Childhood and youth

For some time, Vitya went to a music school for a piano class, but after studying there for 5 years, he never finished it. After the 11th grade, a guy who had shown an interest in computer science since childhood, entered a programmer, but was expelled from the second year, having failed in higher mathematics.

Creative way

The friends named the collective in honor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle "AK-47", and the rappers themselves began to perform under the pseudonyms Vitya AK and Maxim AK. The first studio recordings appeared, a duet with rapper Noggano (“Let's make a wider circle”) and the first hit “Ale, this is Pakistan”.

The full-fledged debut album "Berezovskiy", recorded at Bustazz Records, was released only in 2009. But the disc became one of the most impressive releases of that year and brought the musicians the "Russian Street" award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination.

In their lyrics, the musicians mentioned prohibited substances, problems with the law and other topics that their peers knew firsthand. Soon, the team delighted fans with a number of uncomplicated clips filmed on an amateur camera, which, nevertheless, quickly gained popularity on the network.

In March 2010 the second album of the group "MegaPolice" was released. Guf, Noggano, Coupe, Aik Smoke and others have noted guest verses on the tracks. The album turned out to be not so successful, but it was still warmly received by the audience. In the rap crowd, they began to say that the influence of Vasily Vakulenko (Bast), who actively assisted the guys in recording albums, spoiled the original style of provincial musicians. Nevertheless, the video for their joint song "To Those Who Are With Us" blew up the Internet, gaining more than 20 million views.

Noggano ft. Guf & AK-47 - To Those Who Are With Us

In 2010-2011, Vitya released two solo albums "Two in One" and "2B12" (together with the musician Tip), and in 2012 Gostyukhin's "Fat" record was released on the Gazgolder label, the songs from which were to the liking of fans of this musical genre ... The rappers Guf, Triagrutrika, Market Relations, Basta and Maxim AK (in 9 of 17 songs) took part in the recording of the album.

In 2011, the media was full of news that Yevgeny Roizman, head of the City Without Drugs Foundation (and since 2013 - the mayor of Yekaterinburg), sent two letters to the Office of the Federal Service for Drug Control of the Russian Federation with a request to ban the AK -47 ". Roizman said that musicians propagandize drugs with their work and urge young people to lead an unhealthy lifestyle.

In response to this news, a giant poster depicting musicians was removed in Berezovsky, which hung on the facade of a five-story building. Later, a representative of the group explained that rappers only promote hip-hop culture, and that such actions distract the team from creativity.

AK-47 ft. Joseph Kobzon - Remember me

In 2015, "AK-47" released the album "Third", the sound of which was described by critics as "pleasant disorderly relaxation." The album reached # 1 on iTunes' best-selling albums 3 days after release. A year later, the musicians presented a joint album with the Triagrutrika collective - TGK / AK-47.

Soon it became known that "AK-47" no longer work with the Gazgolder label - their contract has come to an end. Basta said that the cooperation will continue, but now the musicians must assume all the administrative obligations.

In 2017, Vitya released several successful singles "How did you dance" and "Whore in a fur coat", which became a diss on Big Russian Boss "a after numerous jokes from the latter. In October, the group" AK-47 "delighted fans with their fourth album" New ”, which included 12 compositions with the participation of musicians Baller, Tip and Yamych.

Vitya AK - How did you dance

Personal life of Viti AK

The musician has a recognizable image: he is rather short (160 cm), always hiding his eyes behind sunglasses. Vitya AK has a tattoo on his back - a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

Vitya AK now

In the wake of popularity, Vitya was invited to record a humorous song with Ivan Urgant "For the winter feed", which became a parody of the track "Azino777". In the video, in which Alexander Gudkov also appeared, the musician told in detail how to feed the birds (by analogy with the theme of the original video “how to raise the dough”). The clip was presented in December 2017 in the program "Evening Urgant". Note that the video contained too many hints of drug use, at least for Channel One.

In March 2018, Vitya recorded the song "Hityara" for the new season of the popular TV series "Real Boys", in which the rapper again used his now catchphrase "how to raise the dough?", And also appeared on the show Big Russian Boss, where he competed with the host in culinary skills.

Vitya AK-47 feat "Real Boys" - Khityara

In the same month, Vitya could be seen in the show “Once Upon a Time in Russia” (TNT) - in a sketch the performer faked his own death in order to increase album sales and “hyip a little bit”. This sketch is a reference to the news of the death of the musician, which has been periodically circulating on the network since 2011.

Childhood and adolescence I welcome guests and regular readers of the site site... So, the rap artist Vitaly Gostyukhin, better known as Vitya AK-47, was born on August 30, 1987 in the city of Berezovsky, in the Sverdlovsk region. It is from this place that the biography of the future artist begins. Already in childhood, Victor felt a predisposition to picking rhymes and writing poems of his own composition about school and teachers. Having dealt with the musical programs, our hero began to write down his developments and overlay various rap instrumentals on them. In the school environment, Gostyukhin became famous under the pseudonym MC Vinograd. On the bus, on the way from Novoberezovsk to Yekaterinburg, Vitya met Maxim Brylin, who at that time was a member of the local group "Nepali". The guys got to talking, quickly found a common language because of the same passion for rap. Max invited Victor to sign up with his team, and he agreed. After a while, Brylin decided to leave the "Nepali" and start a joint work with Vitya.

Musical career

AK-47 - U Shchet (2008)

Gradually, AK-47 actively attracted new listeners to their music and could already afford to give small tours. Soon they were offered to work together by the owner of the recording studio "Bustazz Records" Vasily Vakulenko, better known as.

Noggano ft. AK-47 - Inserts Unreal (2009)

The performers began a close collaboration with the Gazgolder label, and in the fall of 2009 the debut album of 16 tracks "Berezovskiy", named after the band's hometown, premiered. Solnik became one of the noisiest releases of that year and brought the guys the "Russian Street" award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination. In March 2010, the second disc of the "MegaPolice" group went on sale. In the collection, consisting of 21 songs, guest verses were noted: Kupe, Hayk Dym, Dead Vasil, Vostochny Okrug and Volodya Former. Films have been released on several tracks.

Although this album did not make a splash as the first, it still became very successful and received good reviews from listeners. Critics have suggested that the influence of Vasily Basta is killing the original style of the provincial guys. However, their joint work "To Those Who Are With Us" became a real hit on the Internet and for all the time it has gained more than 20 million views.

In parallel, Vitya AK is also engaged in solo work. So, in the period from 2010-2011 he presented the collections "2in1" and "2in1 2". And in the summer of 2012, the young man released a full-fledged solo album of 17 songs called "Fat", in which, in addition to old acquaintances, such artists as: Market relations and Triagrutrika appeared.

Vitya AK - Me and You (2012)

Earlier, accusations of drug propaganda rained down on the collective, the initiator of the conflict was the head of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman, who wrote a letter to the Federal Drug Control Service asking to ban the group's activities. One of the representatives of AK-47 replied that the team does not trade like this, and the stage image does not correspond to reality. In April 2014, the premiere screening of the film "Gas Holder" took place, in which Vitya played the role of himself along with all the members of the label of the same name: from QP to Basta. The joint work of Gostyukhin and Iosif Kobzon "Remember Me" was also presented here, which became one of the soundtracks of the film.

