AK-47

The AK-47 and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

NOTE: Please keep in mind that while "AK-47" is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called "AK-47s" in movies - particularly American movies - are actually either Egyptian Maadi ARM copies of the highly improved AKM, or variants of the Chinese Norinco Type 56. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is a true AK-47 and not an AKM or a Chinese Type 56. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM or Type 56.

Specifications

(1949-present)

Type: Assault Rifle

Caliber: 7.62x39mm

Capacity: 10, 30, 40-round box magazines, 75-round drum magazine.

Fire Modes: Safe/Full-Auto/Semi (600 RPM)

AK-47

Type I AK-47, hybrid stamped/milled receiver with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

Type II AK-47 (note stock mounting bracket) with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

Type II AK-47 - 7.62x39mm

Type III AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm

Final Production version of the Type III AK-47 with cleaning rod removed and laminated stock - 7.62x39mm

Poly Technologies AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. This is the commercial clone of the original Type III AK-47 and is the most used in American films and shows when showing the milled receiver AK-47

Authentic AK-47 built from US Receiver. This is an Actual Screen used AK-47 from the film We Were Soldiers (built by Cinema Weaponry) - 7.62x39mm

It is noteworthy that the U.S. government had a ban on all weapons imported from Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold War years (1947-1989). Communist nations which were not part of the Warsaw pact, such as Yugoslavia and Mainland China, were allowed to negotiate trade agreements with the U.S., thus the influx of Chinese AK type rifles and Yugo AKs (Zastava). The Maadi ARMs (the US version of the MISR) were allowed because Egypt was never a Communist country nor a member of the Warsaw Pact. But, as a result of this, virtually no U.S. movie has a real original AK-47 prior to a certain date. The exceptions are, custom build ups after the mid 1990s when original AK-47 rifle kits were available (as was done on "We Were Soldiers", using original blueprints and US made milled receivers), and movies filmed overseas where foreign movie armorers had no such restrictions. This is particularly true for films made in Israel and some parts of Europe. This is not the case now, with the current crop of films made outside the U.S., mostly in the newly democratic Eastern European nations (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, etc.) However, Russia has firmly blocked the export of their old AK-47 surplus guns outside of the country, having distributed most of them to client nations and guerillas throughout the world in the previous five decades. So the AK-47 one 'thinks' one sees may very well be a Poly Technologies Legend series AK (from China) or another AK Variant.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith	Esther	Red State	continuity error	2011
	Soviet soldiers	X-Men: First Class		2011
Suet Lam	Fat Lok	Vengeance	Polytech Legend model	2009
Christian Bale	Deiter Dengler	Rescue Dawn		2007
	African Rebels and Russian Alfa commandos	Hitman		2007
Leonardo DiCaprio	Danny Archer	Blood Diamond		2006
	RUF rebels	Blood Diamond		2006
	ANC fighters	Catch a Fire		2006
Nicolas Cage	Yuri Orlov	Lord of War	Type III model	2005
	thugs	The Mechanik		2005
	Touraeg fighter	Sahara (2005)		2005
Sue Price	Alex Sinclair	Nemesis 2: Nebula		2005
	Criminals	Breaking News	Possibly Polytech Legend model	2004
	Cameroonian border guard	Tears of the Sun		2003
	Soviet sailors	K-19: The Widowmaker		2002
	Viet Cong and NVA soldiers	We Were Soldiers	Built by armorer Mike Papac	2002
		Sniper 2		2002
	Serbian soldier	Behind Enemy Lines		2001
	Russian Soldiers	Armstrong		1998
	Ukrainian Soldiers	Godzilla (1998)		1998
	Robber	Crime Story (1993)		1993
	Viet Cong fighters	A Better Tomorrow III		1990
	Afghan Mujaheddin	The Beast of War		1988
	Afghan Mujaheddin	Rambo III		1988
	Enemy Soldiers	Iron Eagle II		1988
	Criminal Henchmen	Fatal Beauty		1987
Brian Keith	Colonel Halloran	Death Before Dishonor		1987
Art Malik	Kamran Shah	The Living Daylights		1987
	Enemy Soldiers	Iron Eagle		1986
	Terrorists	The Delta Force		1985
	Soviet Soldiers	Rocky IV		1985
	East German border guards and Soviet Soldiers	Octopussy		1983
	Indonesian officer	The Year of Living Dangerously		1982
	Viet Cong fighters and Kurtz's men	Apocalypse Now		1979
	Viet Cong fighters	The Odd Angry Shot		1979
	Terrorists	The Fury	.	1978
Kirk Douglas	Pete Sandza	The Fury	.	1978
	German soldiers	At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne)	Probably represented as Sturmgewehr 44s	1968
	East German (NVA) border guards	Escape from East Berlin		1962
	Soviet Soldiers	Maksim Perepelitsa	.	1955

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Russian Border guards	State Border: Film 8, The	Some modified to resemble AK-74	1988
.	Red Army soldiers	Citizen X	.	1995
Sean Gilder	Mick Sweeney	Ultimate Force	Replica, switches to Zastava M70 for firing scenes	2002 - 2006
Damian O'Hare	Sean Weir
Shawn Doyle	Det. Merriweather	Guns	.	2008
		Charlie's Angels	on photo	2011

Anime

• Trigun

• Islamic revolutionaries in an unidentified desert state and USSR soldiers seen in flashback in Noir

• Black Lagoon

• Shion in When They Cry

• BMA terrorist in Rideback

• Eden of the East

• Batman: Gotham Knight

• New Dominion Tank Police

• Gunsmith Cats

• Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Fallout Tactics			fires 7.62x51mm rounds	2001
50 Cent: Bulletproof				2005
Army Of Two		Available w/ Beta-C magazine		2008
Black				2006
Grand Theft Auto 3				2001
Grand Theft Auto IV	Assault Rifle			2008
Soldier of Fortune: Payback		w/ variety of accessories		2007
Operation Flashpoint		Available with GP-30 grenade launcher		2001
24: The Game	AZ7 Soviet			2006
Blacksite: Area 51			Non-player weapon	2007
Scarface: The World is Yours		Can be upgraded with a Remington 870 shotgun attachment		2007
Kill.Switch				2004
Counter Strike: Source	CV-47			2004
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare				2007
Shellshock Nam '67				2004
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad				2003
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Combined Assault				2006
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation		w/ variety of accessories		2008
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories				2006
No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way				2002
Contract J.A.C.K.				2002
Metal Gear Solid:Portable Ops				2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2		w/ variety of accessories		2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas (PSP)	AK47			2007
Rainbow Six: Vegas		With optional ACOG, red dot sight, laser pointer, and silencer	Inaccurately modeled with AK-74 magazine	2006
Insurgency				2007
Counter-Strike Online	CV-47	w/ long magazine mode in Zombie 2 mode, Zombie 3 mode and Zombie Unite Mode CV-47 Dragon		2007
Battlefield 2		Available w/GP-25 grenade launcher		2005
Red Alert: A Path Beyond				2007
America's Army		w/ Type 56 bayonet lug		2002
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater				2004
Silent Storm: Sentinels				2003
Far Cry 2				2008
Modern Warfare 2		w/ AR-15 buttstock; able to attach GP25 grenade launcher, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, suppressor, red dot sight, EOtech holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG, thermal sight and/or extended magazine		2009
Combat Arms				2008
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction	Assault Rifle			2005
Perfect Dark	KF-7 special			2000
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames	Assault Rifle			2008
Saints Row	K6 Krukov			2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter		Type I	w/ 75-round drum (X360 only)	2006
Zombie Panic Source				2007
Saints Row 2	K6 Krukov			2008
Goldeneye 007	KF-7 soviet			1997
Project Reality		With optional GP-25 grenade launcher and bayonet		2005
Project Reality: Vietnam				TBA
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War			Seen in cutscenes with cloth-wrapped handguard, non-playable	2006
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	AK-47 (7.62mm)	none	none	2004
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men			Cannot be used by player	2007
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3			2008
X-Men Origins: Wolverine		w/ wooden fore-grip	unusable	2009
Goldeneye 007		w/ optional Kobra red dot sight		2010
Singularity			used by Soviet guards in 1955	2010
Splinter Cell: Conviction		w/ various upgrades		2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam				2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	AR-06			2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day	AK-47	Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes		2010
Battlefield Play4Free				2011
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops	AK-101	Type I w/ railed to cover	fires 5.56mm rounds	2011
Uncharted 3				2011
NCIS: The Video Game			trailer only	2011
vietcong 2				2005

