AK-47

AK47 English thumb|right|200px|an AK-47 Etymology en ru АК-47, shortened from ru автомат Калашникова автома́т Кала́шникова 1947 (Kalashnikov's automatic rifle), from the name of the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Pronunciation en /ˌeɪ.keɪ.fɔː.tiˈsɛv.ən/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-AK-47.wav Southern England Noun AK-47 The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design. en 1997 Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino Ordell Robbie Samuel L. Jackson Here we go. AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes. en M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US w:Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 2007-08-09 Iraqi security forces will start replacing their AK-47 rifles this year with the M-16s and M-4s used by U.S. troops, which will help track the weapons and cut down on theft, a senior U.S. military official said. The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250809064527/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 9 August 2025 A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby. Alternative forms en AK47 Synonyms en AK en Kalashnikov Related terms en AK-74 Translations Kalashnikov assault rifle Arabic: ar إيه كيه-47 m, ar إيه كيه-٤٧ m Azerbaijani: az AK-47, az kalaşnikov Chinese: Mandarin: cmn AK-47突擊步槍 AK-47 tū jī bù qiāng French: fr AK-47 m Georgian: ka კალაშნიკოვი Hindi: hi एके-४७ m Japanese: ja エーケー４７ ē-kē-47 Macedonian: mk АК-47 m, mk автома́т Кала́шникова m Persian: fa اک ۴۷ ak 47 Portuguese: pt AK-47 f Romanian: ro AK-47 m, ro kalașnikov m Russian: ru АК-47 m, ru автома́т Кала́шникова m Swedish: sv AK-47 c, sv kalasjnikov c Turkish: tr AK-47, tr keleş, tr kalaşnikov en eponyms en Firearms Portuguese Noun f +,AKs-47,#s en AK-47 the Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle