Question: is akm and ak 47 same?
Answer: The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova, model year 1947) was a Russian assault rifle introduced in 1949. The AKM (Avtomat Kalishnikova Modernizirovanny) was an updated, modernized version of the AK-47 that was introduced in 1959. Both rifles fired the 7.62x39mm Soviet intermediate cartridge.