Editing AK-47 (section)

== Production ==
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Manufacturing countries of AK-47 and its variants in alphabetical order.
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! Country !! Military variant(s)
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! Albania
| Automatiku Shqiptar 1978 model 56 (ASH-78 Tip-1) made at Poliçan Arsenal (copy of [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]] based on [[AKM]] rifle); model 56 Tip-2, copy of [[RPK]]; model 56 Tip-3 hybrid for multi-purpose roles with secondary rifle and grenade launcher capability; 1982 model (ASH-82) copy of [[AKMS]]. Several other versions of the AKMS have been produced mainly with short barrels similar to Soviet [[AK-74|AKS-74U]] for special forces, tank & armoured crew and for helicopter pilots and police. There have also been modified ASh-82 ([[AKMS]]) with [[SOPMOD]] accessories, mainly for Albania's special forces [[RENEA]] & exports.<ref name=alb>{{cite web |url=http://aftermathgunclub.com/2015/04/20/albanian-small-arms/ |title=Albanian Small Arms |author=Ethan M. |date=20 April 2015 |website=Aftermath Gun Club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014034429/http://aftermathgunclub.com/2015/04/20/albanian-small-arms/ |archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>
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! Armenia
| [[K-3 (rifle)|K-3]] (bullpup, [[5.45×39mm]])
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! Azerbaijan
| Khazri (AK-74M)<ref name="Azerbaijan">{{cite web |script-title=ru:Азербайджан приступил к серийному производству автоматов АК-74М по российской лицензии |trans-title=Azerbaijan began serial production of AK-74M rifles under Russian license |language=ru |date=8 July 2011 |work=ЦАМТО |publisher=Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade |location=Moscow |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2011/0708/10108803/detail.shtml |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922064227/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2011/0708/10108803/detail.shtml |archive-date=22 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Bangladesh
| Chinese [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]
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! Bulgaria
| AKK/AKKS (Type 3 AK-47/w. side-folding buttstock); AKKMS (AKMS), AKKN-47 (fittings for NPSU night sights); AK-47M1 (Type 3 with black polymer furniture); [[AR-M1|AK-47MA1/AR-M1]] (same as -M1, but in 5.56mm NATO); AKS-47M1 (AKMS in [[5.56×45mm NATO]]); AKS-47S (AK-47M1, short version, with East German folding stock, laser aiming device); AKS-47UF (short version of -M1, Russian folding stock), AR-SF (same as −47UF, but 5.56mm NATO); AKS-93SM6 (similar to −47M1, cannot use grenade launcher); and RKKS (RPK), AKT-47 (.22 rimfire training rifle)
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! Cambodia
| Chinese [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]], Soviet AK-47, and [[AKM]]
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! China
| [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]
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! Colombia
| [[Galil ACE]], [[Galil Córdova]]
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! Croatia
| [[APS-95]]
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! Cuba
| AKM{{r|variants}}
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! [[East Germany]]{{r|MPi-AK}}
| MPi-K/MPi-KS (AK-47/AKS); MPi-KM (AKM; wooden and plastic stock), MPi-KMS-72 (side-folding stock), MPi-KMS-K (carbine); MPi-AK-74N (AK-74), MPi-AKS-74N (side-folding stock), MPi-AKS-74NK (carbine); KK-MPi Mod.69 ([[.22 Long Rifle|.22 LR]] select-fire trainer){{r|MPi-AK}}
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! Egypt
| AK-47, [[Misr rifle]] (AKMS), Maadi ARM (AKM)
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! Ethiopia
| AK-47, [[AK-103]] (manufactured locally at the State-run ''[[Gafat Armament Engineering Complex]]'' as the Et-97/1){{r|Et-97/1}}
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! Finland
| [[Rk 62]], [[Valmet M76]] (other names Rk 62 76, M62/76), [[Valmet M78]] (light machine gun), [[Rk 95 Tp]]
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! Hungary
| AK-55 (domestic manufacture of the 2nd Model AK-47); AKM-63 (also known as AMD-63 in the US; modernized AK-55), [[AMD-65]]M (modernized AKM-63, shorter barrel and side-folding stock), [[AMP-69]] (rifle grenade launcher); [[AK-63]]F/D (other name AMM/AMMSz), AK-63MF (modernized); NGM-81 ([[5.56×45mm NATO]]; fixed and under-folding stock){{r|Hungary}}
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! India
| [[INSAS]] (fixed and side-folding stock), [[INSAS#Variant & Developments|KALANTAK]] (carbine), [[INSAS#Variant & Developments|INSAS light machine gun]] (fixed and side-folding stock), a local unlicensed version with carbon fibre furniture designated as AK-7;{{r|India}} and Trichy Rifle 7.62&nbsp;mm manufactured by [[Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli]] of [[Ordnance Factories Board]]<ref name="Ordnance Factories Board" />
