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.
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.