Animation

• Boondocks, The

AKS-47

Type I AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm

Type III AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm

Basically the same as the AK-47, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Tov Sletta	David Toska	Nokas	With AKM style muzzle brake	2010
Vincent Cassel	Mesrine	Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1		2008
Ciro Petrone	Ciro	Gomorrah		2008
	Navy SEALs	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Modified with AK-74 style muzzle brake, gas block and bayonet lug	2006
	North Korean soldiers	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Modified with AK-74 style muzzle brake, gas block and bayonet lug	2006
Dolph Lundgren	Nick Cherenko	The Mechanik	shortened	2005
	various thugs	The Mechanik	shortened	2005
	Criminal gang	Breaking News	Poly Tech AKS-47 side-folder copy	2004
	Indian Army soldiers	Lakshya		2004
	Militsioners	Bumer		2003
Edward Norton	Steve	The Italian Job		2003
Branko Duric	Ciki	No Man's Land	w/ two magazines taped together	2001
Mustafa Nadarevic	Old Serbian soldier	No Man's Land	Fitted with orange bakelite magazine	2001
	Players/Characters	Avalon	.	2001
	Gangbangers	Darkman II: The Return of Durant	w/ AKM-style muzzle brakes	1995
	Iraqi soldiers	Hot Shots! Part Deux		1993
	Navy SEALs	Navy SEALs		1990
	Lebanese terrorists	Navy SEALs		1990
	Colombian terrorists	Toy Soldiers		1990
Jason Patric	Konstantin Koverchenko	The Beast of War		1988
Stephen Baldwin	Golikov	The Beast of War		1988
Don Harvey	Kaminski	The Beast of War		1988
	Soviet tank crew members	The Beast of War		1988
	Enemy soldiers	Iron Eagle II		1988
	Soviet soldiers	Rambo III		1988
	Aliens	Bad Taste		1987
	Enemy soldiers	Iron Eagle		1986
	Soviet Marines	Solo Voyage		1985
Valentins Skulme	Frenchman	The Lark (Zhavoronok)		1964

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Kill Point	Adam Cantor	Rocko		2007
The Kill Point	Frank Grillo	Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman		2007
24: Redemption	Keifer Sutherland	Jack Bauer		2008
Brigada		Tajik mafia		2002

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
007: The World Is Not Enough	Soviet KA-57			2000
Timesplitters 2	Soviet SV7	w/ an M203 grenade launcher		2002
Project Reality		With optional bayonet		2005

AKM

AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake - 7.62x39mm

Maadi ARM - most of the AKMs seen in movies during the 1980s were imported ARMs that were legally converted to full auto fire. This image is of an actual movie gun. The laminated buttstock was replaced with a hardwood one when the original stock was broken during a stunt. This example is also loaded with a 30-round bakelite plastic magazine - 7.62x39mm

The improved version of the AK-47, featuring a number of refinements such as a stamped receiver (as opposed to the milled receiver of the original AK-47), a slant compensator on the tip of the barrel (to reduce recoil), an improved gas tube (without vents), and use of lighter materials to reduce weight and simplify construction.

Most of the AKMs seen in Hollywood movies are actually Egyptian Maadi MISR copies, which were sold in the U.S. as the ARM in the 1980s - such weapons were first procured by Stembridge Gun Rentals for Red Dawn and subsequently re-used in numerous other motion pictures. The Maadi is almost identical to the original Soviet-built AKM, save for the markings, and is nearly impossible to tell apart.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Home (Dom)	Kirill Poluhin	Starshiy		2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol		Assassins	Customized with quad rail systems and foregrips	2011
The Debt		East German border guards		2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon		Iranian soldiers		2011
Kandahar		Taliban fighters		2010
The Losers		Cartel gunmen		2010
Machete		Rebels	With transparent magazines	2010
The Expendables		Somali pirates and General Zayas' soldiers		2010
X-Men Origins: Wolverine		African soldiers		2009
Rambo		Burmese Junta soldiers		2008
An American Carol		Taliban		2008
An American Carol		Cuban Soldiers		2008
An American Carol	Thomas Rosales Jr.	Cuban Soldier		2008
The Hurt Locker		Iraqi insurgents		2008
Body of Lies		Terrorists		2008
Pineapple Express	Seth Rogen	Dale		2008
Shake Hands with the Devil		Rwandan soldiers		2007
The Kingdom		Saudi terrorists		2007
Transformers		Qatari village militiaman		2007
Redacted		Iraqi insurgents		2006
Children of Men		Refugees		2006
Catch a Fire		ANC guerrillas		2006
Lord of War	Nicolas Cage	Yuri Orlov		2005
Hotel Rwanda		Rwandan National Army soldiers		2004
Bad Boys II	Reynaldo A. Gallegos	Tito Vargas		2003
Bad Boys II		Cuban soldiers		2003
S.W.A.T.		Bank robbers	drum magazines	2003
S.W.A.T.		gang members		2003
Tears of the Sun		Nigerian rebels		2003
Underworld		Lycans		2003
War (Voyna)	Ruslan		with two magazines taped "jungle-style"	2002
Die Another Day		Cuban guards		2002
Collateral Damage	Jsu Garcia	Roman		2002
Behind Enemy Lines	Owen Wilson	LT Chris Burnett		2001
Behind Enemy Lines		Serbian soldiers		2001
Equilibrium		Resistance member		2001
xXx	Martin Hub	Ivan Podrov	w/ AK-74 muzzle brake and M203 grenade launcher	2001
xXx		Colombian cartel soldiers		2001
Militia		ATF agents and militiamen		2000
Joint Security Area		NKPA soldiers		2000
Analyze This		Hitmen		1999
Virus				1999
Three Kings		Iraqi soldiers and Shiite refugees		1999
Lethal Weapon 4	Mel Gibson	Det. Martin Riggs		1998
The Replacement Killers		Thug		1998
The Siege		Terrorists		1998
Air Force One		Russian prison guards		1997
The Postman		Holnist soldiers		1997
Escape from L.A.		Gang members		1996
Eraser		Russian mobsters		1996
Clear and Present Danger		Escobedo's men		1994
Hot Shots! Part Deux		Iraqi soldiers		1994
True Lies	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Harry Tasker		1994
True Lies		Crimson Jihad terrorists		1994
Hard Boiled		Johnny Wong's thugs		1992
Patriot Games		IRA terrorists		1992
Terminator 2: Judgment Day				1992
Delta Force 2		Ramon Cota's men		1990
Rambo III	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock	1988
Rambo III	Richard Crenna	Col. Trautman		1988
Rambo III	Randy Raney	Sgt. Kourov	w/ M203 grenade launcher and Galil stock	1988
Rambo III		Mujaheddin and Russian soldiers		1988
Extreme Prejudice	Matt Mulhern	SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker		1987
Extreme Prejudice		Mexican cartel gunmen		1987
Dragnet		P.A.G.A.N henchmen		1987
Predator		Guerrillas		1987
Robocop		Sal's men		1987
Heartbreak Ridge	Clint Eastwood	GySGT Tom Highway		1986
Heartbreak Ridge		Cuban soldiers		1986
The Park is Mine	Tommy Lee Jones	Mitch Garnett	w/ two magazines "jungle taped"	1986
Back to the Future	Richard L. Duran	Libyan terrorist in Van		1985
Commando		Arius' soldiers		1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II		NVA Soldiers and Russian Spetnaz Commandos		1984
Rambo: First Blood Part II	Julia Nickson-Soul	Co Bao		1984
Rambo: First Blood Part II	George Cheung	Capt. Tay		1984
Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo		1984
Red Dawn		Soviet soldiers		1984
Red Dawn	Jennifer Grey	Toni Mason		1984
Red Dawn	C. Thomas Howell	Robert Teasdale		1984
Red Dawn	Charlie Sheen	Matt Eckert		1984
Red Dawn	Patrick Swayze	Jed Eckert		1984
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)	Sergey Nikonenko	Afonin		1984
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)	Sergey Shakurov	Sultan		1984
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)	Aleksandr Pashutin	Spirkin		1984
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)	Pyotr Zaychenko	Pukhov		1984
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)	Aleksei Zharkov	Slonov		1984
The Grach Brothers (Grachi)	Vitali Shapovalov	Leonid Osadchiy		1982
In the Zone of Special Attention (V zone osobogo vnimaniya)		Soviet Army soldiers		1977

