Kalashnikov variants
Comparison of the AKS-47, AKM, and AK-74
![AKS-47 left view](/images/ak/aks-47-left.jpg)
AKS-47 left view
![AKS-47 right view](/images/ak/aks-47-right.jpg)
AKS-47 right view
![AKM left view](/images/ak/akm-left.jpg)
AKM left view
![AKM right view](/images/ak/akm-right.jpg)
AKM right view
![AK-74 left view](/images/ak/ak-74-left.jpg)
AK-74 left view
![AK-74 right view](/images/ak/ak-74-right.jpg)
AK-74 right view
![AKS-47 top view](/images/ak/aks-47-top.jpg)
AKS-47 top view
![AKS-47 bottom view](/images/ak/aks-47-bottom.jpg)
AKS-47 bottom view
![AKM top view](/images/ak/akm-top.jpg)
AKM top view
![AKM bottom view](/images/ak/akm-bottom.jpg)
AKM bottom view
![AK-74 top view](/images/ak/ak-74-top.jpg)
AK-74 top view
![AK-74 bottom view](/images/ak/ak-74-bottom.jpg)
AK-74 bottom view
![AKS-47 grip view](/images/ak/aks-47-grip.jpg)
AKS-47 grip view
![AKS-47 barrel view](/images/ak/aks-47-barrel.jpg)
AKS-47 barrel view
![AKM grip view](/images/ak/akm-grip.jpg)
AKM grip view
![AKM barrel view](/images/ak/akm-barrel.jpg)
AKM barrel view
![AK-74 grip view](/images/ak/ak-74-grip.jpg)
AK-74 grip view
![AK-74 barrel view](/images/ak/ak-74-barrel.jpg)
AK-74 barrel view
Other Variants
Type 56 (China)
![](/images/ak/v-01.jpg)
![](/images/ak/v-02.jpg)
![](/images/ak/v-03.jpg)
SA VZ 58 (Czechoslovakia)
![](/images/ak/v-04.jpg)
It looks like an AK but it has another breechblock system.
![](/images/ak/v-05.jpg)
Valmet Rk. / Rk. 62 (Finnland)
![](/images/ak/v-06.jpg)
![](/images/ak/v-07.jpg)
Galil AR (ISR)
![](/images/ak/v-08.jpg)
![](/images/ak/v-09.jpg)
The Galil can be described as a modified Kalashnikov.