The AK-47 is officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova. Designed in 1947. Place of origin Soviet Union. The standard magazine capacity is 30 rounds. There are also 10-, 20-, and 40-round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines. The model and its variants owe their global popularity to their reliability under harsh conditions, and low production cost. The AK-47 is still being produced and used.