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
Noah Wyle	Tom Mason	Falling Skies		2011
Rachael Taylor	Abby	Charlie's Angels		2011
	Guards	Charlie's Angels		2011
	Henchmen	24		2001 - 2010
	Terrorists	24		2001 - 2010
Dennis Haysbert	CSM Jonas Blane	The Unit / "Johnny B. Good"	With Surefire Universal Weaponlight and silencer	2006 - 2009
Max Martini	MSgt. Mack Gerhardt	The Unit / "Johnny B. Good"	With Surefire Universal weaponlight and silencer	2006 - 2009
Scott Foley	Sgt. Bob Brown	The Unit / "Johnny B. Good"	With Surefire Universal weaponlight and silencer	2006 - 2009
Michael Irby	Sgt. Charles Grey	The Unit / "Johnny B. Good"	With Surefire Universal weaponlight and silencer	2006 - 2009
Michael Irby	Sgt. Charles Grey	The Unit / "Two Coins"		2006 - 2009
	Soldiers	The Unit		2006 - 2009
	Terrorists	The Unit		2006 - 2009
	various characters	My Name is Earl	in various episodes	2005 - 2009
Ross Kemp	SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie	Ultimate Force / "Dead is Forever"		2002 - 2006
Conor Mullen	Omega	Ultimate Force / "What in the Name of God"	With telescopic sight	2002 - 2006
Luke De Woolfson	Michael	Ultimate Force / "What in the Name of God"	With telescopic sight	2002 - 2006
Louis Decosta Johnson	Cpl. Dave Woolston	Ultimate Force / "Never Go Back"		2002 - 2006
Saskia Butler	Luanne Du Preez	Ultimate Force / "Never Go Back"		2002 - 2006
Con O'Neil	Lavelle	Ultimate Force / "Weapons of Choice"		2002 - 2006
	Various criminals and terrorists	Ultimate Force	With and without telescopic sights	2002 - 2006
	various characters	Purgatory (Chistilishche)	With GP-25 grenade launchers	1998
	Soldiers	The X-Files / "The Sixth Extinction"		1993 - 2002
George Peppard	Col. John "Hannibal" Smith	The A-Team		1983 - 1987
	NVA soldiers	The A-Team / "The Sound of Thunder"		1983 - 1987
	Terrorists	CSI: NY / "Snow Day"		2004 - ????
	Cultists	Criminal Minds / "Minimal Loss"		2005 - ????
Steven Caffrey	Lt. Myron Goldman	Tour of Duty		1987 - 1989
State Border: Film 6, The		Russian and Polish Border guards	Can be seen in documentary footage	1987

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Flag	Militia fighters		2006
Spriggan	Turkish soldier		1994
Full Metal Panic!			2002
Canaan	Canaan		2009

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon	AK47	without muzzle break		2001
Combat Arms	AK-47			2004
Half-Life 2	AR-1		Cut Weapon	2004
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory			not usable	2005
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops				2006
Counter-Strike Online	AKM		With Metal and Gold finishes	2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2				2007
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune				2007
7.62 High Calibre	AKM		w/ various attachments	2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames				2008
ArmA II				2009
Left 4 Dead 2	AK-47	w/ flashlight by zip ties and optional laser sight	w/ 40-round Tapco polymer magazine	2009
Medal of Honor (2010)Medal of Honor	AK-47	w/ various attachments	w/o slant muzzle brake	2010
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	Kaliningrad 47	The metal parts are a pink-ish purple, while the wood is lighter, almost faded.		2010
NCIS: The Video Game			seen on posters	2011
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	AK-47			2012

AKMS

AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Custom AKMS with shortened barrel, as seen in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Pineapple Express, Rambo, and Taken - 7.62x39mm

Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Ukrainian SWAT officers	Bablo		2011
Konstantin Adaev	Tocka	Home (Dom)	with AK-74 style muzzle brake and POSP 4x24B sniper scope	2011
.	Australian resistance	Tomorrow, When the War Began	.	2010
	Hitmen	The Alien Girl		2010
Jeremy Renner	James 'Jem' Coughlin	The Town	w/ shortened barrel	2010
.	General Zaya's soldiers	The Expendables	Normal and shortened barrel models	2010
.	Palestinian Terrorists	Lebanon	Normal and shortened barrel models	2009
Ralph Fiennes	Private Military Contractor Leader	The Hurt Locker	Customized with RIS foregrip	2009
.	British Private Military Contractors	The Hurt Locker	Customized with RIS foregrips and C-More sights	2009
.	African soldiers	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	.	2009
.	Thugs	Crank: High Voltage	.	2009
.	Human trafficker	Taken	w/ shortened barrel	2009
James Franco	Saul	Pineapple Express	w/ shortened barrel	2008
Supakorn Kitsuwon	Myint	Rambo (2008)	w/ shortened barrel	2008
Tim Kang	En-Joo	Rambo (2008)	.	2008
.	Burmese Junta soldiers	Rambo (2008)	Hungarian SA-85M variant	2008
.	Flaming Dragon guerrillas	Tropic Thunder	.	2008
.	Guards	Get Smart	.	2008
Louis Lombardi	Phobos	The Spirit	.	2008
.	Tamerlane Private Military Contractors	War, Inc.	.	2008
.	Security Guard	Zone Of The Dead	.	2008
Alex Veadov	Vadim Nezhinski	We Own the Night	.	2007
Jamie Foxx	FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury	The Kingdom	w/ RIS and foregrip	2007
.	Saudi terrorists	The Kingdom	w/ RIS and foregrip	2007
.	.	Breach	Seen in the trunk of Robert Hanssen's (Chris Cooper) car	2007
.	thugs	Waist Deep		2006
.	Russian hitmen	Lord of War	.	2005
.	Rwandan National Army soldiers	Hotel Rwanda		2004
.	Bank robber	S.W.A.T.	.	2003
Claire Danes	Katherine Brewster	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	w/ shortened barrel and dual-mag clamp	2003
Nick Stahl	John Connor	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	w/ shortened barrel and dual-mag clamp	2003
.	Militsioners	Bumer	.	2003
.	South American guerrilla	Hulk	.	2002
.	Isla Los Organos clinic guards	Die Another Day	.	2002
.	Resistance fighters	Equilibrium	.	2002
Aleksey Chadov	Ivan Ermakov	War (Voyna)		2002
	Chechen rebel	War (Voyna)		2002
Sergey Garmash	Militia (police) captain Koshaev	Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, The		1999
.	General Radek's men	Air Force One	w/ shortened barrels and custom folding stocks	1997
.	Terrorists	Executive Decision	.	1996
.	Thug	Face/Off	.	1996
Art Malik	Salim Abu Aziz	True Lies	.	1994
.	Iraqi soldiers	Hot Shots! Part Deux	.	1993
Michele Placido	Major Bandura	Afghan Breakdown	with 75-round RPK drum magazine	1990
Soviet paratroopers		Afghan Breakdown	w/ plastic magazines	1990
.	Colombian terrorists	Toy Soldiers	.	1990
.	U.S Navy SEALs	Navy SEALs	.	1990
Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	Rambo 3	.	1988
	Mujaheddin	Rambo 3	.	1988
.	Soviet Spetznaz soldiers	Rambo 3	w/AK-74 style muzzle brakes	1988
.	Mujaheddin	The Living Daylights	.	1987
.	Czech soldiers	The Living Daylights	.	1987
	Militia sergeant	Search and neutralize (Nayti i obezvredit)		1982
Boris Galkin	Captain Tarassov	Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod)		1981
Mihai Volontir	Warrant Officer Volentir	Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod)		1981
Vadim Spiridonov	Captain Shvetz	Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod)		1981
Yelena Glebova	Sergeant Zinovieva	Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod)		1981
	Soviet paratroopers	Officers (Ofitsery)		1971

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
William Devane	Secretary of Defense Heller	24	.	2001 - 2010
Kiefer Sutherland	Agent Jack Bauer	24	.	2001 - 2010
.	Terrorists	24	.	2001 - 2010
.	Henchmen	24	.	2001 - 2010
Tony Curran	Sgt. Pete Twamley	Ultimate Force	.	2002 - 2006
.	Special Forces soldiers	Brigada	.	2002 - ????
		Red Cap		2003 - 2004
Clifton Collins Jr.	Raymond Harris	CSI:NY	"Life Sentence" (S07E21)	2004-Present
Carmine Giovinazzo	Detective Danny Messer	CSI:NY	"Life Sentence" (S07E21)	2004-Present
Vyacheslav Razbegaev	Shah	Stormgate		2006
	Russian SPETZNAZ	Stormgate	with sound suppressor	2006
	Chechen terrorists	Stormgate	With GP-25 grenade launcher	2006
Scott Foley	Sgt. Bob Brown	The Unit / "Extreme Rendition"	With custom shortened barrel	2006 - 2009

Anime

Title	Character	Notation	Release Date
New Dominion Tank Police			1993
Flag	Ru-Pou's followers	with shortened barrels	2009

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
True Lies (VG)			archive footage from the film True Lies	1994
7.62 High Calibre	"AKMC"		w/ various attachments	2008
ArmA II				2009

AKMSU

AKMSU Krinkov - 7.62x39mm. This is a blank adapted full auto transferable AKM (7.62x39mm) pistol that was converted into a Krinkov via parts kit. Guns just like this one have been used in Tropic Thunder, Three Kings, and numerous other movies and TV shows.

Chopped and shortened version of the AKM, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun. The AKMSU was never manufactured by the Soviet Union; however, many other countries, including Yugoslavia, built their own versions.

Most of the so-called "AKMSU" carbines seen in Hollywood movies, such as Three Kings, Tropic Thunder, Bad Boys II, etc. are actually full-size AK variants that have been converted with Krinkov parts kits; many feature side-folding AKS-74U-style stocks. The picture to the right is an actual movie gun that is almost identical to those that have appeared in many films and TV shows.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol		Guards	RIS handguard	2011
Fast Five	Michael Irby	Zizi	With MP5K-style foregrip and sights	2011
The Town	Jeremy Renner	James 'Jem' Coughlin	With RIS handguard	2010
The Expendables		General Garza's soldiers		2010
The Expendables	Gary Daniels	The Brit		2010
Terminator Salvation		Human survivor		2009
Tropic Thunder	Brandon Soo Hoo	Tran		2008
Tropic Thunder		Flaming Dragon members		2008
The Dark Knight		One of Scarecrow's men		2008
The Kingdom		Terrorists		2007
Mission: Impossible III		Davian's mercernaries		2006
Bad Boys II		Haitian gang members and Cuban special forces		2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem	Saki Sakurai	Wild Seven		2003
A Man Apart		Cartel soldier	w/ Bulgarian "waffle"-style plastic magazine	2003
Tears of the Sun		Nigerian militia fighter		2003
xXx	Radek Tomecka	Ivan Pedgrag		2002
xXx		Czech Police		2002
Training Day		Russian mafia hitmen		2001
Three Kings		Iraqi Republican Guard officer		1999
Ronin		Bodyguards		1998
Hard Boiled	Philip Kwok	Mad Dog		1992
Ali G Indahouse		Gang member		2002

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Hawaii Five-0	Alex O'Loughlin	Steve McGarrett	RIS handguard	2011
CSI: Miami		Gang Hitman		2002 - ????
CSI: Miami / "Seeing Red"		Russian Mobsters		2002 - ????
Criminal Minds / "Minimal Loss"	Luke Perry	Benjamin Cyrus		2005 - ????
Criminal Minds / "Minimal Loss"		Polygamist cult members		2005 - ????
The Unit				2006 - 2009

Video Games

Title	Appears as	Mods	Notes	Date
Medal of Honor	"AKS-74U"	single-player only		2010
Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals	"AKS-74"			2008
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures'	"AKS-74U"			2009
Uncharted 3	"KAL 7"			2011

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Full Metal Panic!		2002

Norinco Type 56

Norinco Type 56, early model with milled receiver - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") which was standard on PLA-issue Type 56s - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.

Norinco Type 56-1 (under-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56-2 (side-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56 (Imported AKS-47 into the U.S.) with Chinese 75 Round Drum Magazine - 7.62x39mm

The Chinese Type 56 assault rifle (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK derivative in Hollywood productions, both film and television. They are frequently seen impersonating Russian weapons in many films, since the Russians never sold a civilian AK model in the U.S. (or Europe) during the latter half of the 20th century. Most of the movie prop rental houses in Hollywood had dozens if not hundreds of Chinese AKs - mostly the Type 56s (7.62x39mm version) or the similar Type 84s (5.56x45mm version). These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in many cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.

There are three main variants of the Type 56 - the standard Type 56, which has a fixed stock, the Type 56-1, which has an under-folding stock, and the Type 56-2, which has a side-folding stock. Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, known as the "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. Quite a few of the Type 56s seen in movies also have AKM-style slant compensators fitted; this was a common feature on semi-auto Type 56s exported to the U.S., but NOT the full-auto military model.

