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The AK-47 can also mount a (rarely used) cup-type grenade launcher, the Kalashnikov grenade launcher that fires standard RGD-5 Soviet hand grenades. The maximum effective range is approximately 150 meters. [69] This launcher can also be used to launch tear gas and riot control grenades.
Note *: The effective range of a firearm is the maximum distance at which a weapon may be expected to be accurate and achieve the desired effect. [168] Note **: The horizontal range is the distance traveled by a bullet, fired from the rifle at a height of 1.6 meters and 0° elevation until the bullet hits the ground. [169]
Therefore, 500 m (550 yd) is considered the maximum effective range, even though the rifle is accurate at much greater ranges". ... 7.62×39mm cartridge of the AK-47 ...
The AK-47 can mount the Kalashnikov cup-type grenade-launcher that uses standard Soviet RGD-5 hand-grenades. The soup-can shaped launcher is screwed onto an AK-47's muzzle. [23] The maximum effective range is approximately 150 m (490 ft). [24] The M16 has a similar device used to launch tear-gas hand-grenades. [25]
The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns.
AK-47 (1949) 7.62×39mm ... riles to take advantage of the effective range and accuracy potential compared ... 12 mentions an approximate maximum range of 3,820-metre ...
AK-74 rifle Kalashnikov rifle family: AK-47, AK-74 and AK-12 (left) as well as rare OTs-14, AN-94, and AEK-971 The AK-74 assault rifle was a Soviet answer to the U.S. M16. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] The Soviet military realized that the M16 had better range and accuracy over the AKM, and that its lighter cartridge allowed soldiers to carry more ...
The soup-can shaped launcher is screwed onto the AK-47's muzzle. [6] ... The maximum effective range is approximately 150 metres (492 ft). [7] URG-N.