The AK47 and AKM have the following four differences:

1, look at the muzzle, the AKM has been cut off diagonally.

2, look at the shape of the magazine, the AKM uses a punch riveted magazine, the AK-47 uses a milled magazine

3, look at both sides of the piston barrel with or without exhaust holes.

4, look at the shape of the quasi-constellation, AK-47 piston barrel hole is rectangular, AKM's is a square.

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The AKM is, in fact, an improved version of the AK-47, and the AKM performs better. Its official Soviet name was also just AKM (AK47 because it was finalized in 1947, hence AK47, A referring to the initials of the Russian automatic rifle, K referring to Kalashnikov).

While many people refer to them as the AK47 because of their similarity in appearance (in fact, this has become a common practice), it is important to note that the world's most widely produced AK is in fact the AKM.

The AK47 was developed and quickly became the standard weapon of the Soviet Army, but in the course of its development and use it suffered the following problems

The AK47 became the standard weapon of the Soviet Army soon after it was developed, but it suffered from high recoil and poor accuracy during its use, and Kalashnikov, the father of the AK, then led a research team to remodel it. 1954 saw the third improved version of the AK47, named the AKM, which was used by the Soviet Army until 1959.

The overall structure of the AKM followed the design of the AK47, but was optimized in some key points. Firstly, the AKM used a forged machine with a magazine, which reduced the weight of the gun from 4.3 kilograms to 3.15 kilograms. And on the receiver, the AKM also has a barrel knuckle bushing and a tailstock point welded on.

Unlike the AK47 gun locking in the magazine, the AKM gun locking in the barrel of the section sleeve; in the machine gun rail, the AKM using stamped parts, greatly reducing the production cost, it is also worth mentioning that in the AKM is equipped with a speed reducer to replace the AK-47's two hooked stopper in one of the two, once the gunshot frame is not pressed down to the safety stopper, the speed reducer is buckled to the hammer back, through its inertia to realize the hammer. back, through its inertia to realize the deceleration effect.

The Americans have studied the difference between the AK47 and the AKM, and have conducted separate shooting experiments, and have found by comparison that the AK-47 frame will jump back slightly after it is put in place near the realization of the lock. The result is that the AK47 will occasionally dud in continuous shooting, while tests on the AKM proved that it completely solves the above problem.

Through such improvements, the AKM is more portable, has fewer malfunctions, and has improved accuracy, allowing it to better adapt to the battlefield.The AKM can be roughly divided into two models, the first being the AKM with a fixed wooden stock, and the other being the AKMC with a metal folding stock. On this basis, there are also refined models adapted to different combat tasks.