AK-47 ft. Joseph Kobzon - Remember Me (2014)

On June 16, 2015, after a long lull, the band released a 17-track release titled "The Third". The solo album, the sound of which became more calm and relaxed, received good feedback from fans and critics.

In the summer of 2016, a joint album of 15 songs from two Ural groups - Triagrutrik and AK-47 was presented. In the autumn of the same year, it became known that the band's contract with the Gazgolder label had come to an end, so the guys set out on a free voyage.

TGK / AK-47 - Dangerous Area (2016)

In August 2017, Vitya released a diss on, thereby accepting his long-standing challenge to the verbal competition "Versus Battle".

On the 6th of October, the fourth album of the group, entitled "New", was presented. In the solo album of 12 compositions, 3 artists from the side appeared: Baller, Tip and Yamych.

Personal life

Azino Three Axes

AK-47 - Azino777 (2017)

In the wake of the popularity of "Azino Three Axes", Viktor was invited to one of the episodes of the "Show" program, where the guy told Lev Shahinyan how to raise the dough in the "Meme Exchange" section. In December, Gostyukhin starred in a parody of this song together with Alexander Gudkov and as part of the program "Evening Urgant". In a humorous work, Vitya, together with a popular TV presenter, gave advice on how to properly feed the birds in winter.

Music Studio of Alexander Gudkov & Vitya AK-47 - Tips on how to properly feed the birds in winter (2017)

Vitya AK now

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Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-47, produced in 1947-1949, in the documents of those years had the designation "AK-47", later replaced by "AK"

Kalashnikov AK assault rifle, 1949-1954

Kalashnikov AK assault rifle, 1954-1959

Kalashnikov assault rifles AKS (assault rifle with folding stock)

Kalashnikov assault rifle AKS, 1954-1959

Before proceeding to the history of the creation of the Kalashnikov assault rifle and a description of its design, one should decide on some points of terminology. With regard to the AK, the most technically correct term would be "automatic carbine", that is, an automatic rifle with reduced weight and dimensions. Or the term "assault rifle" (German Sturmgewehr or English Assault rifle), introduced by Adolf Hitler as the name of the automatic rifle of the Henel company, designed by Hugo Schmeisser, which was later given the designation Stg.44. The term "assault rifle" had a propagandistic meaning, nevertheless, it became widespread throughout the world in relation to all individual small arms automatic weapons chambered for an intermediate cartridge. The term "automatic", introduced in the USSR and used to designate the Fedorov automatic rifle and even the PPSh-41 submachine gun, is in circulation only in the Russian Federation and in the so-called "post-Soviet space". At the same time, along with the designation of weapons, in colloquial speech this term is applied to such electronic-mechanical devices as a coffee machine and a gaming machine, while the term "automatic carbine" corresponds much more accurately and describes a certain class of automatic weapons.

Development and putting into production (official version)

The decision to start design work on the creation of a new weapon-cartridge complex, the result of which was the adoption by the USSR of the automatic Kalashnikov carbine, was made on July 15, 1943 at a meeting of the Technical Council at the USSR People's Commissariat of Defense, based on the results of a study of the captured German MKb.42 automatic carbine ( H), which was the prototype of the future Stg.44, chambered for the world's first mass intermediate cartridge 7.92x33 and the American self-loading M1 Carbine carbine for 7.62x33.

The new model was supposed to conduct effective fire at ranges of about 400 meters and shoot an intermediate, between rifle and pistol in terms of power, cartridge, which exceeded the corresponding indicator of submachine guns and was not inferior to weapons for unnecessarily heavy, powerful and expensive rifle and machine gun ammunition. This allowed him to successfully replace the entire arsenal of individual small arms that was in service with the Red Army, which used pistol and rifle cartridges and included Shpagin and Sudaev submachine guns, Mosin's non-automatic rifle and several models of magazine carbines based on it, Tokarev's self-loading rifle, and machine guns of various systems.

The first samples of the new cartridge were created by OKB-44 just one month after the meeting, and its pilot production began in March 1944. It is noteworthy that neither domestic nor Western researchers found any real confirmation of the version that was circulating at one time, which read, that this cartridge was completely or partially copied from earlier German experimental developments (they called, in particular, the Geco cartridge of 7.62 × 38.5 mm caliber).

In November 1943, drawings and specifications for a new 7.62-mm intermediate cartridge designed by N.M. Elizarova and B.V. Syomin were sent to all organizations involved in the development of a new set of weapons. At this stage, it had a caliber of 7.62 × 41 mm, but was subsequently redesigned, and quite significantly, during which the caliber was changed to 7.62 × 39 mm.

The new complex of weapons for a single intermediate cartridge was supposed to include an assault rifle (automatic carbine), as well as self-loading (non-automatic) magazine carbines and a light machine gun. Subsequently, the development of a magazine carbine was discontinued due to the obvious obsolescence of the concept. However, the SKS self-loading carbine was produced for a short time (until the beginning of the 1950s) due to the relatively low manufacturability with lower combat qualities than the machine gun, and the Degtyarev RPD machine gun was subsequently (1961) replaced by another model, widely unified with a gun - RPK.

As for the development of the automatic carbine itself, it went through several stages and included a number of competitions in which a large number of systems of various designers participated. In 1944, according to the test results, the AS-44 designed by A.I. Sudaeva. It was finalized and released in a small series, military tests of which were carried out in the spring and summer of next year in the GSVG, as well as in a number of units on the territory of the USSR. Despite positive reviews, the army leadership demanded a reduction in the mass of weapons.

Sudaev's sudden death interrupted the further course of work on this model, so in 1946 another round of tests was carried out, in which, among others, Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov joined, who by that time had already created several rather interesting weapon designs - in particular, two pistols- machine gun, one of which had a very original system of braking a semi-free bolt, a light machine gun and a self-loading carbine powered from cartridge packs, which lost the Simonov carbine in the competition. In November of the same year, his project was approved for the manufacture of a prototype, and a month later, manufactured at an arms factory in the city of Kovrov, the first version of the experimental automatic Kalashnikov carbine, now sometimes conventionally designated as AK-46, along with samples of Bulkin and Dementyev, was submitted for testing ...

It is curious that this sample, developed in 1946, did not have many of the features of the future Kalashnikov assault rifle, which are often criticized in our time. The platoon handle was located on the left, not on the right, instead of the fuse-translator located on the right, there were separate flag fuses and a translator of types of fire, and the body of the firing mechanism was made folding down-forward on a hairpin. However, the military from the selection committee demanded to place the platoon handle on the right, since it (the AK platoon handle) located on the left, with some methods of carrying weapons or crawling across the battlefield, crawled against the shooter's body, and also to combine the fuse with the translator of types of fire into a single unit and place it on the right to completely rid the left side of the receiver of any tangible protrusions.

According to the results of the second round of the competition, the first automatic Kalashnikov carbine was declared unsuitable for further development. However, Kalashnikov was able to challenge this decision, having obtained permission to further fine-tune the AK-46, in which he was helped by his acquaintance with a number of commission members with whom he had served together since 1943, and received permission to refine the machine. For this purpose, he returned to Kovrov, where, together with the designer of the Kovrov Plant No. 2 A. Zaitsev, in the shortest possible time he developed an actually new automatic carbine, and by a number of signs it can be concluded that elements (including the device of key units) were widely used in its design, borrowed from other samples submitted for the competition or simply pre-existing samples.

