There is no doubt that AK is a good weapon. Kalashnik's universally recognized talent and rich practical experience were integrated into an unparalleled weapon, which provided a real-world rifle for the second half of the 20th century. I like AK, once I couldn't put it down; I worship Kalashnikov, once to the point of worship. But now I don't want to talk about the benefits of AK. Netizens talk too much. I want to find fault, and my motivation is absolutely good.
A, AK-especially AK47, the biggest advantage lies in its high reliability, which is determined by the complex geographical environment of the former Soviet Union. In the case that it is difficult to balance reliability and accuracy, Kalashnik chose the former. This decision is correct, and of course the sacrifice is huge. The most common criticism of AK47 is the poor long-distance accuracy. During the period of our army commander, Type 56 assault rifle was mixed with semi-automatic rifle, mainly based on the experience gained in India's self-defense counterattack, trying to make up for the deficiency of Type 56 assault rifle with the high precision of Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, and the development of Type 63 automatic rifle was also based on this consideration. In the jungle war in Vietnam, the visibility was poor, the direct distance was close, and the natural environment was bad. Almost all the conditions were created by God alone for AK47. AK47 won the competition with M 16, and the praise including the enemy made it famous all over the world, but its poor accuracy was gently covered up. By the time of the war in Afghanistan, the geographical environment in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan was very different from that in Vietnam. Rifle shooting is far more than close combat, and the shortcomings of AK series with poor long-distance accuracy begin to appear. Guerrillas even used old American Springfield rifles to attack Soviet troops from a long distance, and Soviet soldiers suffered greatly.
Second, from AK47 to AKM, then to AK74, until AK 100, etc. The improvement of AK series is mainly in technology, weight and caliber. Kalashnik did not make any major changes to the AK series for the sake of production convenience, soldier training and weapon versatility. The advantages and disadvantages of AK series are as outstanding as before (the slightly better accuracy of AK74 is mainly based on the progress of ammunition). Around the world, various weapons based on AK series have made great progress. Melwatt M76 in Finland, K2 in South Korea, 8 1 in China, and even mullins M82 in Denmark, especially Galilee in Israel, have taken various measures to improve the shooting accuracy, which is the general trend of Shining on You. During his visit to China, Kalashnik once said to Wang Zhijun, the chief designer of the 8/KLOC-0 rifle, "Your gun is better than mine." I'm afraid it's not entirely out of humility. In fact, it is debatable whether it is necessary to adopt a consistent practice in the field of light weapons in peacetime for decades at the level of industry and soldier training in the former Soviet Union. On the other hand, Stoner in America did not sleep on the glory of M 16. His Stoner 63 created a family of combined guns, and the overall level was much higher than M 16. Although it was rejected by the US military because it was too expensive, this concept and pioneering and innovative consciousness are worthy of respect (to be clear, I am not sure that stoner's combined gun family is necessarily better than AK's weapon family at the same level.
Third, the main progress of AK74 is small caliber. However, the former Soviet Union seems to be a little hasty in choosing 5.45 mm caliber class weapons. According to Kalashnik's own account, a 5.56mm ammunition was developed on the basis of M 16, but the military thought that it could not use the same caliber as NATO, so it was changed to 5.45. He didn't say whether the adoption of 5.45 has been strictly scientifically demonstrated. However, judging from the performance of AK74 in Afghanistan, the 5.45 mm bullet is not ideal, especially the long-range penetration and lethality are poor (although the 5.45 bullet is called "poison warhead", its lethality is mainly achieved by adding a cavity on the warhead). Later, Russia began to develop 6 mm ammunition, which seems to have the meaning of mending after it is too late, but the overall situation has been set and cannot be changed. The AN94 still uses 5.45mm bullets, which may be a kind of helplessness. Of course, some people will say that the 5.45mm bullet was not developed by Kalashnik. But I think a master weapon expert should not only be the designer of the weapon itself, but also be good at ammunition.
Fourth, this last one is somewhat disrespectful to Master Ka. There is no doubt about the historical position of AK47, among which Master Ka's contribution is the first, but he is also somewhat lucky. Just imagine, if Nazi Germany lingers on for a few years, MP44 will not surpass AK47. If I had to choose a truly epoch-making rifle between the two, I would vote MP44. AK has been brilliant for half a century, and its aura is a bit too dazzling. Americans speak highly of ak, and some experts believe that "there will be no better weapons than AK before 2025". To tell you the truth, I feel a little sick. But after listening to this, Master Ka said cheerfully, "I personally agree with this view." To put it lightly is complacency, and to put it seriously is complacency. The appearance of AN94 shocked the world of light weapons, and also denied the master's point of view. It is an inevitable trend that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, which is irreversible.
1949 the AK-47 assault rifle, which was finalized and officially put into production, was developed for mechanized infantry. In the same year, the Soviet army officially adopted AK-47. This model has no bayonet, and the case and many accessories are produced by stamping process. The advantages of stamping process are less material consumption and high production efficiency. Many people refer to this early AK-47 as "model 1" to distinguish AK-47 produced by 195 1 and 1953.
The barrel of AK-47 is screwed with the shell, the rifling part is 369mm long, and the barrel is chrome plated. The magazine is made of steel; The firing mechanism of AK-47 is hammer rotary type, and the firing mechanism directly controls the hammer body to realize single and continuous firing. The launching mechanism is mainly composed of a frame, a fail-safe device, a stopper, a trigger, a reducer, a single-shot rod, a hammer, a fail-safe stopper and the like.
AK-47 adopts mechanical sight and is equipped with night vision sight. Both the cylindrical sight and the U-notch photo door of the scale have reversible accessories, which contain the fluorescent substance radium 22 1. The scale is divided into 100 ~ 800 m, one is divided into 100~800m, and the combat scale is set to 300 m. However, when aiming with the sight, the height can only be corrected by twisting the sight up and down, but the wind direction deviation cannot be corrected. Moreover, when shooting at night, the sight wing is often mistaken for the sight.
The track gauge of AK-47 is 800m, and the effective range is 400m, but in fact, it is impossible to hit accurately beyond 300m, and the burst accuracy is even lower, which cannot meet the requirements of modern army. This is a disadvantage of AK-47. It is also one of the reasons why the gun rack hits the bottom of the box when it is in the back seat, which leads to low continuous shooting accuracy and easy to shake off the sight. (AK has been copied in several countries, resulting in a number of guns similar to AK)