0 a type of assault rifle (= a light gun with a long barrel that can fire many bullets quickly) originally made in the Soviet Union:
The humvees are built to halt armour-piercing 7.62-mm rounds - the kind of bullets fired from AK- 47s.
A fighter with an AK 47 guards the mountaintop.
Each of us was given a sack containing 8 grenades, one AK47 rifle, 200 cartridges, two magazines and one mobile phone for communication.
A burst of gunfire from an AK47 assault rifle ripped through the mobile home where the family slept.
