An original AK-47 is a select-fire rifle which is capable of fully automatic fire. However, there are many semi-automatic AK variants out there, but they are not truly AK-47s. This may also be helpful: AK-47 stands for automatov kalashnikov 47, which translates to automatic kalashnikov and the 47 refers to the weapons date of Patton (1947).
Mikhail Kalashnikov. Ak 47 stands for Automatic Klashnikov 47 (1947, year rifle was made)
An AK-47 is an assault rifle used by poor nations because it is cheap and easy to manufacture. the acronym AK-47 stands for Automatic Kalashnikov 1947.
There is no such thing as a cheap AK 47. However, if you are looking for an inexpensive, semi automatic version of the AK 47, the WASR will fill the bill.
Mikhail Kalashnikov. AK-47 stands for Automatic Kalashnikov Rifle, Model 1947
AK = "Avtomat Kalashnikov".. something like "Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle"... Mikhail Kalashnikov was the designer of the AK-47. 47 is the year of its introduction into service - 1947.
Avtomat Kalashnikov- or automatic, and Kalashnikov, the creator.
I assume you mean full-automatic variation of an AK-47. It's called an AK-47 or Avtomat Kalashnikova 47 originally developed in the 1940s in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Any semi-automatic AK-47 is not truly a Kalashnikov. For example, the variant made in Romania in the 1950s is actually a clone designated the WASR-10.
By definition, an AK-47 that can fire full-auto is a sub-machinegun (and/or an automatic rifle), and not a "'machine gun."
440 yards (semi automatic) and 330 yards (fully automatic).
The actual AK-47 and AKM are selective fire rifles, with both semi-automatic and full auto capabilities. There are several semi-auto clones of the AK series rifles manufactured for the civil market, paramilitary forces not authorised fully automatic weaponry, etc., but the only purpose built, semi-automatic true AK was the Romanian G model.
It literally stands for "Avtomat Kalashnikova", but in English is generally accepted to be "Automatic Kalashnikov". The 47 indicates its year of introduction, being 1947.