So, the design of the bolt carrier with a rigidly attached gas piston, the general arrangement of the receiver and the placement of the return spring with a guide, the protrusion of which was used to lock the receiver cover, were copied from the experimental Bulkin assault rifle, which also participated in the competition; USM (with minor improvements), judging by the design, could have been "spied" on the Holek rifle (according to another version, it goes back to the development of John Browning, which was also used in the M1 Garand rifle; these versions, however, are not mutually exclusive), the lever of the safety-mode translator The fire, which also acts as a dust cover for the shutter window, was very similar to that of the Remington 8 rifle, and a similar "hanging" of the bolt group inside the receiver with minimal friction areas and large gaps was typical of the Sudaev assault rifle.

Although formally the terms of the competition, it was forbidden to familiarize the authors of the systems with the designs of competitors that participated in it and to make significant changes to the design of the samples presented (that is, theoretically, the commission could have prevented the new prototype of the Kalashnikov assault rifle from continuing to participate in the competition), nevertheless, this cannot be considered something then, going beyond the norms - firstly, when creating new weapon systems, "quotes" from other samples are generally not uncommon, and secondly, such borrowings in the USSR at that time were not only generally not prohibited, but were even encouraged , which is explained not only by the presence of specific ("socialist") patent legislation, but also by quite pragmatic considerations of adopting the best model for service in a constant lack of time with a very real military threat.

There is even an opinion that most of the changes and design decisions adopted by the Kalashnikov assault rifle were almost directly due to the commission put forward by the results of the earlier stages of the TTT competition (tactical and technical requirements) for the new weapon, that is, in fact, they were imposed as the most acceptable from them. the point of view of the military, which partly confirms the fact that the systems of Kalashnikov's competitors in their final versions used very similar design solutions.

It is also worth noting that borrowing successful solutions in itself cannot guarantee the success of the design as a whole, however, Kalashnikov and Zaitsev managed to create such a design, and in the shortest possible time, which in principle cannot be achieved by any compilation of ready-made assemblies and design solutions. Moreover, there is an opinion that copying successful and well-proven technical solutions is one of the conditions for creating any successful weapon model, in particular, allowing the designer not to “reinvent the wheel”.

According to some sources, in the development of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, the head of the research range of small arms and mortar weapons of the GAU (on which the AK-46 was "rejected") VF was also actively involved. Fierce, who later became the head of the 1947 proving grounds.

One way or another, in the winter of 1946-1947, for the next round of the competition, along with quite significantly improved, but not undergoing such radical changes, samples of Dementyev (KBP-520) and Bulkin (TKB-415), Kalashnikov presented an actually new design (KBP-580 ), which had little in common with the previous version.

As a result of the tests, it was found that not a single sample satisfies the tactical and technical requirements in full: the Kalashnikov assault rifle turned out to be the most reliable, but at the same time had an unsatisfactory accuracy of fire, and the TKB-415, on the contrary, met the requirements for accuracy, but had problems with reliability. Ultimately, the choice of the commission was made in favor of the Kalashnikov sample, and it was decided to postpone bringing its accuracy to the required values ​​for the future. Taking into account the current situation in the world at that time, such a decision looks quite justified, since it allowed the army to rearm in real time with modern and reliable, although not the most accurate, weapons, which was preferable to both a reliable and accurate sample, but unknown when. At the end of 1947, Mikhail Timofeevich was seconded to Izhevsk, where it was decided to start production of the AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle.

According to the results of military tests of the first batches released in mid-1948, in mid-1949, two versions of the Kalashnikov design were adopted for service under the designations "7.62-mm Kalashnikov assault rifle" and "7.62-mm Kalashnikov assault rifle with a folding stock" (abbreviated designations - AK-47 and AKS-47, respectively). Thus, the year of production of the AK-47 can be considered 1948. AKS (GRAU index - 56-A-212M) is a variant of the Kalashnikov assault rifle with a folding metal stock, intended for the airborne troops. Initially it was produced with a stamped receiver, and since 1951 - milled due to the high percentage of scrap during stamping.

One of the main problems faced by the developers during the deployment of the serial production of the Kalashnikov assault rifle was the stamping technology according to which the receiver was manufactured. The first releases of the AK-47 had a receiver made of a fairly large number of sheet forgings and parts milled from forgings.

The high percentage of scrap forced the switch to milling technology in 1953. At the same time, a number of measures made it possible not only to prevent an increase in the mass of the weapon, but also to reduce it relative to samples with a stamped receiver, therefore the new model of the AK-47 was designated as "Lightweight 7.62-mm Kalashnikov assault rifle (AK)". In addition to the modified receiver design, it was also distinguished by the presence of stiffening ribs on the magazines (early magazines had smooth walls), the ability to attach a bayonet (an early version of the weapon was adopted without a bayonet) and a number of other, smaller parts.

In subsequent years, the design of the Kalashnikov assault rifle was also continuously improved. The development team noted "low reliability, weapon failures when used in extreme climatic and extreme conditions, low accuracy of fire, insufficiently high operational characteristics" of serial samples of early models.

The appearance in the early 1950s of the TKB-517 assault rifle designed by German Korobov, which had less weight, better accuracy, and also cheaper, entailed the development of tactical and technical requirements for a new assault rifle (automatic carbine) and a light machine gun that was most unified with it. The corresponding competitive tests, for which Mikhail Timofeevich presented a modernized sample of an automatic carbine and a machine gun based on it, took place in 1957-1958. As a result, the commission gave its preference to the Kalashnikov models, as they were more reliable, as well as sufficiently familiar to the arms industry and the troops, and in 1959 the "7.62-mm modernized Kalashnikov assault rifle" (abbreviated as AKM) was adopted.

AKM (Modernized Kalashnikov Assault Rifle, GRAU Index - 6P1) - modernization of the AK-47, put into service in 1959. In the AKM, the aiming range has been increased to 1000 m, changes have been made to improve reliability and ease of use.

The receiver of the AKM is made stamped, due to which the mass of the weapon is reduced. The butt is raised up to bring the assault rifle stop point closer to the firing line. Changes have been made to the trigger mechanism - a trigger retarder has been added, due to which the trigger is released a few milliseconds later during automatic firing. This delay has practically no effect on the rate of fire, it only allows the bolt carrier to stabilize in the frontmost position before the next shot. The improvements had a positive effect on the accuracy, the vertical dispersion decreased especially strongly (by almost a third) compared to the AK-47 assault rifle.

The muzzle of the AKM barrel has a thread on which a removable muzzle compensator in the form of a petal (the so-called "tray compensator") is installed, designed to compensate for the "slip" of the aiming point up and to the right when firing bursts by using the pressure of the powder gases escaping from the barrel to the lower expansion joint protrusion. On the same thread, instead of the compensator, silencers PBS or PBS-1 can be installed, for the use of which it is necessary to use cartridges 7.62US with a subsonic muzzle velocity. Also on the AKM it became possible to install the GP-25 "Koster" grenade launcher.

AKMS (GRAU Index - 6P4) - AKM variant with a folding stock. The butt attachment system was changed relative to the AKS (folded down and forward, under the receiver). The modification is designed specifically for paratroopers. AKMN (6P1N) - option with a night sight. AKMSN (6P4N) - modification of AKMN with a folding metal stock.

