Editing AK-47 (section)

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File:AK 1 and 2 model.jpg|An AK-47 Type 1 (top) and 2 (bottom) on display. The Type 1 features a stamped receiver while the Type 2 receiver is milled.
File:MP Inspects Captured AK-47 Vietnam.jpg|A [[United States Army|US Army]] [[Military police|MP]] inspects a Chinese AK-47 recovered in Vietnam, 1968
File:ASC Leiden - Coutinho Collection - G 24 - Life in Ziguinchor, Senegal - Carrying weapons to Hermangono, Guinea-Bissau - 1973.tif|AK-47s of the [[PAIGC]]-liberation movement, ready to be transported from Senegal to Guinea-Bissau, 1973
File:Evstafiev-spetsnaz-prepare-for-mission.jpg|A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Spetsnaz]] (special operations) group prepares for a mission in [[Afghanistan]], 1988
File:Mortar attack on Shigal Tarna garrison, Kunar Province, 87.jpg|During the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] in the 1980s, several sources simultaneously armed both sides of the Afghan conflict, filling the country with AK-47s and their derivatives.<ref name="most abundant" />
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