AK-47

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The **Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года (Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle Model 1947)**, abbreviated as the **AK-47**, is an Assault Rifle that uses 7.62mm Ammunition.

## Background

The AK-47 was designed by the Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov from 1946-1948 to provide the Red Army with a weapon comparable to the German StG-44. The rifle quickly found its way into many corners of the world as the Soviet Union supplied them as aid to other communist countries. It was soon replaced by the AK-74 and the higher velocity 5.45x39mm cartridge.

## Sounds

* Firing
* Reloading
* Swapping To

## Strategies

### Using

* At medium range, the AK-47 is more accurate than the MAC-10, Groza, and M416. Keep your distance from players using those weapons to exploit your superior accuracy.
* At short range, the AK-47 will beat accurate but low-DPS weapons such as the MP5. Move closer to an opponent using such a weapon to exploit this advantage.
* Much like other automatic weapons, the AK-47 can be used to finish an enemy off after hitting them with a high-DPS shotgun or sniper rifle.
* The AK-47 benefits greatly from standing still. Its standing spread of 2.5 degrees, which is four times better than its moving accuracy, allows it to be extremely useful at long range.
	+ Make sure to alternate between shooting and moving. Standing still for prolonged periods gives several advantages to your opponents.
* The AK-47 does not perform badly, but it doesn't perform exceptionally well. Other common guns may be better suited to your play style, and some rarer weapons like the Groza and FAMAS will be directly superior to the AK-47.

### Countering

* Get in extremely proximity of the enemy as the length of the AK-47 is too long to fire at someone that's up in their face. This strategy is best used when you are using a Pistol, Melee Weapon, or short SMG or a Shotgun.
	+ When doing this, be aware that the enemy may have a backup weapon of their own.
	+ The M416 and Groza, as well as other fast-firing assault rifles, have high DPS, and at close range, they can shred up an AK47 user with ease. This is an effective tactic during the late game when SMGs become less effective.
* At long range, the AK-47's accuracy is not as impressive, so that you can use a more accurate Assault Rifle, SMG, a DMR or a Sniper Rifle.
* AK-47 has a longer than average reload, so you can shoot the user while out of ammunition.

## Rarity

* The AK-47 is less common than Pistols and SMGs but can be found nearly anywhere. See Loot Tables for more information.
	+ On the Woods Map, it is one of the rarest weapons in the game, followed by the Peacemaker and the Mosin-Nagant.

## Trivia

* The old icon for the AK-47 is based on the AKM, indicated by its slanted muzzle brake (resulting in slightly better recoil control). A true AK-47 would have a flat muzzle. The AKM is often mistaken for the AK-47 in media due to their nearly identical appearances.
* The real-life AK-47 uses the 7.62×39mm Soviet cartridge.
* The reload sound for the AK-47 indicates the survivr uses the classic bump reload, which would be inaccurate as the Soviet Manual of Arms used the patented "hook and rock" reload, which would take much more time than the in-game reload.
* The AK-47 was one of the first weapons to be featured in the game.
* Although the Woods Map is supposed only to spawn LMGs and Shotguns, it could also spawn an AK-47 and a Mosin-Nagant via the Cache feature.
* In real life, it is less accurate than its in-game 5.56mm counterpart, the M416.
* The name of the gun, Avtomat Kalashnikova, which means **Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle**.
* There is a prototype version of the gun called the AK-46. This variant did not enter mass production.
* Ironically, the majority of surviv.io players swap this weapon for a Mosin-Nagant, yet the AK-47 was created in real life to replace the Mosin-Nagant.
	+ Despite what is mentioned above, the AK-47 was not the DIRECT successor to the Mosin-Nagant. The AK-47 did not enter mass production for a few years, so the SKS ended up being the stopgap.
* Somehow, the AK-47, known for having particularly heavy recoil and subpar IRL bullet spread, is similarly accurate to the MP5 and more accurate than the M416, both of which are well respected for their high accuracy.

## History

* v0.7.0
	+ Changed loot image from  to
* v0.2.5
	+ Buffed damage from 13 to 13.5
	+ Buffed DPS from 130 to 135
	+ Nerfed standing accuracy from 1 to 2.5
	+ Nerfed moving spread from +4 to +7.5
* v0.1.0
	+ Shortened reload time from 3s to 2.5s
* v0.0.5
	+ Buffed ammo spawns from 60 to 90 (Unknown update between v0.0.1 and v0.1.0)
	+ Buffed damage from 12 to 13
	+ Buffed DPS from 120 to 130
	+ Buffed bullet speed from 88 to 100
	+ Nerfed bullet range from 300 to 200 (Unknown update between v0.0.1 and v0.1.0)
	+ Nerfed move spread from +3 to +4 (Unknown update between v0.0.1 and v0.1.0)
* v0.0.1
	+ Added

## Links

* https://surviv.io/img/loot/loot-weapon-ak.svg