In the 1970s, following the NATO countries, the USSR followed the path of transferring small arms to low-impulse cartridges with reduced-caliber bullets to facilitate wearable ammunition (for 8 magazines, a 5.45 mm cartridge gives a weight saving of 1.4 kg) and , as it was believed, the "excess" power of the 7.62-mm cartridge. In 1974, a complex of weapons chambered for 5.45 × 39 mm was adopted, consisting of an AK-74 and an RPK-74 light machine gun, and later (1979) supplemented by a small-sized AKS-74U, created for use in a niche Western armies were occupied with submachine guns, and in recent years - the so-called PDW. The production of AKM in the USSR was curtailed, but this sample remains in service to this day.

The first combat use of the AK-47

The first case of mass military use of the Kalashnikov assault rifle on the world stage occurred on November 1, 1956, during the suppression of the uprising in Hungary. Until that moment, the AK-47 assault rifle was in every possible way hiding from prying eyes: the soldiers wore it in special covers that hide the outlines, and after the firing, all the casings were carefully assembled. The AK-47 has proven itself well in urban combat.

Design and principle of operation of the AK-47

AK-47 consists of the following main parts and mechanisms: barrel with receiver, sights and butt; detachable receiver cover; bolt carrier with gas piston; gate; return mechanism; gas tube with a barrel pad; firing mechanism; forend; shop; bayonet. There are about 95 parts in the AK.

The principle of operation of the AK-47 automation is based on the use of the energy of powder gases discharged through the upper hole in the wall of the barrel, with a long working stroke of the gas piston. The barrel bore is locked by turning the bolt around the longitudinal axis clockwise by two radial lugs included in the special cutouts of the receiver, thereby locking the barrel before firing. The rotation of the bolt is ensured by the interaction of the protrusion on its body with a figured groove on the inner surface of the bolt carrier.

Barrel and receiver

The bore of the AK-47 has 4 grooves, curling left-up-right, the barrel was made of weapons-grade steel.

In the wall of the barrel, closer to its muzzle, there is a gas outlet. Near the muzzle, the base of the front sight is fixed on the barrel, and on the side of the breech, it has a chamber with smooth walls, designed to accommodate the cartridge when fired. The muzzle of the barrel has a left-hand thread for screwing on the sleeve when firing with blanks.

The barrel is fixed to the receiver immovably, without the possibility of quick change in the field.

The receiver is used to connect the parts and mechanisms of the AK-47 into a single structure, place the bolt group and set the nature of its movement, ensure that the bore is closed by the bolt and the bolt is locked; also a trigger mechanism is located inside it.

The receiver consists of two parts: the receiver itself and a detachable cover located on top that protects the mechanism from damage and contamination.

Inside, the receiver has four guides that set the movement of the bolt group - two upper and two lower. The lower left rail also has a reflective projection.

In the front part of the receiver there are cutouts for which the bolt is locked, the rear walls of which are thus lugs. The right combat stop also serves to guide the movement of the cartridge fed from the right row of the AK-47 magazine. On the left there is a part similar in purpose, which is not a combat stop.

The first batches of AK-47 had, in accordance with the assignment, a stamped receiver with a forged barrel liner. However, the available technology did not allow at that time to achieve the required rigidity, and the scrap rate was unacceptably high. As a result, in the serial production of the AK-47, cold stamping was initially replaced by milling a box from a solid forging, which caused an increase in the cost of weapons production. Subsequently, with the transition to AKM, technological issues were resolved, and the receiver again acquired a mixed design.

The massive all-steel receiver gives the weapon a high (especially in the early milled version) strength and reliability, especially in comparison with the fragile light-alloy receiver of weapons such as the American M16 rifle, but at the same time makes it heavier, making it difficult to upgrade.

Bolt group

It mainly consists of a bolt carrier with a gas piston, the bolt itself, an ejector and a striker.

The AK-47 bolt group is located in the receiver "suspended", moving along the guide protrusions in its upper part like on rails. This "hanging" position of the moving parts in the receiver with relatively large gaps ensures reliable operation of the system even with heavy dirt.

The bolt carrier serves to actuate the bolt and the firing mechanism. It is fixedly connected to the gas piston rod, which is directly affected by the pressure of the powder gases discharged from the barrel, which ensures the operation of the weapon's automation. The handle for reloading the weapon is located on the right and is made as a single unit with the bolt carrier.

The bolt has a nearly cylindrical shape and two massive lugs, which, when the bolt is turned, enter the special cutouts of the receiver, thereby locking the barrel bore for a shot. In addition, the bolt, with its longitudinal movement, feeds the next cartridge from the magazine before firing, for which there is a rammer protrusion in its lower part.

Also, an ejector mechanism is attached to the bolt, designed to remove a spent cartridge case or cartridge from the chamber in case of a misfire. It consists of an ejector, its axle, a spring and a stopper pin.

To return the bolt group to the extreme forward position, a return mechanism is used, consisting of a return spring and a guide, which, in turn, consists of a guide tube, a guide rod included in it, and a coupling. The rear stop of the return spring guide rod enters the groove of the receiver and serves as a latch for the stamped receiver cover.

The mass of the AK-47 moving parts is about 520 grams. Thanks to the powerful gas engine, they come to an extremely rearward position with a high speed of about 3.5-4 m / s, which in many respects ensures high reliability of the weapon's operation, but reduces the accuracy of the battle due to the strong concussion of the weapon and powerful blows of the moving parts in the extreme provisions. The moving parts of the AK-74 are lighter - the bolt carrier with the bolt assembly weighs 477 grams, of which 405 g falls on the bolt carrier and 72 g on the bolt. The shortened AKS-74U has the lightest moving parts in the AK family: its bolt carrier weighs about 370 grams (due to the shortening of the gas piston), and their combined mass with the bolt is about 440 grams.

Trigger mechanism

A hammer-type, with a trigger rotating on an axis and a U-shaped mainspring made of triple twisted wire.

The trigger mechanism of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle allows for continuous and single fire. A single swivel part performs the functions of a fire mode switch (translator) and a double-acting flag safety catch: in the safety position, it locks the trigger, the sear for a single and continuous fire and prevents the bolt carrier from moving backward, partially blocking the longitudinal groove between the receiver and its cover. In this case, the moving parts can be pulled back to check the chamber, but their stroke is not enough to send the next cartridge into the chamber.

All the parts of the automation and the firing mechanism are compactly assembled inside the receiver, which thus plays the role of both the receiver and the firing mechanism body.

The "classic" trigger of an AK-shaped weapon has three axes - for the self-timer, for the trigger and for the trigger. Civilian variants that do not fire in bursts usually do not have a self-timer axis.

Shop

AK magazine - box-type, sector-type, two-row, 30 rounds. Consists of body, stop plate, cover, spring and feeder.

AK-47 and AKM had magazines with stamped steel hulls. There were also plastic materials. Large taper of the 7.62 mm cartridge case mod. 1943 caused their unusually large bend, which became a characteristic feature of the appearance of the weapon. For the AK-74 family, a plastic store was introduced (initially polycarbonate, then glass-filled polyamide), only the bends ("sponges") in its upper part remained metal.

