AK-47

AK-47
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Pricing: £1000 (£750) Weight: 6 blocks Ammo: 30 9 (300) Power: Range: Speed:

The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947) is a powerful mid-range assault rifle for Commandos. It has approximately double the firepower of the bullpup and two-thirds the firepower of the SCARMK17, the other two available assault rifles, and falls between them in almost all other respects. Its firing mode can be toggled between semi- and fully-automatic by pressing the alternate fire button. Unlike the other two assault rifles, it possesses only a basic iron-sight instead of a scope, but still offers the slight zoom effect while looking down the sights. It cannot be found in the default weapon spawns, but can be found in some whitelisted custom maps. With the appropriate level of the Commando perk, its default magazine capacity of 30 bullets and price of £1000 can be altered to as far as a 37 bullet magazine and £300 cost. It possesses the default headshot damage multiplier of 110%, which can be extended with the use of Sharpshooter perk.

Contents 1 Statistics 1.1 Price and ammunition 1.2 Damage 2 Tactics 3 Origin 4 See also

[edit] Statistics

The commando perk gives bonuses and discounts on the AK-47. For headshot damage, multiply by 1.1.

Level	Discount	Price	Sale value	Damage	Clip size
Base	0%	£1000	£750	45	30
0	10%	£900	£674	47	30
1	20%	£800	£599	49	33
2	30%	£700	£524	54	36
3	40%	£600	£449	58	37
4	50%	£500	£374	63	37
5	60%	£400	£299	67	37
6	70%	£300	£224	67	37

[edit] Price and ammunition

The cost of the AK-47 is £1000, which can be reduced to £300 with use of the commando perk, at intervals of £100 per level. The cost of ammunition remains static per-bullet at £1 for 3 bullets, but the magazine size changes according to a commando's level. With another perk selected or with level 0 commando players get the default 30-bullet magazine and 300-bullet capacity, with a cost of £10 per magazine and £100 total. At level 1, players receive a 33-bullet magazine and 330-bullet capacity, costing £110 total. At level 2, players receive a 36-bullet magazine and a 360-bullet capacity, costing £120 total. At level 3 and above, commandos receive a 25% capacity increase, which does not divide well into the default 30-bullet capacity because it would leave the AK with 37.5 bullets per magazine; the result is a 37-bullet magazine and 375 total bullets, costing £125 altogether.

[edit] Damage

The AK can decapitate a weaker specimen with a single headshot under all circumstances. Of the three available assault rifles, the AK comes in the middle in the aspects of damage and ammo capacity. It does however have a slightly slower rate of fire and reload speed than both the bullpup and SCARMK17, and the widest bullet spread of the three.

While operating at fully-automatic, the rate of fire for the AK is just below 10 bullets per second: one bullet every 0.109 seconds. Without perk bonuses, the damage output of a single magazine is 1350 damage in 3.25 seconds, followed by a 3-second delay to reload. As a level 5 or 6 commando, the total damage output of a single magazine of 37 bullets is 2497.5 damage in just over 4 seconds with a 2-second delay for reloading before being able to fire again.

[edit] Tactics

The selective fire on the AK-47 allows a player optional control over the rate of fire. Semi-automatic allows for players to easily conserve ammunition while firing upon weaker specimens and to maintain overall accuracy. Fully-automatic can also be used in a similar fashion if players have enough control over how long they hold the primary fire button, but also gives the option of firing in short bursts or in longer streaks if the situations require it. While firing all out players will need to compensate for the recoil which pulls to the right as well as upwards.

As an off-perk weapon it's largely considered by Demolition Experts and Field Medics. If used as an off-perk side arm it's advised to keep it in single fire as it can clean trash specimen with successful headshots from a reasonable distance, without too much recoil. Even though it's a reliable and strong side-arm it means nothing to some classes, as it's expensive, have high recoil and mediocre damage output.

[edit] Origin

The model in game is base on the Romanian Draco AK Carbine with side folding stock, not the AKM or original AK47 (Notice the length/shape of barrel and the muzzle) Being a late addition, added to Killing Floor in a patch, it was not featured in the original mod.

[edit] See also

• Specimens

Equipment by perk
Field medic Medical syringe • Combat armour • MP7M • MP5M Support specialist Welder • Shotguns (Shotgun • Combat shotgun • Hunting shotgun • AA12) Sharpshooter Pistols (9mm • .44 Magnum • Handcannon) • Rifles (Lever-action • Crossbow • M14 EBR) Commando Grenade • Assault rifles (Bullpup • AK-47 • M4 • SCARMK17) Berserker Knife • Machete • Fire axe • Katana • Claymore • Chainsaw Firebug MAC-10 • Flamethrower • Husk fireball launcher Demolition Pipe bomb • Grenade launchers (M79 • M32 • M4 203) • L.A.W.
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