AK-47 - How this rifle works! (Animation)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- If you want to know how the AK-47 - the most used rifle in the world - works, then this is your video! In this detailed animation, we see an in-depth explanation of the working principle of the AK-47 and the AKM.
I'm russian
I've disassembled an AK many times at school, but had no complete understanding of its mechanics. Dozens of youtube videos weren't helping either, untill i came across this very one.
It's simply beautiful. Everything is so clear now, even the smallest details and nuances.
Huge thanks to the author
Thanks. Spread the word and subscribe :)
Russians disassemble AK-47's at school? What the????
Yep, we actually do, as a part of military preparation program. Even girls do.
In Russia we have classes called "life safety fundamentals" on which we train such things, but more about what to do in extreme situations and how to provide first aid with bare hands and so and so on. Surprised?
name, Im pretty sure its a rare case, not every school has such classes.
OMG - this is the best animation of how AK - 47 works!
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@Alf-Einar Sivertsen I played and CS:GO is shit
Great animation but there's no such thing as an "assault rifle". Should definitely check your terms before you make your next video
*USA produces better graphics for a Russian gun than Russia does for it's best movies!* 🤣🤣
all I can think about is how good this graphic design team is. just wow. these guys are awesome!!! the models the textors the lighting is perfect. and this is why I just subbed not because of any other reason.
Excellent!
I agree. I was trying to multitask thinking "Wow, what a great weapon design" while also thinking "Such a nice graphical design!". It's hard to do both efficiently at the same time. Will have to watch it 2 more times now xP
theres no shadows on the wall
I didn't even reach 1/4 way through and I subscribed because of the 3D models and animation and as I kept watching I was even more impressed. Intricate things like this gun are always hard to understand without see through operations.
@@FullOilBarrel theres no wall
Current number of views: 7.62 million
Boy I love a delicious coincidence.
If only it had 39k likes
help i dont get it
Theo Gatzky 7.62x39 is the caliber of the Ak 47
And 39th of Person
Brb update this
This is the first video that actually gets me through the mechanism within 10 min. Awesome job in animation as well as integrating all the information!
Great to hear that :)
Honestly I never thought I'd be that interested about the inner workings of a gun but this surprisingly informative, eloquent, and summarized to the point where people such as myself will give it a shot because it's not half an hour. Bravo good sir, hats off to you!
Kalashnikov was a genius 100% reliable almost brilliant animation video.
Kalashnikov was a uneducated alcoholic . Real author of this weapon in German Schmeißer and his teem which was captured after the war . The same story with the first "russian" space rockets.
@@wilhelmsperling5379 ua-cam.com/video/N4TtB5Jqi2M/v-deo.html
@@wilhelmsperling5379 ak47 has more in common with the garand than the stg44
@@jb76489 the stg 44 was still the first assault rifle. So it's the germans who invented it and the russians and americans who improved it.
@@ugay9379 and? No one said otherwise
The fact that this whole process can happen up to 600 times a minute is astonishing. Maybe I just can’t imagine it because of how slow the animation is but wow.
That's a good video that shows newbies about guns in ten minutes that's awesome
Exactly in 10 minutes
Yup, totally 10 min
Guys he or she says 10 MINUITES because the remaining 4 MINUITES is the newbie`s practicing the gun
As a 3D artist and AK aficionado, a very well put together animation!
i got into 3D modeling as a hobby by using youtube tutorials for blender. the AK was the first gun i created but it doesn't look nearly this good lol. it gave me a greater respect for the things 3D artists create now that i know the time and effort they put in.
@@Nostrathomas85 I started my hobby 3D modeling like u and I also use Blender
do you have a 3D printer? i can't wait to get my hands on one. blender was tough to figure out but with it being free it was worth the challenges. i've had alot of fun with it and hopefully one day it will be more than just a hobby for us.
We have one at work. There are many AK family rifles out there for printing. TIP: If you are thinking about modeling a mesh object to print, make sure it's very high fidelity (high poly), otherwise your model will be faceted and will print faceted.
i'll keep that in mind, thanks for the tip. im hoping to get one with my tax check but ill have to get one of the cheaper printers. the idea to just think of something and create it seems wild to me.