Stores of Kalashnikov assault rifles are distinguished by their high reliability of feeding cartridges, even when they are filled to the maximum. Thick metal "sponges" in the upper part of even plastic magazines provide a reliable feed and are very tenacious under rough handling - this design was subsequently copied by a number of foreign companies for their products.

In addition to the standard 30-cartridge magazines for the assault rifle, there are also machine-gun magazines, which, if necessary, can be used for firing from the assault rifle: for 40 (sector) or 75 (drum-type) cartridges of 7.62 mm caliber and 45 rounds of 5.45 mm. If we also take into account foreign-made stores created for various versions of the Kalashnikov system (including for the civilian weapons market), then the number of different options will be at least several dozen, with a capacity from 10 to 100 rounds.

The magazine attachment point is characterized by the absence of a developed neck - the magazine is simply inserted into the receiver window, engaging with a protrusion on its front edge, and is fixed with a latch.

Sighting device

The AK-47 sighting device consists of a sight and a front sight. The sight is a sector type, with the location of the aiming block in the middle of the weapon. The sight is graduated up to 800 m (starting with AKM - up to 1000 m) with a step of 100 m, in addition, it has a division marked with the letter "P", indicating a direct shot and corresponding to a range of 350 m. The rear sight is located on the sight grip and has a rectangular slot forms.

The front sight is located at the muzzle of the barrel, on a massive triangular base, the "wings" of which it is covered from the sides. While bringing the machine gun to normal combat, the front sight can be screwed / unscrewed to increase / decrease the midpoint of impact, and also moved left / right to deviate the midpoint of impact horizontally.

On some modifications of Kalashnikov assault rifles, if necessary, it is possible to install an optical or night sight on a side bracket.

Bayonet knife

The bayonet-knife is designed to defeat the enemy in close combat, for which it can adjoin the AK-47 assault rifle, or be used as a knife. The bayonet-knife is put on with a ring on the barrel sleeve, with projections attached to the gas chamber, and with a latch it engages with the ramrod stop. Opened from the weapon, the bayonet-knife is worn in a sheath on a waist belt.

Initially, a relatively long (200 mm blade) detachable blade-type bayonet-knife with two blades and a fuller was adopted for the AK-47.

When the AKM was adopted, a short (150 mm blade) detachable bayonet-knife (type 1) was introduced, which had expanded functionality in terms of household use. Instead of a second blade, he received a file, and in combination with a scabbard, it could be used to cut barbed wire barriers, including live ones. Also, the upper part of the handle is made of metal. The bayonet can be inserted into the scabbard ring and used as a hammer. There are two variants of this bayonet that differ mainly in the device.

A later version of the same bayonet (type 2) is used on weapons of the AK-74 family. The quality of the metal used in the bayonet is somewhat inferior to foreign counterparts of such well-known American companies as SOG, Cold Steel, Gerber.

Of the foreign variants, the Chinese clone of the AK-47 - Type 56 is notable for the use of a non-removable folding needle bayonet.

Belonging to AK-47

Designed for disassembly, assembly, cleaning and lubrication of the machine. Consists of a cleaning rod, a wiper, a brush, a screwdriver with a punch, a storage case and an oiler. The case and the lid of the case are used as auxiliary tools for cleaning and lubricating the weapon. It is stored in a special cavity inside the stock, except for models with a folding frame shoulder rest, in which it is carried in a magazine bag.

Accuracy of combat and effectiveness of fire

The accuracy of the battle was not originally the strong point of the AK-47. Already during the military tests of its prototypes, it was noted that with the highest of the reliability systems presented for the competition, the design of the Kalashnikov assault rifle did not provide the required accuracy (like all the presented designs to one degree or another). Thus, by this parameter, even by the standards of the mid-1940s, the AK-47 was clearly not an outstanding model. Nevertheless, reliability (in general, here reliability is a set of operational characteristics: reliability, shooting before failures, guaranteed resource, actual resource, resource of individual parts and assemblies, preservation, mechanical strength, etc., for which the AK-47 assault rifle, to By the way, the best and now) was recognized at that time as paramount, and it was decided to postpone the fine-tuning of the accuracy to the required parameters for the future.

Further weapon upgrades, such as the introduction of various muzzle compensators and the transition to a low-pulse cartridge, really positively influenced the accuracy (and accuracy) of firing from a machine gun. So, in AKM, the total median deviation at a distance of 800 m is already 64 cm (vertical) and 90 cm (in width), and in AK74 - 48 cm (vertical) and 64 cm (in width). The range of a direct shot at the chest figure is 350 m.

AK-47 allows you to hit the following targets with one bullet (for the best shooters, lying from a support, single fire):

head figure - 100 m;

waist figure and running figure - 300 m;

To hit a target of the "running figure" type at a distance of 800 m under the same conditions, when firing single fire - 4 rounds, when firing in short bursts - 9 rounds.

Naturally, these results were obtained during firing at the range, in conditions very different from real combat conditions (however, the test methodology was created by professional military people, which implies confidence in their conclusions).

Assembly and disassembly

Incomplete disassembly of the AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle is carried out for cleaning, lubrication and inspection in the following order:

• separating the store and checking the absence of a cartridge in the chamber;
• removing the pencil case with the accessory (for the AK-47 - from the butt, for the AKS - from the pocket of the bag for magazines);
• ramrod compartment;
• receiver cover compartment;
• extraction of the return mechanism;
• separation of the bolt carrier with the bolt;
• separation of the bolt from the bolt carrier;
• separation of the gas tube with a barrel pad.

Reassembly after incomplete disassembly is carried out in the reverse order.

Patent status

"Izhmash" calls all AK-like models produced outside Russia counterfeit, however, there is no data on the registration of copyright certificates by Kalashnikov for his machine gun: in the exposition of the Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms named after M. T. Kalashnikov (Izhevsk) there is some evidence issued to him in different years with the wording "for an invention in the field of military technology" without any accompanying documents to establish the presence or absence of their connection with the AK-47. Even if the copyright certificate for the AK-47 assault rifle was issued to Kalashnikov, it is worth noting that the terms of patent protection for the original design developed in the forties have long expired.

Some of the improvements introduced to the AK-74 and AK-100 series are protected by a 1997 Eurasian patent owned by the Izhmash company.

The differences from the base AK described in the patent include:

• folding stock with locks for the combat and traveling position;
• a gas piston rod installed in the bore of the bolt carrier using a thread with a gap;
• a nest for a pencil case with an accessory formed by stiffening ribs inside the butt and closed with a spring-loaded rotary lid;
• gas tube, spring-loaded relative to the sight block towards the muzzle;
• modified geometry of the transition from the field to the bottom of the rifling in the rifled part of the barrel.

Production and use of AK-47 outside Russia

The USSR government willingly supplied machine guns to everyone who, at least in words, declared their commitment to the "cause of socialism." As a result, in some third world countries, the AK-47 is cheaper than live chicken. It can be seen in bulletins from almost every hotspot in the world. The AK-47 is in service with the regular armies of more than fifty countries of the world, as well as many informal groups, including terrorist ones. In addition, “brotherly countries” such as Bulgaria, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, China, Poland, North Korea and Yugoslavia received licenses for the production of AK-47 free of charge.

