Technical ideas realized in AK-47 were so successful for the time that even Danish engineers implemented them in their firearms. ... Germany's G3, Belgium's FN FAL and others. ...

The G3 was nearly all metal while the AK-47 was just under 50 per cent wooden in its parts. The AK-47, although the most commonly used rifle in the developing world, is not particularly accurate.

While the AK was lighter than the FN FAL and G3 rifles that came out around the same time it did, the American M16 was far lighter than the AK. On the other hand, the PKM is one of the lightest ...

Chinese AK In the mid-1950s even the Chinese army started using AKs. Yet manufacturers created their own version of the AK-47 that can still be found today on weapon markets around the globe.