AK-47

File:Loot-weapon-ak (v1).png
The **Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947**, officially known 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 in order 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 an aid to other communist countries. It was soon replaced by AK-74 and 7.62x39mm to 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 in order 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 in order to exploit this advantage.
* 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 of time gives several advantages to your opponents.
* The AK-47 does not perform badly but it doesn't do anything exceptionally well. Other common guns may be better suited to your play style, and some rarer weapons may be directly superior to the AK-47.

### Countering

* Get in extremely close 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.
* At long range, the AK-47's accuracy is not as impressive, so you can use a more accurate assault rifle or SMG, or a DMR or sniper rifle.
* AK-47 has a longer than average reload so you can shoot the user while they are out of ammunition.

## Rarity

* The AK-47 is less common than pistols and SMG's but can be found nearly anywhere.
	+ On the Woods Map it one of the rarest weapons in the game followed by the Peacemaker and the Mosin-Nagant.

## History

* v0.7.0
	+ Changed loot image from File:Loot-weapon-ak (v1).png to File:Loot-weapon-ak.img.png
* 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

## Trivia

* The old icon for the AK-47 is actually based on the AKM, indicated by its slanted muzzle brake. A true AK-47 would have a flat muzzle. AKMs are often mistaken for AK-47s in media due to their nearly identical appearances.
* The real-life AK-47 uses the 7.62×39mm caliber.
* The AK-47 was one of the first weapons to be featured in the game.
* Although the Woods Map is supposed to only 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 5.56 counterpart the M416.
* The name of the gun, Avtomat Kalashnikova, 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 in order 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.

## Gallery

Screenshot 2018-10-22 at 18.08.04.pngAK-47 in the Woods Map
## Links

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

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