In the 1950s, licenses for the production of AK-47 were transferred by the USSR to 18 countries (mainly the Warsaw Pact allies). At the same time, twelve more states launched the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles without a license. The number of countries in which the AK-47 was produced without a license in small batches, and even more artisanally, is not amenable to counting. By now, according to Rosoboronexport, the licenses of all the countries that previously received them have already expired, however, production continues. The Polish company "Bumar" and the Bulgarian company "Arsenal", which has now opened a branch in the United States and established the production of automatic machines, are especially actively producing clones of the Kalashnikov assault rifle. The production of AK-47 clones is deployed in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. According to very rough estimates, there are from 70 to 105 million copies of various modifications of Kalashnikov assault rifles in the world. They have been adopted by the armies of 55 countries of the world.

In some of the states that previously received licenses for the production of the AK-47, it was manufactured in a slightly modified form. So, in the AK modification, produced in Yugoslavia, Romania and some other countries, there was an additional pistol-type grip under the forend to hold the weapon. Other minor changes were also made - the bayonet mounts, forend and butt materials, and trim were changed. There are cases when two assault rifles were connected on a special home-made mount, and an installation was obtained, similar to double-barreled air defense machine guns. In the GDR, a training modification of the AK was produced under the 22LR cartridge. In addition, on the basis of the AK-47, many types of military weapons have been created - from carbines to sniper rifles. Some of these designs are factory redesigns of the original AK-47.

Many of the copies of the AK-47, in turn, are also copied (with the purchase of a license or not) with some modifications by other manufacturers, due to which systems that are quite different from the original sample appear, for example, the Vektor CR-21 - a South African automatic carbine with a bullpup arrangement. based on the Vektor R4, which is a copy of the Israeli Galil - a licensed copy of the Finnish Valmet Rk 62, which in turn is a licensed version of the AK-47.

In countries with liberal weapons legislation (primarily in the United States), various versions of the Kalashnikov system are very popular as civilian weapons.

In the United States, all AK-like weapons are known collectively as "AK-47" ("hey-kei-foti-sevn"). The first copies of the Kalashnikov assault rifle entered the United States along with soldiers returning from Vietnam. Since in those years, the possession of automatic (firing bursts) weapons in the United States was allowed to civilians, subsequently many of them were officially registered in compliance with all the necessary formalities.

The 1968 Gun Control Act banned the import of civilian automatic weapons, however, thanks to a number of loopholes in the legislation, it was possible to sell automatic weapons collected in the United States. In addition, the import of self-loading versions based on the AK was not limited to anything.

In 1986, an amendment to the same decree (the so-called Firearm Owners Protection Act) prohibited not only the import, but also the sale of automatic weapons to civilians, as well as their production for the purpose of such sale; This regulation, however, does not apply to weapons registered before 1986, which can be legally acquired with the appropriate license, and with the appropriate level dealer license (Class III Dealer), sold. Thus, in the United States, in the hands of civilians, and at present there is a certain number of military-style Kalashnikov assault rifles capable of firing bursts.

Subsequently, a number of resolutions were also adopted (1989 Semi-Automatic Rifle Import Ban, 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban), which prohibit the import of any AK-like weapons by name, with the exception of specifically modified versions, such as some modifications of the Russian Saiga, with a rifle butt instead of a pistol handles and other design changes. Currently, these additional restrictions have been lifted due to the expiration of these regulations.

In other countries, in the vast majority of cases, civilian possession of automatic weapons, if allowed by law, is only as an exception by special permission, or for the purpose of collecting.

AK-47 at the moment

As the weapon became obsolete, its shortcomings began to appear more and more, both initially characteristic of it and identified over time due to changes in the requirements for small arms and the nature of hostilities. At the moment, even the latest modifications of the AK-47 are generally outdated weapons, practically having no reserves for significant modernization. The general obsolescence of the weapon also determines many of its specific significant shortcomings.

First of all, there is a significant mass of weapons by modern standards, due to the widespread use of steel parts in its construction. At the same time, the Kalashnikov assault rifle itself cannot be called unnecessarily heavy, however, any attempts to significantly modernize it - for example, lengthening and making the barrel heavier to increase the accuracy of fire, not to mention the installation of additional sighting devices - inevitably take its mass beyond the acceptable for army weapons , which is well shown by the experience of creating and operating hunting carbines "Saiga" and "Vepr", as well as RPK machine guns. Attempts to lighten the weapon while maintaining the all-steel structure (that is, the existing production technology) also lead to an unacceptable decrease in its service strength, which partly proves the negative experience of operating early batches of AK-74, the rigidity of the receiver of which turned out to be insufficient and required reinforcement of the structure - that is, , here the limit has already been reached and there are no reserves for modernization. In addition, in the AK-47, the bolt is locked by the cutouts of the receiver liner, and not the branch of the barrel, as in more modern samples, which does not allow the receiver to be made of lighter and more technologically advanced, albeit less durable materials. Two lugs are also a simple, but not optimal solution - even the bolt of the SVD rifle has three lugs, providing more uniform locking and a smaller angle of rotation of the bolt, not to mention modern Western models, in relation to which we are usually talking about at least six lugs of the shutter.

A significant drawback in modern conditions is a collapsible receiver with a detachable cover. This design makes it impossible to mount modern types of scopes (collimator, optical, night) using Weaver or Picatinny rails: placing a heavy sight on a removable receiver cover is useless due to the presence of significant structural backlash. As a result, AK-like weapons for the most part allow the installation of only a limited number of sights models using a dovetail side bracket, which also shifts the weapon's center of gravity to the left and prevents the butt from folding on those models where it is provided for by the design. The only exceptions are rare variants of the type of the Polish Beryl assault rifle, which has a separate pedestal for the aiming bar, fixedly attached to the lower part of the receiver, or the bullpup South African assault rifle Vektor CR21, in which the collimator sight is located on a bar attached to the base of the sight, which is standard for the AK-47 - with this arrangement, it turns out to be just in the area of ​​the shooter's eyes. The first solution is quite palliative, significantly complicates the assembly and disassembly of the weapon, and also increases its bulkiness and weight; the second - is suitable only for weapons made according to the "bullpup" scheme. On the other hand, it is precisely due to the presence of the removable receiver cover that the AK is assembled and disassembled quickly and conveniently, and this also provides excellent access to the parts of the weapon when cleaning it.

Currently, other, more successful solutions to this problem have appeared. So, on the AK-12, as well as on the hunting carbines of the Saiga system, the receiver cover is hinged up and forward, which allows the installation of modern sighting strips (on the AK-12 and "tactical" versions of the "Saiga" this solution is already applied) without compromising access to weapon mechanisms.

All parts of the firing mechanism are compactly assembled inside the receiver, which thus plays the role of both the bolt box and the body of the firing mechanism (trigger box). By modern standards, this is a disadvantage of weapons, since in more modern systems (and even in the relatively old Soviet SVD and American M16), the trigger is usually performed in the form of a separate easily removable unit that allows quick replacement to obtain various modifications (self-loading, with the ability to fire in bursts fixed length, and so on), and in the case of the M16 platform - and modernization of weapons by installing a new receiver unit on the existing USM unit (for example, to switch to a new caliber of ammunition), which is a very economical solution.

Talking about a deeper degree of modularity characteristic of many modern small arms systems - for example, the use of quick-change barrels of various lengths - in relation to the AK-47, including even its most recent modifications, is all the more out of the question.