1:15
"The safety lever, is used to make the firearm safe"
Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor
Did you know that water is liquid ?
@H R Liquids are wet? Oh no!
It was made out of an old pallet
The firing pin is used to fire.
Your statement is beneath you.
The quality of the animation and the detail of the explanations is simply outstanding. Thanks!
UA-cam: see how simple it is!
me: my two poor brain cells in shutdown mode.
Lol
Now imagine what was happening in Kalashnikov's brain when he was inventing it xD
loading.
I had watch it about 10 times to I fully understand how it works
Its much simpler than the AR15.
I've seen many gun animations, but this is the best by light years.
I used my AKM for 30 months - every single day on the range and plenty times in combat. It never had a stoppage for any reason whatsoever ... even when I'd slept on it in the mud or thrown it in the back of the vehicle among the 'spoils of war.' It takes genius to produce a tool so simple, yet so effective and reliable. A fellow warrior preferred an FN-FAL that he'd lovingly care for at every halt, every opportunity ... yet he still threw it into the bush after it had failed him a number of times in a very busy day, screaming "find me a 'kin AK!"
i couldve seen the same video from another guy saying the same thing in about half a hour, you deserve this like and sub
GoldEnGoat yeh honestly, having quick videos is so much better than the people who expand videos to 10+ minutes or longer
they do that (make videos excessively long) to cram more commercials into it so they maximize their monetization
Year 2018..a lot of modern weapons.
Videos explain the ak 47... a legend
After watching this video, I am now what people call a “gun expert”.
Unfortunately you don't even need this info to shoot up a school.
All you need is a gun, which by the way is why no guns in the UK is a really good thing.
Michael Yiangou no guns, no free speech, nanny and police state. when is your government going to enforce all men to remove of their testicles?
Gotta watch out for the highly dangerous assault butter knife too. lmao
I don't think I will ever have to defend myself from refugees (at least for the next 10 years until the USA collapses and all those gun freaks come over here)
@@michaelyiangou2141 firearms are legal in the UK. You can own a .22 lr semi automatic ar-15 with a 50 round drum mag if you had a reason to (such as sport shooting).
The AK-47 is the straight sword of its time. Simple, convenient and to the point.
Classic Russian Engineering - simple, robust, effective.
And better when your drunk on vodka
America spent millions making a pen that can be used to write in space....Russians used a pencil instead!
Nasa didn't want to take a pencil onboard just because it's flammable and after Apollo I fire, they're totally excluding them!
I just love Russian engineering.
And the concept is stolen from the germans.
This is the best detailed video showing the mechanics on an AKM rifle by far. You can be very proud of your work comrade
As dangerous and deadly these things are you cannot take away the fact that this is genius technology and how it’s done
Well by themselves they're not inherently dangerous. It's the person who uses it who's the deciding factor that makes it dangerous or not.
@@Articfox09 i'd say they are. A guy who is inexperienced in handling guns may accidentally cause his weapon to go off
@@dragonfruit3054which is a choice of the user, as the first commenter said
@@dragonfruit3054 A guy who doesn't know how to use a chainsaw may accidently half himself. Do we say the chainsaw did it?
Good lord. What did I just learn.
Cough*.... Heading to the garage with tools
i sear what you did there
Yay recreate all eveything now.. only thing left is load a round and show every
one at school!
Oh god what did i just read.
**ATF has joined the chat**
lol
No doubt your firearm animations are excellent and win the Blue Ribbon! Very helpful toward understanding the mechanics of firearms. Seeing the detailed inner workings answers many questions that I have. The "how exactly does that function ?" is addressed like no other.
Your videos have saved me lots of money on basic and rudimentary gunsmith services.
Thank you
Words cannot express how amazing the engineering behind this is! To think of the time it took and how smart you have to be to design this.
Really it’s an innovative overhaul of the German stg 44
@@buttnaked m1 garand*
You should have said "80-100 million produced" or something because at 0:24 it makes it sound like the firearm itself has 80-100 million pieces. Its just a bit confusing still a great video!