The easiest way to tell when an AK-type rifle seen in a movie or TV show is a Chinese Type 56 is by looking at the front sight; Chinese AKs have a distinctive full-circle ("hooded") front sight that no other AKs (including those made in Russia) have.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
.	.	The Guard	.	2011
Nicholas Braun	Billy-Ray	Red State	Type 56 - made to look like AKM	2011
Melissa Leo	Sara
James Parks	Mordechai
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith	Esther
	Believers		Type 56-1 - made to look like AKMS
	Taliban fighters	Kandahar	with and without under-folding bayonets	2010
Matt Damon	Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller	Green Zone	Type 56-1	2010
	Iraqi gunmen
	North Korean soldiers	Salt		2010
	thugs	Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright		2010
Byron Lawson	Mao	A Dangerous Man	Type 56-2 (folded stock), continuity errors: stock (un-)folded in same scene and mirror images	2009
Jesse Hutch	Sergey
Steven Seagal	Shane
Vitaly Kravchenko	Vlad
	Russian thugs
	Terrorists	31 North 62 East	Type 56-1	2009
	Taliban fighters	The Kite Runner	Type 56-1 and Type 56-1	2008
	Soviet soldiers
	Iraqi insurgents	Body of Lies	Type 56-1	2008
	Soviet soldiers	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Type 56 and Type 56-1	2008
		No Country for Old Men	Type 56 and Type 56-1, seen with dead drug dealers	2007
	Crackhead	Hot Fuzz	Type 56-1	2007
Falah Falyeh	Ahmad	Battle for Haditha	Type 56-1	2007
Oliver Bytrus	Jafar
	Iraqi Army soldiers
	Iraqi civilians
Kagiso Kuypers	Dia Vandy	Blood Diamond	Type 56-1	2006
	R.U.F. rebels
	Sierra Leone Army soldiers
Weston Cage	Mechanic	Lord of War	Type 56-1, with AKM receiver cover	2005
	Soviet soldiers
	Afghan Mujahideen
			Seen on wall, with nickel finish, AKM muzzle brake, ivory furniture, and AIMS handguard
	R.U.F. rebels		Type 56-1
Matthew McConaughey	Dirk Pitt	Sahara	Type 56-1	2005
	Malian Soldiers
	Black September terrorists	Munich	Type 56-1	2005
	PLO gunmen
	Israeli commandos
	Chinese soldiers	Batman Begins	Type 56-1	2005
	Tajikistani terrorists	Stealth	Type 56-1, with lengthened barrel	2005
	Thugs	A Bittersweet Life	Type 56-1	2005
	Pirates	Typhoon	Type 56-1	2005
	Guard	District B13	Type 56, with & without AKM muzzle brake	2004
	Tutsi rebel	Hotel Rwanda		2004
	Militia fighters	Tears of the Sun	Type 56 and Type 56-1	2003
	Cameroon border guards
	Refugees		Type 56, with & without pig-sticker bayonet
	North Korean soldiers	Die Another Day	Type 56-1	2002
	North Korean commando		Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74
	Somali militiamen	Black Hawk Down	Type 56 and Type 56-1, with & without pig-sticker bayonets	2001
	Rebel soldiers	Air Force One	Type 56-1	1997
Brad Pitt	Frankie Maguire	The Devil's Own	Type 56-1	1997
	Iraqi soldiers	Courage Under Fire	Type 56 and Type 56-1	1996
Danny Trejo	Trejo	Heat	Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake	1995
	N.V.A. soldiers	Dead Presidents		1995
Pierce Brosnan	James Bond	GoldenEye	Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74	1995
Sean Bean	Alec Trevelyan
Famke Janssen	Xenia Onatopp
	Russian soldiers		Made to look like AK-74 and AKS-74
	Janus soldiers
Lori Petty	Pvt. Christine Jones	In the Army Now	Type 56, with AKM muzzle brake	1994
	Libyan Army soldiers
	Libyan Army soldier		Type 56-1, made to look like AK-74
	Colombian cartel gunmen	Clear and Present Danger	Type 56-1	1994
	Robber	Crime Story (1993)	with AKM muzzle brake	1993
Ed Adams	Dirt	Beyond the Law	Type 56-1, with AKM muzzle brake	1992
	Johnny Wong's thugs	Hard Boiled	Type 56-1	1992
Baldwin C. Sykes	Monster	Boyz N The Hood	Type 56-1	1991
Waise Lee	Little Wing	Bullet in the Head		1990
Tony Leung	Ah Bee
Jacky Cheung	Fai
	N.V.A. soldiers
	Viet-Cong guerrillas
Miguel Ferrer	Amador	Revenge	Type 56-1	1990
	Soviet Naval Infantryman	The Hunt for Red October		1990
Thomas Rosales Jr.	Chet	RoboCop 2	Type 56, with AK-74 muzzle brake	1990
	Nuke cartel thugs		Type 56, 56-1, & Type 56-2, with & without bakelite magazines and AK-74 muzzle brakes
	Ramon Cota's men	Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection	Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet	1990
	Afghan Mujaheddin	Afghan Breakdown	Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet	1990
Nicholas Kadi	Ben Shaheedis	Navy SEALs		1990
Danny Lee	Inspector Li Ying	The Killer	Type 56-1	1989
	Villain	UHF		1989
	NVA soldiers	Born on the Fourth of July	Type 56 with pig-sticker bayonet	1989
	Viet Cong guerrillas	Casualties of War	Type 56-1	1989
Liem Whatley	Ho	The Iron Triangle	Type 56, with pig-sticker bayonet	1989
	Viet-Cong
Sasson Gabai	Mousa	Rambo III	Type 56-1	1988
	Afghan Mujahideen		Type 56 and Type 56-1
	Wing Kong gang members	Big Trouble in Little China	Type 56, with AKM muzzle brakes	1986
Charlie Sheen	Pvt. Chris Taylor	Platoon	With pig-sticker bayonet	1986
Tom Berenger	SSgt. Robert Barnes
	N.V.A. soldiers
	Viet-Cong
	Viet Cong guerrillas	Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti)	With pig-sticker bayonets	1985
Jong Soo Park	Tran Chan Dinh	The Park is Mine	Type 56-1	1985
	Indonesian soldiers	The Year of Living Dangerously	Type 56, with and without pig-sticker bayonets	1982
	N.V.A. soldiers	Apocalypse Now		1979
	Viet-Cong
	Kurtz's men		With & without jungle-taped magazines
	French colonialists		With & without pig-sticker bayonets

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
Derek Thompson	Billy Downes	Harry's Game	Type 56-1	1982
	Various	The A-Team		1983 - 1988
	Việt Cộng	Tour of Duty		1987 - 1989
	NVA soldiers	Tour of Duty		1987 - 1989
	Various	Seven Days	Type 56 and Type 56-1	1998 - 2001
Ross Kemp	SSgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie	Ultimate Force	Type 56-1	2002 - 2006
Jamie Draven	Cpl. Jamie Dow
Tony Curran	Sgt. Pete Twamley
Miles Anderson	Col. Aidan Dempsey
Louis Decosta Johnson	Cpl. Dave Woolston
Heather Peace	Tpr. Becca Gallagher
Conor Mullen	Omega
	Various terrorists and soldiers
Victor Browne	Tyler Reed	Tremors: The Series / "Shriek & Destroy"		2003
Leo Fitzpatrick	"Mr. Mouse"	The Kill Point	Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator	2007
Adam Cantor	Rocko	The Kill Point	Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator	2007
Frank Grillo	Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman	The Kill Point	Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator	2007
	One of Deke Quinlan's men	The Kill Point	Type 56-1, with AKM slant compensator	2007
	Various rebels and mercenaries	Sea Patrol		2007 - 2010
		Sanctuary		2007 - ????
	North Korean border guards	Chaos / "Song of the North"	With AKM slant compensator	2011 - ????
Noah Wyle	Tom Mason	Falling Skies	Type 56-1	2011 - ????
Extras	Resistance fighters	Falling Skies	Type 56	2011 - ????