The high reliability of the Kalashnikov assault rifle family, or rather, the methods used in its design to achieve it, is at the same time the reason for its characteristic significant shortcomings. The increased impulse of the gas venting mechanism, coupled with a gas piston fixed to the bolt carrier and large gaps between all parts, on the one hand, leads to the fact that the weapon's automation works flawlessly even with heavy pollution (pollution is literally "blown out" of the receiver when fired), - on the other hand, large gaps during the movement of the bolt group lead to the appearance of multidirectional lateral impulses, displacing the weapon from the line of sight, while the bolt carrier, coming to an extremely rearward position at a speed of about 5 m / s (for comparison, for systems with more soft "automatic operation, even at the initial stage of the shutter retraction, this speed usually does not exceed 4 m / s), guarantees the strongest concussion of the weapon when firing, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of automatic fire. According to some of the available estimates, the weapons of the AK family are generally not suitable for conducting effective aimed fire in bursts. This is also the reason for a relatively large shutter runout, and therefore a longer receiver length, to the detriment of the barrel length while maintaining the overall dimensions of the weapon. On the other hand, the AK bolt runout occurs completely inside the receiver, without involving the butt cavity, which makes it possible to make the latter folding, reducing the dimensions of the weapon when carrying it.

Other disadvantages are of a less radical nature, and can be characterized rather as individual characteristics of the sample.

One of the shortcomings of the AK-47, associated with the design of its trigger, is often called the inconvenient location of the fuse translator (on the right side of the receiver, under the cutout for the cocking handle) and a clear click when removing the weapon from protection, unmasking the arrow before opening fire. On many foreign versions ("Tantalum", "Valmet", "Galil") and on the AEK-971 submachine gun, an additional fuse translator was introduced, conveniently located on the left, which significantly improves the ergonomics of the weapon. The descent of the AK is considered to be quite tight, but it is noted that this is completely corrected by a simple skill.

The platoon handle located on the right is often attributed to the shortcomings of the AK family. Such an arrangement was at one time taken on the basis of quite practical considerations: the handle on the left, when carrying the weapon "on the chest" and moving it crawling, would rest against the shooter's body, causing him significant discomfort. This was just the case, for example, for the German MP.40 submachine gun. An experienced Kalashnikov assault rifle of 1946 also had a handle located on the left, but the military commission considered it necessary to move it, like the fuse-translator of types of fire, to the right. For example, on the foreign version of "Galil" for the convenience of cocking with the left hand, the handle is bent up.

The receiver of the AK-47 magazine without a developed neck has also often become the object of criticism as not ergonomic - sometimes there are claims that it increases the magazine change time by almost 2-3 times against the system with a neck.

The ergonomics of all variants of Kalashnikov assault rifles have often been criticized. The AK-47 stock is considered too short, and the forend is too "graceful". However, this weapon was created for the relatively undersized military personnel of the 1940s, as well as taking into account its use in winter clothing and gloves. A removable rubber butt pad, variants of which are widely offered on the civilian market, could partially correct the situation. In Russian special-purpose units and in the civilian market, it is very common to use non-serial variants of butts, pistol grips and so on on various AKs, which increases the convenience of using the weapon, although it does not solve the problem by itself and leads to a significant increase in its cost.

From the modern point of view, the factory sights of the AK should be recognized as rather rough, and the short aiming line (the distance between the front sight and the rear sight slot) does not contribute to high accuracy. Most of the significantly revised foreign variants based on the AK-47 primarily received just more advanced sighting devices, and in most cases - with the shooter located close to the eye of a completely diopter type. On the other hand, in comparison with the diopter, which has real advantages only when shooting at medium-long ranges, the "open" AK sight provides a faster transfer of fire from one target to another and is more convenient for automatic fire, since it covers the target less. It should be noted that the first versions of the Kalashnikov assault rifle did not have straps for mounting optical sights. The ability to install a rail for mounting optical sights appeared only on the AK-74M modification.

Accuracy of fire weapons was not its strong point from the very moment it was put into service, and, despite the constant increase in this characteristic during modernization, it remained at a lower level than that of similar foreign models. Nevertheless, in general and in general, it can be considered acceptable for military weapons under such a cartridge. For example, according to data obtained abroad from an AK with a milled receiver (that is, an early 7.62-mm version), single shots regularly showed groups of hits with a diameter of 2-3-3.5 inches (~ 5-9 cm) per 100 yards ( 90 m). The effective range in the hands of an experienced shooter was up to 400 yards (about 350 m), and at this distance the dispersion diameter was about 7 inches (about 18 cm), that is, a value quite acceptable for hitting a single person. Weapons chambered for low-impulse cartridges have even better characteristics.

In general and in general, although the AK certainly has numerous positive qualities and will be suitable for arming the armed forces of the countries in which they are accustomed to it for a long time, it is obvious that it needs to be replaced with more modern models, moreover, with radical design differences that would make it possible not to repeat the described above are the principal disadvantages of the outdated system.

Specifications AK-47

• Caliber: 7.62 × 39
• Weapon length: 870 mm
• Barrel length: 414 mm
• Weight without cartridges: 3.8 kg.
• Rate of fire: 600 rds / min
• Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
• Main characteristics of AKC
• Caliber: 7.62 × 39
• Weapon length: 880/645 mm
• Barrel length: 414 mm
• Weight without cartridges: 3.8 kg.
• Rate of fire: 600 rds / min
• Magazine capacity: 30 rounds