Lol. Being that I know nothing about guns, I thought what you said..."Wait, this rifle can't be made from 800-100 million pieces. That can't be right, can it? Naaaa."
Didn't think about it that way; made sense that so many are around the world.
@@alvinoid12 right, but seeing as this is a video on the parts and functionality of the rifle, it was the wrong choice of words. "iin circulation" wouldve worked too. literally anything other than "parts"
agreed..its confusing
I was sitting here trying to WRAP my brain around that So hard I paused the video for 2 mins🤔
I can already feel how much time modeling and animating this took
only the gods know hahahahahaha imagine doing this on blender and having it fail every time you use to much boolean .....precision matters!
The mechanism is astonishingly simple comparing to the M16
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K.I.S.S.
That's why terrorist use them
That´s right. Simple and yet so reliable under terrible conditions. I would love to shoot one.
Judging by that phrase you understand nothing about either of those systems
One of the best video I've seen on UA-cam.
Excellent :)
Spread the word! :)
Best animation and best narration on UA-cam... Thanks bro Tom
He has a golden voice..
Content, music,voice, animation all are perfectly balanced to learn..thanks
This video is more educational than any other educational video I have seen in school lol.
I love AK's, always have. By far my favorite Rifle to shoot, I'm lucky enough to have owned a few. Growing up in the U.S. as kid in the 80's the AK had a bad reputation and was seen as a bad guy weapon. But now, it's very popular and most Gun Guys here own one or have at some point. Cool Video!
But no this did not stop ordinary citizens from buying it even then. And even now the AK is seen in the movies by bad guys, but it doesn’t matter. Lasts forever and attracts
Yes another one! It seems your channel has definitely
grown since the last video. It's well deserved
Spread the word!!!
People on Reddit would really appreciate this, so I went
ahead and put it on there :)
Excellent :)
@@ThomasSchwenke-knowledge
Nice reddit is best place but did you need twitter also for sharing
0:15 Kal- *i* -shnikov. 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously!?
BGM sounds in between !!!!!!! Goosebumps
the most detailed animation so far
Excellent animation and clear concise voice over description. Thank you!
Gotta love that epic music in the background. Great video 👌👍
dum-dum-dum-dum-DAH-DAH-DAHH-DA-DAAAAAHHHHHH....the ejector pin!
It's typical american suspend music
So thats the thing get your atention in this video ... :O
That is the “guns are scary, and Russians are even scarier” music.
Yes. This is a good score. I enjoyed it as much as the video
A grand salute to your project ! Completes my 70% of the comprehension of small arm weapons with hammer head firing mechanism, gas operated assault rifles , cutomed for a Kalashnikov..! 🙏🙏🙏
Beautifully animated!
And the voice over explanation was clear and precise.
One of the best videos of its type.
Edit: spelling.
amazing narration voice, background music and state of the art 3D animation works. you rock ......
Even though i knew everything you say in this video before, it still amazes me.
i am not that surprised to see how the ak47 works. but just thinking how much of the brain used to make a video like this with a good detailed and with amazing animation. SIMPLY GREAT!!
4:23 I love the fact how the music drops dramatically when it is revealed that the thing responsible for the entire ejection is just a small bulge of metal like its some revolutionary piece of engineering
:)
Very interesting. I am currently serving in the Finnish Army where we have RK-62 service rifles. They are mechanically identical to AK-47 and its many variants, but we ever only got very basic training on the mechanics. This video gave me much more in-depth understanding on how the weapon works.
The RK are possibly the best AKs around, I wish you guys would export semi auto versions.
Doc Possum yeah, the rk has gotten much praise around the globe for a good reason. Also, there is a semi auto version called valmet m76 that is very similar to rk62 which you could find from some us auction sites from time to time.
@@TheArzonite yeah the rk is probably the most accurate ak varient issued. Love for the chance to get my hands on one
Doc Possum The ones with the baby stocks are uncomfortable af, though.
@@michaelsimpson4850 Get a Finnish citizenship and you have to use one for 6 months to a year.
Best Animation on UA-cam.
