Weapons Used By Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen

The AKM

Type Assault rifle
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1959–present
Used by See Users below
Wars See Conflicts below
Production history
Designer Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed 1950s
Manufacturer
Izhmash
Tula Arms Plant
Others
Produced 1959–1977[1]
(USSR)
No. built 10,278,300[2]
Variants See Variants
Specifications (Updated information)
Mass
AKM: 3.3 kg (7.28 lb)
AKMS: 3.5 kg (7.7 lb)
30-round magazine: 0.33 kg (0.73 lb)
6H4 bayonet: 0.32 kg (0.71 lb)
Length
AKM, AKML: 880 mm (34.6 in)[3]
AKMS, AKMSN: 920 mm (36.2 in) stock extended / 655 mm (25.8 in) stock folded
Barrel length 415 mm (16.3 in)[3]
Cartridge 7.62×39mm
Action Gas operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire
Cyclic rate of fire:
600 rounds/min[3]
Practical rate of fire:
Semi-auto 40 rounds/min[3]
Full-auto 100 rounds/min[3]
Muzzle velocity 715 m/s (2,346 ft/s)
Effective firing range 350 m (383 yd)
Feed system 10-, 20-, or 30-round detachable box magazines. Also compatible with 40-round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines from the RPK
Sights
Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post
100–1,000 m sight adjustments
Sight radius: 378 mm (14.9 in)

Type Light machine gun

Squad automatic weapon

Place of origin Soviet Union

Service history
In service 1961–present

Wars

Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Vietnam War
South African Border War
Yom Kippur War[1]
Lebanese Civil War
Angolan Civil War
Afghan Wars
Salvadoran Civil War
Iran–Iraq War
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)[2]
Gulf War
Yugoslav Wars
Burundian Civil War[3]
Iraq War
Syrian Civil War
Libyan Crisis
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
War in Donbas
Russo-Ukrainian War

Production history

Designer Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed 1960
Manufacturer Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
Produced 1961–1978
Variants See Variants
Specifications
Mass 4.8 kg (10.6 lb) (RPK)
5.1 kg (11 lb) (RPKS)
Length 1,040 mm (40.9 in) (stock extended) (RPK, RPKS)
820 mm (32.3 in) (stock folded) (RPKS)
Barrel length 590 mm (23.2 in)
Cartridge 7.62×39mm M43
Action Gas operated, rotating bolt; closed bolt
Rate of fire 600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 745 m/s (2,444 ft/s)
Effective firing range 100–1,000 m sight adjustments
Feed system 30-, 40-round curved magazine, 75-round drum magazine
Sights Iron sights: semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adjustable notch
Sight radius: 555 mm (21.9 in)