Mikhail Kalashnikov. AK-47 stands for Automatic Kalashnikov Rifle, Model 1947
The assault rifle AK-47 was invented by Russian inventor Mikhail
Mikhail Kalashnakov was the designer.
Generally attributed to Mikail Kalishnikov
Kalashnikov
That is the name of the inventor of the weapon. AK stands for Avtomat Kalashnikov. Translates as Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle.
AK stands for Автомат Калашникова, pronounced "avtomat kalashnikova". It means "Kalashnikov's Automatic [rifle]". The rifle is named after it's inventor, Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov. 47 is the index appended by Western classificators for the year in which the rifle was put into service.
Ak 47's are illegal in most countries. You can legally own a ak 47 in the United States if you owned in before the Gun Ban went thru.
No because AK-47's werent invented in time a ferdinand magallen
AK-47's
the caliber is different so no it´s possible.
An original AK-47 is a select-fire rifle which is capable of fully automatic fire. However, there are many semi-automatic AK variants out there, but they are not truly AK-47s. This may also be helpful: AK-47 stands for automatov kalashnikov 47, which translates to automatic kalashnikov and the 47 refers to the weapons date of Patton (1947).
The 'K' stands for Kalashnikov, the surname of the inventor of the weapon. The A stands for AVTOMAT- Russian for automatic. Why 47? The year of invention.