The question has been asked for decades. The answer depends on what YOU think better is.
Assault rifle.
The assault rifle AK-47 was invented by Russian inventor Mikhail
Adopted in 1947.
Its an assault rifle.
No, it's an assault rifle.
An AK is an assault rifle, either an AK-47 or an AK-74.
Kalashnikov
No, the British Army does not use the AK-47 as their standard assault rifle. They use the L85A2, a British-designed and manufactured rifle.
You probably mean the AK-47. But the Ak-47 was not a sub-machine gun, it is an assault rifle. SMG's shoot pistol rounds such as 9x19mm Luger. Assault rifles fire scaled down versions of full power rifle rounds. The AK-47 for example shoots 7.62x39mm which is a scaled down version of the Russian 7.62x54mm rifle round used in the Mosin Nagant rifle.
cant be compared! UMP is a sub machine-gun and AK-47 is an assault rifle! different characteristics and different uses they have!
The AK-47 assault rifle was made in the Soviet Union. It was designed by Kalashnikov. It has features taken from a variety of different rifles. He was lying in a hospital bed during World War 2. His rifle had jammed. He dreamed of a rifle that could get muddy and would still fire. He created such a rifle.
The AK-47 assault rifle is chambered for the 7.62x39mm round, which is of the 7.62 millimeter caliber.