Mikhail Kalashnikov was the designer.
The assault rifle AK-47 was invented by Russian inventor Mikhail
Kalashnikov
It means A rifle or a nickname The rifle is a AK-47
An AK is an assault rifle, either an AK-47 or an AK-74.
Avtomat Kalashnikov
Yes. Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov invented the rifle and was then assisted by a team of engineers to bring it to production.
Assault rifle.
Yes, it is a Russian automatic rifle.
M.T. Kalashnikov started work on his design in 1945. The rifle was presented for trials and accepted into service based on the results in 1947. The rifle was assigned the index AK. AK47 is an informal Western designation that is often applied to various rifles based on the original design.
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.
Made by China by copying AK-47(Avtomat Kalashnikov 1947). Soviet Union gave AK-47 to china to make and use against USA and others. Original name Type 56(cos started in 1956). AK 56 is a derogatory name.
Yes