AKM
| Factions | Weapon | Icon | Classes | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 VC |
 AKM |
 |
 Assault |
30+1 / 90 |
| Damage Base | Headshot × | Chest × | Stomach × | Leg × | Arm × | Bayonet | Rifle Grenades | Reload Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Empty | ||||||||
| 38 | ×2.52 = 95.76 | ×1.2 = 45.6 | ×1.15 = 1.15 | ×0.8 = 30.4 | ×0.75 = 28.5 | YES | NO | 2.433 Seconds | 3.2 Seconds |
| Designation | Weapon Type | Fire Modes | Fire Rate | Bullet Spread ° | Range Modifier | Muzzle Velocity | Projectile weight | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKM | Assault Rifle | Auto+Semi | 600 RPM | 7.47° & 1.35° ADS | 0.940 | 715 m/s | 7.9 g (121.9 gr) | 3.1 kg (6.8 lbs) |
| Full name | Caliber | Place of Origin | Date | Manufacturer | Barrel Length | Total Length | Weapon Script Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle Modernised | 7.62x39mm | Soviet Union | 1959 | Many | 16.3 in (415 mm) | 34.6 in (880 mm) | weapon_akm |
The AKM (Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy) is a Soviet 7.62×39mm assault rifle introduced as a modernized successor to the AK-47. It is best known for maintaining the Kalashnikov family’s reliability while improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing weight. In Military Conflict: Vietnam, it is a Viet Cong assault-class primary weapon; the tables above list its in-game values pulled directly from the weapon script.
HISTORY
The AKM was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s by Mikhail T. Kalashnikov as an update to the AK-47 design. It was adopted by the Soviet armed forces in 1959 and is widely associated with improved mass-production methods, including a stamped receiver and other refinements intended to reduce cost and improve handling in automatic fire.
During the Vietnam War, communist forces in Vietnam made heavy use of Kalashnikov-pattern rifles through support from the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, alongside other small arms already in circulation. Chinese Type 56 rifles (AK-pattern copies) are well documented among Viet Cong weapons, and Western forces also encountered and captured Kalashnikov-family derivatives in-theater (including weapons based on the AKM pattern).
Sources
- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30029524 AKM | Imperial War Museums
- https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/vietnam-war/vietnam-equipment Vietnam Equipment (AK-47 section) | Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C966629 Chicom Type 56 Assault Rifle : Viet Cong | Australian War Memorial
- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30030077 Hungarian AMD-65 carbine (AKM development; captured in Vietnam) | Imperial War Museums
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AKM rifle (museum photo). -
Soviet troops carrying AKM-pattern rifles.
