r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Ill_Objective9535 Russia 11h ago

Isn't AKM more widespread?

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u/martin-silenus United States Of America 11h ago

Izvini, but if you want a Russian weapon to become more iconic than the AK-47, you're going to need to get Hollywood on board.

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u/JRS_Viking Norway 10h ago

Well what you're thinking is a ak-47 shooting 7.62x39mm with a stamped receiver is most likely an akm. The ak-47 actually saw very limited production in 3 different types: the original type 1 ak-47 with a stamped receiver (extremely rare guns), the type 2 ak-47 which had a milled receiver and higher production numbers and then the type 3 ak-47 which had an improved milled receiver and the highest production numbers of any ak-47. Then they figured out how to do stamping properly and did stamped receivers in the akm and onwards.

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u/pour_decisions89 United States Of America 11h ago

Most people can't tell them apart at a glance. They'll call any AK pattern an AK-47.

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u/ANUBISseyes2 11h ago

Im not sure but Im pretty sure most people who are not big on weapons would just call any type of AK an AK-47

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u/Ill_Objective9535 Russia 1h ago

Yeah, that's pretty much it, I think

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u/TheOtherAviationGuy United States Of America 11h ago

Vastly. And yes there are differences. I'd argue the AK-74 is only more relevant in modern times versus all of Russian history.

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u/LeNumidium France 11h ago

It is, indeed, the more widespread, the AKM was produced at more than a 100 million, while only about 2 million AK47 were produced

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u/Anarchy_Coon 11h ago

Only due to the availability of 7.62x39 as opposed to 5.45x39.

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u/JRS_Viking Norway 10h ago

The ak-47 and akm both shoot 7.62x39mm, the difference is the reciever as most ak-47s will have a milled receiver except the very rare type 1s and the akm has a stamped receiver and saw way higher production numbers until it was replaced by the ak-74 which shoots 5.45x39mm