Kalashnikov variants
Comparison of the AKS-47, AKM, and AK-74

AKS-47 left view

AKS-47 right view

AKM left view

AKM right view

AK-74 left view

AK-74 right view

AKS-47 top view

AKS-47 bottom view

AKM top view

AKM bottom view

AK-74 top view

AK-74 bottom view

AKS-47 grip view

AKS-47 barrel view

AKM grip view

AKM barrel view

AK-74 grip view

AK-74 barrel view
Other Variants
Type 56 (China)



SA VZ 58 (Czechoslovakia)

It looks like an AK but it has another breechblock system.

Valmet Rk. / Rk. 62 (Finnland)


Galil AR (ISR)


The Galil can be described as a modified Kalashnikov.