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	"AK47"			2009
7.62 High Calibre	"Type 56"		w/ various attachments	2008
Battlefield: Vietnam	"AK-47"	w/ underfolding "pig sticker" bayonet		2004
Conflict: Vietnam				2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	"AK47"			2004
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike	"AK-47"			2003
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	"Kalashnikov"			2003
Project IGI: I'm Going In	"AK-47"			2000
Global Operations	"AK-47"			2000
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	"China Type 56"			2004
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror	"AK47"			2002
Jurassic Park: Trespasser	"Kalashnikov"			1998

Norinco Type 84S

Norinco Type 84S - 5.56x45mm

Norinco Type 84S Underfolder Model - 5.56x45mm

Norinco Type 84S "Target" Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Basically a standard Norinco Type 84S with a slightly longer barrel. This variant was ready for market just as the 1989 US import ban was implemented, so it is mostly seen in Canada. It has an 18.5" barrel and was very rarely seen in the U.S. Gun market.

Norinco Type 84S Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm. Norinco was stuck sitting on a pile of 21" RPK barrels chambered for 5.56mm when the door slammed shut on U.S. imports in 1989. Norinco saved money by mating their 21" long RPK-style barrels to their stockpile of 84S Folding Stock receiver bodies and thus exported the Type 84S Match to countries such as Canada and Australia. Canada would suffer their own import ban on 'frightening looking guns' in 1995. Australian gun owners would suffer such a fate in 1997.

The Type 84 rifle is nearly identical to the Chinese Type 56 (seen above), but it is chambered in 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington. It is often seen impersonating the AK-74 in movies and TV shows (particularly Stargate: SG1, where it is carried by Russian SG teams).

The Type 84 was imported and sold with an AK birdcage flash hider and had a deep polished factory blue. Several other variants of the 84S Rifle (that are mostly unfamiliar to American Gun Owners) were victims of the 1989 Import Ban that barred most new 'assault rifles' from entering the United States. These rifles were thus mostly exported to Canada and Australia, and as a result, appeared in television shows or movies that were filmed in those countries. Listed here are two of the variants seen in Canadian or Australian television (the Target and the Match versions). If it were not for Canadian or Australian movie armorers, most of us in the U.S. would never have known these variants existed.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Stylish Secret Agent	Zombieland	.	2009
	Hungarian police officers	Underworld: Evolution	.	2006
	Ukrainian soldiers	The Sum of All Fears	Fitted with custom muzzle brakes and folding stocks to pass for AKS-74	2003
	.	Reindeer Games	Seen in the weapons storage compartment of Gabriel's (Gary Sinise) truck	2000
	Iraqi soldiers	Bravo Two Zero	.	1999
	Mobsters	Hollow Point	w/ Type 56-style bayonets	1996

Television

• Russian military SG teams in Stargate: SG1

• A bounty hunter and Cherokee nationalists in Harsh Realm

• Max Casella as Benny Fazio and Carl Capotorto as Little Paulie Germani in The Sopranos

• Battlestar Galactica

• Russian soldiers and other characters in The X-Files

• Russian soldiers in Sliders

• Various military personnel and terrorists in Seven Days

• Found in cult warehouse in Millennium (episode Gehenna)

• Iraqi insurgents in Chris Ryan's Strike Back

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG	Dejima refugee sniper	Type 84S Target with scope	2004-2005

Norinco MAK-90

Civilian "post-ban" version of Norinco Type 56, with 'thumbhole' stock and semi-auto only fire mode.

Norinco MAK-90 - 7.62x39mm

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Arcadia 234 inhabitant	Soldier	With 10-round magazine	1998
	Terrorist	Carnosaur 3: Primal Species		1996

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	???	PSO-1 Scope and Dragunov stock	Used by Hostile NPCs only	2004

Zastava M70

Zastava M70B1 fixed stock rifle - 7.62x39mm

Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7.62x39mm

Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7.62x39mm (non-standard pistol grip). The military version of the M70AB2 underfolder rifle has a black plastic pistol grip as seen in the image above. However all of the Zastava M70AB2 rifles imported in the U.S. by Mitchell Arms had the wooden pistol grip seen in this photo. So a wooden pistol grip is indicative of a 'Mitchell Arms' rifle.

The Zastava M70 was the Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AK-47 (later AKM), however, it utilized a strengthened lower receiver, more akin to the RPK than the AK-47/AKM. It also has other design variations which make it immediately recognizable from its Russian cousin. Some of the variants also have finned barrels to aid in heat dispersion. It was made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Plant), now Zastava Oružje / Zastava Arms in a Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city of Kragujevac. It was most widely used and seen in the Wars in the 1990s of the former Yugoslavian republics - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (Slovenia and Macedonia were not a major combatants in the fighting). Yugoslavia also sold them to many countries such as Iraq (which produced a licensed copy known as the Tabuk, which lacked the grenade-launching sight) and Kuwait.

The Zastava M70 was produced in the following variants:

• M70 - milled receiver, fixed stock
• M70A – milled receiver, underfolding stock
• M70A1 – milled receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights
• M70B1 – stamped receiver, fixed stock
• M70AB2 – stamped receiver, underfolding stock
• M70B1N – stamped receiver, fixed stock, mount for night or optical sights
• M70AB2N – stamped receiver, underfolding stock, mount for night or optical sights

• Variants M70B, M70AB and M70AB1 also exist, but they are rare and their specifications are unclear.

The Zastava M70 was seen in the following:

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Gerard Butler	Tullus Aufidius	Coriolanus	M70AB2 version	2011
Don Cheadle	F.B.I. Special Agent Everett	The Guard	M70B1	2011
	Gunmen	Fast Five	M70AB2 version	2011
	Iraqi guards	The A-Team (2010)	M70AB2 version	2010
	Thugs	District 13: Ultimatum	M70AB2 & M70B1 versions	2009
Jesse Hutch	Sergey	A Dangerous Man	M70AB1 version	2009
	Viet Cong fighter	Watchmen		2009
	Czech soldiers	The Brothers Bloom		2009
	Russian mobsters	Punisher: War Zone	M70B1 and M70AB2 versions	2009
	Rwandan soldiers and RPF rebels	Shake Hands with the Devil	M70AB2 version	2007
	North Korean soldiers	Stealth	M70AB2 version, with taped on flashlight	2005
	Serbian soldiers	Behind Enemy Lines		2001
	Serbian and Bosnian forces	No Man's Land		2001
	Serbian and Bosnian forces	Savior		1998
	Terrorists, Russian soldiers and UN peacekeepers	The Peacemaker		1997
	Serbian soldiers	Pretty Village, Pretty Flame	M70B1 and M70AB2 versions	1996

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Ultimate Force / "Something to Do with Justice"	Ross Kemp	Sgt. Henno Garvie	M70B1	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "Something to Do with Justice"		Serbian rebels	M70B1	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie"	Damian O'Hare	Sean Weir	M70B1	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "Weapon of Choice"		Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers	M70B1	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "Deadlier Than the Male"		Al-Qaeda terrorists	M70AB2	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "Weapon of Choice"		SAS, Chechen rebels & Russian soldiers	M70AB2	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force / "Dividing Line"		Al-Qaeda terrorists	M70AB2	2002 - 2006
Bugs / "Schrodingers Bomb"				1995 - 1999
Stargate SG-1 / "Icon"		Russian SG team		1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 / "Evolution"	Victor Favrin	Chalo		1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 / "Evolution"	Frank Roman	Rafael	M70AB2	1997 - 2007
Stargate SG-1 / "Evolution"		Honduran rebels		1997 - 2007
24: Redemption		Child soldier	M70AB2	2008
Ultimate Weapons / Close Quarter Battle			M70AB2	2009 - 2011
Nikita		Bank robbers and Chilean rebels	M70AB2	2010 - Present
Covert Affairs/ "Half a World Away" (S2E7)		A Taliban Terrorist		2011

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
24: The Game	Z85			2006
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	Stava M70 B1			2004

Zastava M85

The Zastava M85 is a compact carbine manufactured by the Yugoslavian Zastava company, similar to the AKMSU mentioned above, although with an underfolding stock instead of a side-folder, a three-holed handguard and is chambered for 5.56x45mm.

