AK-47
E133070
The AK-47 is a Soviet-designed, gas-operated assault rifle renowned for its durability, simplicity, and widespread use in conflicts around the world.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AK-47 canonical | 15 |
| Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 | 2 |
| AK-47 assault rifle | 1 |
| AK-47 rifle | 1 |
| AKS-47 | 1 |
| Norinco Type 56 rifle | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assault rifle
ⓘ
firearm ⓘ gas-operated rifle ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
AK-47
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947
|
| action |
gas-operated
ⓘ
rotating bolt ⓘ |
| appearsOn | flag of Mozambique ⓘ |
| barrelLength | about 415 mm ⓘ |
| caliber | 7.62 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 7.62×39mm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| culturalSymbolOf | revolutionary movements ⓘ |
| designDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov ⓘ |
| effectiveFiringRange | about 300–400 m ⓘ |
| family | Kalashnikov rifle family ⓘ |
| feedSystem | detachable box magazine ⓘ |
| hasFireMode |
fully automatic
ⓘ
semi-automatic ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
AK-47
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AKS-47
Kalashnikov rifle family ⓘ
surface form:
Type 56 assault rifle
|
| inServiceSince | 1949 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
ⓘ
surface form:
Izhmash
various licensed manufacturers ⓘ various unlicensed manufacturers ⓘ |
| mass |
about 3.8 kg unloaded
ⓘ
about 4.3 kg loaded ⓘ |
| material |
stamped steel receiver
ⓘ
wooden stock and handguard ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | about 715 m/s ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
AK-47
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947
|
| notableCharacteristic |
ease of maintenance
ⓘ
high reliability in harsh conditions ⓘ low production cost ⓘ simple design ⓘ widespread global proliferation ⓘ |
| overallLength | about 870 mm ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | about 600 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| standardMagazineCapacity | 30 rounds ⓘ |
| successor | AKM ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soviet armed forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Armed Forces
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
surface form:
Warsaw Pact countries
numerous national armies ⓘ various non-state armed groups ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Iran–Iraq War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ various African civil wars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: AK-47 Description of subject: The AK-47 is a Soviet-designed, gas-operated assault rifle renowned for its durability, simplicity, and widespread use in conflicts around the world.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norinco Type 56 rifle
subject surface form:
SVT-40
this entity surface form:
AK-47 rifle
this entity surface form:
AKS-47
this entity surface form:
Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947
this entity surface form:
Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947
this entity surface form:
AK-47 assault rifle