AK-47

The AK-47 and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

NOTE: Please keep in mind that while "AK-47" is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called "AK-47s" in movies are actually derivatives of the AKM, which features a stamped receiver and many improvements. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is an AK-47 and not an AKM. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM, since the old AK-47 has not been in production for many, many years and is no longer as common in the real world - or Hollywood's rental armories - as its successor.

Original AK-47 design, hybrid stamped/milled receiver; 7.62x39mm.

Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm.

Specifications

Type: Assault Rifle

Caliber: 7.62x39mm

Capacity: 30 rounds

Fire Modes: Safe - Auto - Semi

AK-47

Film

• Colombian terrorists in Toy Soldiers

• N.V.A. soldiers in We Were Soldiers

• R.U.F. rebels, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond

• Hijackers,Terrorists in Delta Force

• Việt Cộng fighters in Apocalypse Now

• Việt Cộng fighters in Jarhead (footage taken from Apocalypse Now)

• Việt Cộng fighters in A Better Tomorrow III

• Waise Lee as Little Wing in Bullet in the Head

• P.L.O.Terrorists, Ugandan Army soldiers, Israeli Commando in Raid On Entebbe

• Soviet soldiers in Rocky IV

Television

• Somali militiamen in Seven Days (episode "The Fire Last Time")

Anime

• Trigun

Video Games

• BLACK

• The World Is Not Enough (as the "Soviet KA-57")

• Grand Theft Auto 3

• Grand Theft Auto IV

• Half-Life: Counter-strike - HL: CS Condition Zero

• Soldier of Fortune: Payback

• Operation Flashpoint

• Kill.Switch

• Counter Strike: Source

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Back to Baghdad

• SOCOM: Combined Assault

AKS-47U

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AKS-47U 7.62x39mm with folded stock

Film

• Claire Danes as Katherine Brewster and Nick Stahl as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

• Art Malik in True Lies.

AKM

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm

Maadi ARM - most of the AKMs seen in movies during the 1980s were imported ARMs that were legally converted to full auto fire. This image is of an actual movie gun. The laminated buttstock was replaced with a hardwood one when the original stock was broken during a stunt - 7.62x39mm

Film

• Soviet soldiers and the "Wolverines" in Red Dawn

• A terrorist in The Siege

• Reynaldo A. Gallegos as Tito Vargas in Bad Boys II

• Crimson Jihad terrorists and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies

• Tommy Lee Jones in The Park is Mine (with two magazines taped together 'jungle style', loaded with blanks and live rounds)

• Serbian soldiers and Owen Wilson as Lt. Chris Burnett in Behind Enemy Lines

• Guerrillas in Predator

• Libyan terrorists in Back to the Future

• Afghan Mujahideen in The Beast of War

• Cuban Army soliders in Bad Boys II

• Colombian drug cartel henchmen in XXX

• Clint Eastwood and various Cuban Soldiers in Heartbreak Ridge

• Mel Gibson as Detective Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon 4

• Crimson Jihad terrorists in True Lies

• IRA terrorists in Patriot Games

• A cartel member in A Man Apart

• Arcadia 234 inhabitants in Soldier (including one with an Dragunov-esque stock)

• Escobedo's men in Clear and Present Danger

• Nigerian rebels in Tears of the Sun

• Lycans in Underworld

• Jong Soo Park as Tran Chan Dinh in The Park is Mine

• Iraqi soldiers, Shiite refugees, and the main protagonists of Three Kings

• Bank robbers and gang members in S.W.A.T. (including two fitted with high-capacity drum magazines)

Television

• Abu Fayed's men in 24

• Iraqi insurgents and soldiers in Over There

• Rebels in a parallel universe in Doctor Who

• Terrorists in The Unit

• Carl Ciarfalio as Hank Connors in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode "Leapin' Lizards")

Video Games

• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

AKMS

AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock. The AKMS nomenclature also indicates that the rifle is not a milled receiver variant and has the AKM style of gas block, top cover, barrel assembly, front sight, and appropriate forearm furniture.

Film

• U.S. Navy SEALs in Navy SEALs

• Soviet soldiers in The Beast of War

• Colombian terrorists in Toy Soldiers

• A bank robber in S.W.A.T.

Television

• Kiefer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer in 24

AKMSU

Chopped and shortened AKMS underfolder, made to resemble the AKS-74U except that it is still a 7.62x39mm gun.

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AKMSU 7.62x39mm with thumbhole foregrip

Film

• Haitian gang members in Bad Boys II

• A Cartel member in A Man Apart

• Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled

• Bodyguards in Ronin

Television

• CSI: Miami

Norinco Type 56

Norinco Type 56 with under-folding bayonet - 7.62x39mm

Norinco Type 56-1 (folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm

The Chinese Type 56 (manufactured by China North Industries Corporation, or Norinco) is by far the most commonly-seen AK variant in Hollywood productions, both film and television. They are frequently seen impersonating Russian weapons in many films, since the Russians never sold a civilian AK model in the U.S. (or Europe) during the latter half of the 20th century. Most of the movie prop rental houses in Hollywood had dozens if not hundreds of Chinese AKs - mostly the Type 84s (.223 version) or Type 56s. These were usually semi-automatic civilian versions (commonly designated "AK47S" or "AKS47" by the importers), in some cases converted to full-auto by Class III manufacturers.

There are three main variants of the Type 56 - the standard Type 56, which has a fixed stock, the Type 56-1, which has an under-folding stock, and the Type 56-2, which has a side-folding stock. Most fixed-stock Type 56 rifles have an under-folding spike bayonet, known as the "pig sticker"; this rifle is often seen in movies about the Vietnam War, and is correct for NVA throughout most of the conflict. The easiest way to tell when an AK-type rifle seen in a movie or TV show is a Chinese Type 56 is by looking at the front sight; Chinese AKs have a distinctive "hood" over the front sight that no other AKs (including those made in Russia) have.

Film

• Numerous N.V.A. and V.C. soldiers and fighters in Platoon

• Russian soldiers in Goldeneye (made to look like AKS-74s)

• Danny Trejo as Trejo in Heat

• Isla Los Organos guards and North Korean soldiers in Die Another Day

• R.U.F. rebels, government soldiers, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond

• Somali militiamen in Black Hawk Down

• Numerous characters including Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov in Lord of War

• Crackhead in Hot Fuzz

• Russian soldiers in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• Nomads in Flight of the Phoenix

Television

• One of Deke Quinlan's men, Leo Fitzpatrick as "Mr. Mouse", and Adam Cantor as Rocko in The Kill Point

• Derek Thompson as Billy Downes in Harry's Game