Commandos | 7.62x39mm AR and AR-F models | 2007 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | North Korean Soldiers | 7.62x39mm AR model mocked-up to resemble Norinco Type 56 | 2006 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | Navy SEALs and North Korean Soldiers | 7.62x39mm AR-F model mocked-up to resemble Norinco Type 56-1 | 2006 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | Nicholas Gonzalez | Lieutenant Robert James | 7.62x39mm AR-M1F model fitted with AKS-74U muzzle brake | 2006 |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | Matt Bushell | Master Chief Petty Officer Neil 'Spaz' Callaghan | 7.62x39mm AR-M1F model fitted with AKS-74U muzzle brake | 2006 |
| District B13 | Henchman | 5.56x45mm AR-SF model with AKS-74U flash hider and handguard | 2006 | |
| Sky Fighters | Jean-Baptiste Puech | "Ipod" | 2005 | |
| Sky Fighters | Terrorists | 2005 | ||
| 36th Precinct | Robber | w/wood furniture | 2004 | |
| Python II | William Zabka | Greg Larson | 2002 | |
| Python II | A few characters | 2002 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | Various criminals | 5.56x45mm AR-M1 model fitted with AK-47 front sight and furniture | 1996 - | |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | Various criminals | 5.56x45mm AR-SF model fitted with AKS-74U handguard | 1996 - | |
| Strike Back: Project Dawn | Terrorist | 5.56x45mm AR-M4SF model | 1996 - 2011 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.E.A.R. 3 | w/ R.I.S., fore-grip, reflex scope and skeletal butt-stock | Unusable, 7.62x39mm AR model | 2011 |
Radom-Hunter
The Radom-Hunter is a Polish "sporterised" version of the AKM. Hunter can be seen with proprietary sight-mount/receiver cover (pictured) or, more common, standard AKM side rail.
Specifications
(1987 - 2000)
- Manufacturer: Fabryka Broni Radom.
- 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 (Any AK-type magazine)
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
The Radom-Hunter and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Foreigner | Steven Seagal | Jonathan Cold | 2003 | |
| Demons of War | Miroslaw Baka | "The silent" | 1998 | |
| Demons of War | Christoph Rex-Jarnot | Filip | 1998 |
AKU-94
The AKU-94 is a bullpup conversion kit (built and originally sold as a kit by K-VAR) for the AK type rifle, 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
- Weight: 0 lbs (0 kg)
- Length: 0 in (0 cm)
- Barrel length: 0 in (0 cm)
- Feed System: 30-round box mag
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The AKU-94 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Town | Slaine | Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan | red dot sight | 2010 |
| The Interceptor (Zapreshchyonnaya Realnost) | Kurylo's special forces soldier | 2009 | ||
| The Apocalypse Code | Various terrorists | 2007 | ||
| Soldier | Kurt Russell | Sgt. Todd | Dressed up as futuristic weapon, with Surefire universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight | 1998 |
| Soldier | Soldiers | Dressed up as futuristic weapons with Surefire Universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight | 1998 |
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 | As | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | AK-103 Bullpup | w/ various attachments | 2012 |
Firing Replicas of the AK-47
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.
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 |
Non-Firing Replicas of the 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.
See Also
- 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.