AK-47 - Russian rap group performing underground music in the style of Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Hip-Hop. The AK-47 group consists of two members - Viktor Gostyukhin (Vitya AK) and Maxim Brylin (Maxi AK). Both guys grew up near Yekaterinburg, in the city of Berezovsky, therefore this city is considered the place where the group was founded.
Vitya started writing rap when he was still in school. Vitya AK: “Having mastered computer technologies and connected them with my own poems and fantasies, I made my first rap at school. I did not perceive it as rap, but simply banter to the music over my teachers and classmates, calling myself MC Grapes. As a rule, every rapper in his first recitatives wants to convey a serious attitude to others, and his songs have a serious character - I had the same moment. Calling myself as Inkognito, I got up to the start and started writing lyric songs - love, carrots, in general pi * give the joy that some people still listen to. Hearing the group Nepali, who nevertheless by coincidence turned out to be "fallen", I drew attention to their work, and out of three people I was only interested in Maxim. I recorded a few tracks with the Nepal and realized that pi * dastarism is not mine. Weighed, appreciated, realized that people need a show, banter, kitsch, scandal, and not pi * give joy. I sat down on the bed and began to think about how to characterize a group that will start to come up with rap in a not quite sober mind. We recorded the first song in a normal rap studio with Worna Brazass. Having recorded a few more compositions, we began to work with the Bustazz Records studio, where we still record. "
The music for the songs is written mainly by Vitya, and the lyrics are written by both guys. Although none of them has a special musical education. Victor studied programming in college, and Maxim studied at the theater. The oldest in the group is Victor (born on August 30, 1987). The guys write lyrics for themselves, first of all, and the listeners are already choosing what is close to them. The themes raised in the songs of the AK-47 are quite specific. Guys describe their life, try to express themselves. Those who are close to this culture can understand them. The texts often contain obscene words, speech errors.
The guys have been engaged in serious musical activity for 5 years. 2006 saw the heyday of the group's popularity; among their tracks there were already a couple of hits known throughout Russia. Among the popular hits of AK-47: "Y yes Y", "U shte", "Kiss", "Ak so-so", "Hello, is this Pakistan? Hello, is this Pakistan?", "Tinted around" and many others ... Their songs became so widespread that they were even sold on pirated discs.
Over time, the guys from the AK-47 began to record tracks with some of the famous rap singers in Russia. For example, the track "Let's make a wider circle" was recorded together with Guf, Noggano and 5 Splash.
In September 2009, the guys released their debut album, Berezovskiy, released through Gazgolder Records.
“Two scum from the Ural land came, saw and won. AK-47, Vitya and Maxim are heroes of all generations at once, poor students and hooligans, knights without fear and reproach and gentlemen without a golden pistol. The AK-47 has no analogues, and any parallels, be it with Noggano or Syava, are imprudent.
The material of "Berezovsky" is, in a sense, the greatest hits: all these tracks are scattered over the Internet and erased to holes (if we assume that holes can form in mp3-files). All of them have long been uploaded to mobile phones and sound from tinted cars. Love for the AK-47 deserves the epithet "national", and the talent of the authors - "natural". Their rhymes go out to people, their quotes are snapped up, their words are in place and people who are not very suitable for this are not very squeezed into the conversation. It's like the Kasta group in 2000 - a provincial flavor and not entirely legal hobbies aroused some socio-anthropological interest: "Is this really how young people now live?"
What is important, the material of "Berezovsky" is not yet from the mind, but, forgive me, from the heart. This cannot last long, and therefore - hurry to see. "
After Vitya and Maxim released their second album called "MegaPolice", the album was released in 2010. The following contributors were involved in the recording of the album: Noggano a.k.a. Dead Vasil (Basta) (beatmaker, MC), Kupe (MC), Hayk Dym (MC), Vostochny Okrug, Volodya Former (Putin), Guf (MC).
"MegaPolice" is a voluminous album, it will turn out to be listened to and listened to for a long time. He may not be as courageous as "Berezovsky". And the new "Tinted around" and "Hey, baby" are not here either. There are tracks that are almost brilliant, there are thinner ones, but on the whole everything is very powerful and correct. And you don't have to be a prophet to say that this year will come out at most a dozen - at most! - albums of this level. "
On the album "MegaPolice" there are no claims to reveal the meaning of life. Here a recitative can consist of only one listing of your favorite computer games ("My Game") or "respect" to the address of the native school ("Simple folded"). Here the female characters are a former classmate ("Olya Lukina") or an entrepreneur Lyuba ("Entrepreneur Lyuba"). The life of the "district" is a theme no less close to Mr. Vakulenko than the fate of the motherland and love for the mother, therefore he is here almost in every third song.
And immediately a joint and at the same time solo album by Viti Aka was released, in which Tip (aka Weat Maker Tip) participates. Before the presentation of the album to the public, the news of its release alone generated a lot of controversy, gossip, criticism, as well as joyful exclamations of "Hurray!" The album, which no one else has heard, has many opponents and fans alike.
The title of the album carries the idea that TWO mc IN ONE album is at least interesting. It is unlikely that "Two in One" will leave anyone indifferent.
All the cons from Beat Maker Tip Production. DJ Slow! Also took part in the album. The album has 16 tracks.

The AK-47 is associated in different ways in different societies. For gamers, this is one of the most popular "ruzhbaeks" for neutralizing an opponent in shooters. For any person who served in the army, this is Russia's weaponry pride. And for connoisseurs of rap, this is most likely one of the most popular rap groups.

The AK-47 group consists of two members - Viktor Gostyukhin (Vitya AK) and Max Brylin (Maxim AK). Both guys grew up near Yekaterinburg, in the town of Berezovsky. Therefore, in the biography of AK 47, this city is considered the place where the group was founded.

The music for the songs is written mainly by Vitya, and the lyrics are written by both guys, although neither of them has a special musical education. Victor studied programming in college, and Maxim studied at the theater.

In the AK-47 group, Vitya is the oldest. The guys write lyrics for themselves, first of all. And the listeners are already taking away what is close to them. The themes raised in the songs of the AK-47 are quite specific. As paradoxical as it may sound, but Vitya and Maxim, reading in their tracks only about different "moves and pant", remain the leaders in Russian rap.

The history of the formation of the AK-47 group is everyday. According to Viti, he began to compose something similar to rap at school. Using computer knowledge and creativity, Vitya created a couple of tracks about the environment, teachers and his friends. In fact, it was pure banter to the music, everyone once started from something. At that time, Vitya, calling himself MC Grapes, began to think about more serious plans for the future. Reading about lyrics, romance and love ... absolutely creepy option. As a result, having heard the group "Nepali", Vitya tried to stir up several joint tracks with one of the participants - Max.

Having weighed all the pros and cons, they decided to write the first track "AK-47". Later, this became the name of the group. After small conversations with Maxim, they united into a powerful team and opened their way to Russian rap in 2006. The recorded tracks were definitely not for public listening. The topics are different, but mainly about the use of drugs, the cigarette and the discussion of everyday problems. Russian rap should remain Russian, so in all the songs of the AK-47 there is a mate, which adds a "white" twist to their work.

According to Viti, many "battle performances" are empty zero for him. "If this is popular abroad, then I shit, and I won't prove anything to anyone! I glorified the Ural rap to such heavens that Yoburg has never even dreamed of it," he said more than once.

The AK-47 group participated in the recording of tracks together with Montano, Hus, Puma, Kolya Nike, Noggano, Guf, 5 splash, Syava, Worna Brazass, MAD BUSTAZZ, Ike, Own Block, Family 1647, DMC ALEX THIERRY, Market Relations, Mc Bandit.

In general, the collective has mixed up various tracks with many people, but the group's popularity has increased many times, thanks to the jointly recorded track "Let's make a wider circle". NoGGano, Vitya AK, Guf and 5 splash took part in the recording. The track was recorded in the fall of 2008 and remained a hit for almost six months!

Today, all the tracks of the AK-47 group are recorded at the Bustazz records studio. There are more than a hundred tracks in the recordings of the Berezovsky boys, and they never cease to delight the people with their creativity. By the way, there is a very interesting fact. AK-47 never recorded their tracks for sale, and even more so for discs. Therefore, everything that you find on store shelves is most likely a pirate hack. Do not be lazy to ask the seller harshly and directly: "Is this a license?" And then you can laugh at the seller's face, because an outright shit with meaning will begin

The first performance of the AK-47 group took place on October 11 (2008) at the Yello Club. The excitement was so intense that the club was simply overcrowded. In Moscow, the first performance took place on March 13 (2009) at the CiCterna Hall, where the atmosphere did not change at all.

In September 2009, the AK-47 group released their debut album "Berezovsky", the next album of the AK-47 group is expected in February 2010.

Dozens of concerts are planned for Viti and Max this fall, starting from the capital and ending with Nizhny Novgorod, where the last winter performance of rappers will take place on December 26.

In conclusion, I would like to say that Vitya and Max continue to confidently occupy the first ranks in Russian rap. And it doesn't matter that the mate and the "cool" theme of the songs scares off the majority of listeners, they read about things that are relevant today. And remember the most important thing - do not think badly of them, AK-47 does not call for the use of drugs, they do it for us;)