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! Iran
| KLS/KLF (AK-47/AKS), KLT (AKMS)
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! Iraq
| [[Tabuk Sniper Rifle]], Tabuk Rifle (with fixed or underfolding stock, outright clones of Yugoslavian M70 rifles series), Tabuk Short Rifle (carbine)
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! Israel
| [[IMI Galil]]: AR (battle rifle), ARM (rifle/light machine gun), SAR (carbine), MAR (compact carbine), Sniper (sniper rifle), SR-99 (sniper rifle); and [[Galil ACE]]
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! Italy
| Bernardelli VB-STD/VB-SR (Galil AR/SAR){{r|Bernardelli}}
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! Nigeria
| Produced by [[Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria|DICON]] as OBJ-006<ref name="People's Daily Nigeria" /><ref name="DICON" />
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! North Korea
| [[Type 58 assault rifle|Type 58]]A/B (Type 3 AK-47/w. stamped steel folding stock), Type 68A/B (AKM/AKMS), Type 88A/B-2 (AK-74/AKS-74/w. top folding stock)<ref name="Weapon" /><ref name="North Korea" />
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! Pakistan
| [[Reverse Engineering|Reverse engineered]] by hand and machine in Pakistan's highland areas (see [[Khyber Pass Copy]]) near the border of Afghanistan; more recently the [[Pakistan Ordnance Factories]] started the manufacture of an AK-47/AKM clone called PK-10<ref name="Pakistan" />
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! Poland
| PmK (kbk AK) / PmKS (kbk AKS), Kalashnikov SMG name change to Kbk AK, Kalashnikov Carbine in 1960s, (AK-47/AKS); [[kbkg wz. 1960]] (rifle grenade launcher), kbkg wz. 1960/72 (modernized); kbk AKM / kbk AKMS (AKM/AKMS); [[kbk wz. 1988 Tantal]] ([[5.45×39mm]]), [[skbk wz. 1989 Onyks]] (compact carbine); [[kbs wz. 1996 Beryl]] ([[5.56×45mm NATO|5.56×45mm]]), [[kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl]] (compact carbine){{r|Poland}}
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! Romania
| [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965|PM md. 63/65]] (AKM/AKMS), [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965#PM md. 80|PM md. 80]], [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965#PM md. 90|PM md. 90]], collectively exported under the umbrella name AIM or AIMS; [[PA md. 86]] (AK-74) exported as the AIMS-74; PM md. 90 short barrel, PA md. 86 short barrel exported as the AIMR; [[PSL (rifle)|PSL]] (designated marksman rifle; other names PSL-54C, Romak III, FPK and SSG-97)
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! South Africa
| [[R4 rifle]], [[Truvelo Raptor]], [[Vektor CR-21]] (bullpup)
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! Sudan
| MAZ (based on the [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]){{r|MAZ}}
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! Türkiye
| SAR 15T,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sarsilmaz.com/en/product/sar-15t |title=SAR 15T |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website= www.sarsilmaz.com |publisher= [[Sarsılmaz Arms]] |access-date=7 November 2024 |quote=Manufacturer Website}}</ref> SAR 308<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sarsilmaz.com/en/product/sar-308 |title=SAR 308 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website= www.sarsilmaz.com |publisher= [[Sarsılmaz Arms]] |access-date=7 November 2024 |quote=Manufacturer Website}}</ref>
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! Ukraine
| [[Vepr]] (bullpup, [[5.45×39mm]]), Malyuk (bullpup)<ref name="Malyuk" />
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! United States
| Century Arms: C39 (AK-47 var.), RAS47 (AKM var.), and C39v2 (AK-47 var.), InterOrdnance: AKM247 (AKM var.) M214 (pistol), Palmetto State Armory: PSAK-47 (AKM var.), Arsenal Inc: SA M-7 (AK-47 var.), Destructive Devices Industries: DDI 47S (AKM var.) DDI 47M (AK-47 var), Rifle Dynamics: RD700 and other custom build AK / AKM guns
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! Vietnam
| AKM-1 (AKM), TUL-1 (RPK), Galil Ace 31/32, [[STV rifle]]
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! Venezuela
| License granted, factory under construction<ref name="Venezuela" />
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! [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]/[[Serbia]]
| M64, [[Zastava M70 assault rifle|M70]], [[Zastava M72|M72]], [[Zastava M76|M76]], [[Zastava M77|M77]], [[Zastava M80|M80]], [[Zastava M82|M82]], [[Zastava M85|M85]], [[Zastava M90|M90]], [[Zastava M91|M91]], [[Zastava M92|M92]], [[Zastava M99|M99]], [[Zastava M21|M21]]
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A private company [[Kalashnikov Concern]] (formerly Izhmash) from Russia has repeatedly claimed that the majority of foreign manufacturers are producing AK-type rifles without proper [[license|licensing]].<ref name="licensing-1" /><ref name="licensing-2" />