Croatian Army - Ak 47 kalashnikov - Click cc for captions

Most mentioned and at the beginning of the Homeland war almoust only infantry wepon of Croatian soldiers Surely is the kalashnikov, prototype of this automatic rifle were made way back in 1946 In the weponery of former soviet army it was officially included in 1949. called 7.62 Automat Kalashnikov M-1947,or shorter ak-47,from then till today many versions of this exceptional automatic rifle were made Most of them like todey mostly ak-74 where just impoved version of the original,smaller part represented new rifles,but they where also constructed by principales of Kalashnikov,all of that automatic rifles are in common that they operates by the principal of removal of powder gases,they have a specific trigger mechanism,and the most important they have a reliable construction It's simple for use and maintenance,it's light,for our job when we need it,it's precise to about 100 meters like all the others,100 meters that was like the maximum for us when we needed a precise shooting At short distances there are better rifles but the kalashnjikov is great Kalsnjikov where made as a effective wepon to the 400 meters distance,ammunition for this wepon is moastly bullet 7.62x39mm "M 43" with the ordinary munitions,the penetrator flammable bullet's tracer rounds,gun loading is made from the magazine of the gun that hold's 30 rounds,when all the bullets are fired from the kalasnikov type rifles casing ejector stays at loaded position,that is the ndication to the marksmen that he must put a new magasine,in combat zones that detail is particulary important as a warning to the soldier that he fired the whole magazine,with the kalashnikov you can precisly shoot at about 100 meters,the precision is aditionaly improved by adding the compensetor at the front of the barrel he protect's the mouth of the barrel from damaging and reduces the recoil,especially at high rater of fire where the rifle have the tendency of moving right and upwords,the fireing mechanism allows single shot and full auto,at gun of this type there can be mounted a optic sights for day and night shooting the kalashnikov is easy to use and easy to maintein,they are fetured by high reibility of all of the mehanizm's in combat,expiriance has proved that automatic rifle's of this type equally resist desert sand and the heat as well the coldness and snow For all that the kalashnikov, though unattractive look's is one of the most present wepons in the world It's calculated that from the apperance of the first prototype to today was made some 50 milion of this assult rifles assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's assult rifle's