Zastava M85 - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days				2010

Zastava M92

Zastava M92 - 7.62x39mm

Very similar to the Zastava M85 but chambers 7.62x39mm instead of 5.56x45mm. Note the curved magazine.

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
America's Army			Seen in crates with other AK-series weapons, non-playable	2002

AIM/AIMS

AIM - 7.62x39mm

PM.md.65 with cleaning rod removed - 7.62x43mm. An early version of the AIMS with an underfolding stock and inward curved grip.

AIMS - 7.62x39mm

AIMS with 75-round drum magazine - 7.62x39mm

The Romanian clones of the AKM and AKMS, identifiable by the vertical foregrip integrated into the handguard. The folding-stock version of the AIM, known as the AIMS, originally had a conventional under-folding stock and the grip curving inwards at a convex angle. This was eventually replaced by a version which had a side-folding stock (copied from the East German MPi-KMS), as shown here.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Taliban fighters	Kandahar	AIM with a shortened barrel	2010
Jayceon "The Game" Taylor	Grill	Street Kings	AIMS	2008
	Pirates	Typhoon	Older model AIMS with underfolding stock	2005
	Tahas' Henchmen	District B13	PM md. 90 Krinkov	2004
Andrew Bryniarski	Larry Eugene Phillips Jr.	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout	AIMS, w/ 75-round drum magazine	2003
Oleg Taktarov	Emil Matasareanu	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout	AIMS, w/ 75-round drum magazine	2003
Uri Gavriel	Georgi Koshkin	Iron Eagle II	AIMS, w/ bakelite magazines and Israeli blank-firing adaptor	1988
	Enemy soldier	Iron Eagle	AIMS, with Israeli blank-firing adaptor	1986
	Corrupt Chinese General's men	Lethal Weapon 4	AIMS, w/ AKM type handguard	1998
Mel Gibson	Detective Martin Riggs	Lethal Weapon 4	AIMS, w/ AKM type handguard	1998

Television

• Situation Critical

MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

East German MPi-KM-72 with fixed stock - 7.62x39mm. This was the transitional MPi-KM-72 that still used the wooden lower hand grip from the MPi-KM. These were common from 1965-1972. The Side folding stock was not widely distributed until 1973.

East German MPi-KM-72 with plastic stock - 7.62x39mm

The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. Early versions of the rifles had wooden furniture, but later models have distinctive stippled brown buttstocks and pistol grips. The MPi-KMS also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the Romanian AIMS rifle. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.

Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely. Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.

East German MPi-KMS-72 with sling and side-folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Movies

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Iraqi police officer	The Hurt Locker		2008
	Iraqi Army soldiers	Battle for Haditha		2007
	Afghan mujaheddin	Lord of War		2005
	Rwandan soldiers	Hotel Rwanda		2004
	Thug	Extreme Ops		2002

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Terrorist	GSG-9	Folding Stock	2008

AMD-65

Hungarian AMD-65 - 7.62x39mm

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Hungarian AMD-63 - 7.62x39mm

Hungarian AMMS - 7.62x39mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Fast Five		Zizi's gunmen		2011
Underworld			Mounted on armory rack	2003
I Spy		Gunder's men		2002
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren	Nikolai Rachenko		1989
Rambo III	Richard Crenna	Colonel Trautman		1988
Rambo III	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo		1988
Rambo III		Soviet tank crew		1988

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Professionals / "A Man Called Quinn"		Quinn	PSO-1 scope	1983

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater			Used by Ocelot Unit, unobtainable	2004
Medal of Honor			AMD-63	2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	"ADM63"			2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	"ADM65"			2010

AK-101

Modern Russian AK rifle full size. 5.56x45mm

AK-101 - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Splinter Cell: Double Agent			used by hostile NPC's	2006
Battlefield 2		two magazines taped together "jungle style", with and without GP-30 grenade launcher		2005
Hitman: Contracts	"AK74"			2004
7.62 High Calibre			w/ various attachments	2008

AK-102

Modern Russian AK rifle carbine. 5.56x45mm

AK-102 carbine - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots		Can be fitted with a GP-30 Grenade Launcher		2008
7.62 High Calibre			w/ various attachments	2008

AK-103

Modern Russian AK rifle full size. 7.62x39mm.

AK-103 - 7.62x39mm

Movies

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	MVD spetznaz sniper	Newsmakers (Goryachie Novosti)		2009
	Tamerlane personnel	War, Inc.		2008
John Cusack	Hauser	War, Inc.		2008

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
		Top Shot - Season 3		2011

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
The Punisher	7.62mm Assault Rifle	Available w/ red dot sight, upgradeable to 75-round drum magazine		2005
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames		Black electrical tape on the stock.		2008
Hitman: Codename 47				2000
Urban Terror				2000
America's Army		w/ GP-30 grenade launcher		2002
Combat Arms		with milled reciever and incorrect muzzle brake		2008
7.62 High Calibre			w/ various attachments	2008
Freedom Fighters	Assault Rifle		Mocked-up to look futuristic	2003
MAG				2010
Breach	AK-103	w/ RIS handguard and top cover	fires 5.56x45mm rounds	2011
Far Cry 3		with side mounted accessory rail and wooden AK-74 furniture		2012

AK-104

Modern Russian AK rifle carbine. 7.62x39mm.

AK-104 carbine - 7.62x39mm.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Men of War				1994

AK-108

Modern full-size AK rifle borrowing operating mechanics from the AEK-971.

AK-108 - 5.56x45mm

FEG NGM-81

Hungarian FEG NGM-81 with original PKM style flash hider - 5.56x45mm

The Hungarian FEG NGM-81 was a domestic rifle based on the indigenous Hungarian AK74, but built for export. For that reason, it was chambered in 5.56x45mm, though some 5.45x39mm variants exist. The Rifle was built between 1981-1990. The original rifles were only offered with a fixed butt and a wooden fore-end, made in the same Hungarian Blonde wood as the SA-85M export rifle. The folding stock version of this rifle was called the NGV-81. Due to Cold War prohibitions against Combloc weapons within the U.S. (except those exempted by treaty), the vast majority of the export NGM-81 rifles went to Europe and Africa. Most versions omit the large PKM style flash hider, opting instead for the standard AK-47 style muzzle nut. The FEG NGM rifle was noteworthy in that it kept the AK-47/Type 56 style of gas block system, with the gas relief holes in the gas tube, not the gas block (as is the case with the AKM and later style rifles). The Gas block itself and the front sight is the AKM style in shape and the rifle takes a Hungarian stamped metal 5.56mm magazine similar but not identical to the Wieger style AK magazine.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Casino Royale		Nambutu Embassy Guards		2006
Sahara	Steve Zahn	Al Giordino		2005
Sahara	Matthew McConaughey	Dirk Pitt		2005
Hotel Rwanda		Rwandan Army soldiers		2004
Hotel Rwanda		Rwandan Army soldier	fitted with Krinkov conversion	2004

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ultimate Force		Various soldiers and terrorist		2006

Romanian WASR

A Romanian AK clone modified to accept single stack magazines for American import. Chambered in 7.62x39mm (WASR-10), 5.45x39mm (WASR-2), and 5.56x45mm (WASR-3). Most variants had their magazine wells adapted to take standard high capacity magazines, by the distributors.

A US imported Romanian WASR-2 - 5.45x39mm

A US imported Romanian WASR-3 - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
24: Redemption		Sangalan Rebels		2008
Derailed		Terrorists		2002

Bulgarian Arsenal AR

Arsenal AR - 7.62x39mm

Arsenal AR-F - 7.62x39mm

Arsenal AR-1F - 7.62x39mm

Arsenal AR-SF - 5.56x45mm NATO

Arsenal AR-M1 - 5.56x45mm NATO

Arsenal AR-M1F - 7.62x39mm

Arsenal AR-M4SF - 5.56x45mm NATO

The Arsenal AR is the name given to the Bulgarian manufactured AK clone (Built by the Bulgaria gunmaker ARSENAL JSCo.). These modern day copies of the AK-47 have milled receivers and are chambered in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm in various configurations. As time goes on, Arsenal JSCo. builds more variants for export as civilian, military and law enforcement models.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Henchman	District B13	5.56x45mm AR-SF model with AKS-74U flash hider and handguard	2006
	North Korean Soldiers	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	7.62x39mm AR model mocked-up to resemble Norinco Type 56	2006
	Navy SEALs and North Korean Soldiers		7.62x39mm AR-F model mocked-up to resemble Norinco Type 56-1
Nicholas Gonzalez	Lieutenant Robert James		7.62x39mm AR-M1F model fitted with AKS-74U muzzle brake
Matt Bushell	Master Chief Petty Officer Neil 'Spaz' Callaghan
	Russian Alfa Commandos	Hitman	7.62x39mm AR and AR-F models	2007
	Ukranian Special Security Forces	Transporter 3	7.62x39mm AR model	2008
Nick Cannon	Salazar	Day of the Dead	7.62x39mm AR model with custom muzzle brake and thumbhole stock	2008
AnnaLynne McCord	Nina
	US Army soldiers		7.62x39mm model mocked up as M16A2
Jean-Claude Van Damme	Himself	JCVD	5.56x45mm NATO variant	2008
	US Army soldiers	Universal Soldier: Regeneration	7.62x39mm model mocked-up as M16A2	2009
Mike Pyle	Capt. Kevin Burke
Jean-Claude Van Damme	Luc Deveraux
Andrei Arlovski	NGU		7.62x39mm AR model with bipod and ACOG scope
Aki Avni	Colonel Petrov		7.62x39mm AR model
Bashar Rahal	Asa Sadi	The Tournament	Mocked-up as M16A2	2009
	Assassin		7.62x39mm AR-F model
	Iraqi boy	The Devil's Double	SAR-M1 with wood furniture	2011

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Various criminals	Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei	5.56x45mm AR-M1 model fitted with AK-47 front sight and furniture	1996 - ????
	Various criminals		5.56x45mm AR-SF model fitted with AKS-74U handguard
	Terrorist	Strike Back: Project Dawn	5.56x45mm AR-M4SF model	1996 - 2011

Video Games

Title	Appears as	Mods	Notes	Release Date
F.E.A.R. 3		w/ R.I.S., fore-grip, reflex scope and skeletal butt-stock	Unusable, 7.62x39mm AR model	2011

Romanian AK Draco Carbine

Romanian AK Draco Carbine with AIMS folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Romanian AK Draco Pistol - 7.62x39mm. This is the domestic pistol that is sold in the U.S.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ronin	.	Bodyguards	.	1998
Taxi 2	.	Yakuza Guard	AIMS-style wire-frame folding stock	2000
Home of the Brave	.	Insurgents	AIMS-style wire-frame folding stock	2006
The Assault (L'Assault)	.	Terrorists	.	2010

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Killing Floor	"AK47"		AIMS-style side-folding stock	2009

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Flag	Ru-Pou's followers		2006

AKU-94

The AKU-94 is a bullpup conversion kit (built and originally sold as a kit by K-VAR) for the AK type rifle, Both the European style AKs (like the Romanian AKs or Egyptian Maadis) and the Chinese style of AK rifle (Type 56) can fit into the kit. In the Mid-2000s, KVAR stopped making and selling the AKU-94 conversion kit. All remaining kits were purchased by Century Arms International, and subsequently used to 'spruce up' AK rifles with a futuristic bullpup look. Currently the rifle with kit installed, is sold by Century Arms International. This bullpup configuration retains the standard barrel length but the design makes the AK rifle more compact making it more suitable for close quarters battle.

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Century Arms AK-47 bullpup - 7.62x39mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Town	Slaine	Albert 'Gloansy' MacGloan	red dot sight	2010
The Interceptor (Zapreshchyonnaya Realnost)		Kurylo's special forces soldier		2009
Soldier	Kurt Russell	Sgt. Todd	Dressed up as futuristic weapon, with Surefire universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight	1998
Soldier		Soldiers	Dressed up as futuristic weapons with Surefire Universal weaponlight and C-More red dot sight	1998

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Star Trek: Voyager / "Nemesis"	Robert Beltran	Chakotay	Dressed up as alien weapons	1997
Star Trek: Voyager / "Nemesis"		Kradin soldiers	Dressed up as alien weapons	1997
The X Files / "First Person Shooter"			ACOG scope	2000

Firing Replicas of the AK-47

Bollywood Replica AK-47

Commonly seen in Bollywood productions due to Indian firearms restrictions, these replica AK-47s are designed to fire blank ammunition and are most likely custom fabricated by Indian armorers. Virtually all "AK-47s" seen in Bollywood movies (excepting films made with the help of the Indian military) will be such blank-firing replicas.

AK-47 replica, commonly seen in Bollywood productions. Photo from Ekta Enterprises.

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Shootout at Lokhandwala		Criminals and Mumbai Police		2007
Tango Charlie	Ajay Devgan	Havildar Mohammed Ali		2004
LOC Kargil		Pakistani Soldiers		2003

Non-Firing Replicas of the AK-47

Hudson AK-47

The most common of all movie AK-47s in scenes where a real firearm was not used, is the all metal Japanese "Hudson AK-47". Hudson, a replica gun company like Model Gun Corp. (MGC) made many metal replicas in the 1970s and 1980s.

Hudson AK-47, a Japanese Replica firearm based on the original Type III AK-47, seen here with AKS-style underfolding stock

See Also

• Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant - A list of all firearms manufactured by Izhmash.
• RPK - light machine gun variant of the AKM.
• AK-74 - modified AKM chambered in 5.45x39mm.
• AK-12 - latest version of the AK series rifle
• AK-9 - compact variant chambered in 9x39mm
• Saiga - shotgun series based on the AK-74.
• Norinco Type 81 - modified Chinese version of the AK-47.
• Norinco Type 86 - modified Chinese bullpup version of the AK-47.
• Galil - Israeli rifle based on the AK/Valmet series of assault rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm
• AO-63 - A Russian assault rifle intended to replace AK-74s used by the Spetsnaz during the 1980s.
• AN-94 - A Russian assault rifle intended to replace all AK-74s in the Russian military.