This is the first video I watched from your channel. I finally understand how gas recoil works. Excited to watch all the rest of your videos!
Possibly the best UA-cam channel ever
Amazing, high quality production. I would like it if the extractor mechanism was included but overall this is the best AK animation video.
Mind blowing
It's not really that mind-blowing, when explained everything makes logical sense why it should be there and how it works.
Especially when you put it on to your head.
Most iconic- either its iconic or it isn't. .
Its actually head blowing
woosh
Great animation. You take an involved concept and break it down to me like a two-year old. Just what I needed. Simple & concise. Awesome.
This is a better explanation. Thank you very much for this video... Good Luck!
The best animation video on this weapon that I’ve seen.
I’m an American and I love my AK.
Yes
After sighting in at 60 feet, I could easily cover 5 shots with a nickel ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxQt2uORDRfFOVSrO4idv4B90ThT6EOnEL ! Truly a pleasure to shoot! Scope was easy to adjust for eye relief. Only problem the varmints must have seen it delivered lol!Update: So impressed with shot groups at 30 yards I purchased a Hammers 3×9 with adjustable Objective scope! Now a true nail driver!
I'm here after seeing the AR-15 video. I never liked the way AK's looked, but now I understand why they're so popular! They're so incredibly simple compared to the AR.
Awesome vids. I wish you would let the animation play through on repeat for a few minutes so we can study each part in motion and collectively
I think you guys hands down have the best animation and 3D models out of all similar style videos
So perfect how it all work together. So simple and complicated at the same time...
Beautiful
Ugh, the way everything functions so smoothly. The ak rifle is incredible.
Nice video and information, love ak rifles.
The ak model is over rated
@@georgeexley412 why?because he likes guns?
ANOTHER excellent animation!
I'm impressed. It is refreshing to see that someone has the technical terminology correct as well, especially when it comes to firearms.
The only comment I might add is that it would be VERY informative, primarily for those unfamiliar with semiautomatic rifles in particular, would be to specify and differentiate between what is an "Assault" rifle as opposed to a plain-jane semiautomatic rifle, even if they look nearly identical in outwards appearance.
Otherwise, thanks for your efforts.
The barrel has the tings dat make the bullet do the spinny ting so it a rifle I think idk.
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God I love these videos they're just so addictive
The music when the case is ejected is so epic.
It is :)
Im impressed how complex this weapon system is despite his old age. I’m also surprised that the Ak almost don’t malfunction where ever u use it👏👏
You should do more for different guns because this was very descriptive yet simple. I never understood why there was a barrel above the firing barrel but now I do
"a hammer does not harm a person. a person with the intent of harming another does."
-Unknown
I know they are a lot of fun to operate, and they look so cool. The profile is so iconic.
the conceptaulization of this weapon's workings shows what an engineering genius Kalishnikov was. good vid!
Except that the AK was just a bastardized version of a German design already in production for years, the MP-44. The primary design and FCG were already "conceptualized" by a more intelligent, superior German. Kalashnikov didn't design much at all actually.
Bolt, carrier and trigger group are very different on AK and StG44. They may look alike on the outside, but that does not mean they work the same way.
You may as well make an AR15 look like an AK on the outside, but keep the original internals and mechanical principles. Would you say after that that AK and AR are the same? I don't think so.
Yeah the STG and AK have very different internals.
@@CORZER0 How about cut your bullshit and learn how these two absolutely different weapons work? If that is not enough then go and check designs of SVT, SKS and most of all Fedorov Avtomat - the first select-fire assault rifle ever. Just to have an idea where AK designs originated from.
CORZER0 bullshit lmao those guns work completely differently. Willing to bet you’re a nationalist
Didn't have to tell me twice. I heard SUBCRIBE NOW and I paused the video to subscribe. I'm a 3d animation student and this is some clean work
Great Video! I really learned a lot, not just in this specific video, but including all the educational animations. Thanks!
I don't understand why there are people disliking these videos as this has been the best videos I have ever seen explaining how a rifle works!! I'm not going semi, but an auto sub - - - - - On your channel.
The people disliking it are probably just anti-gun, gun haters...you know, the ones who would be terrified to be alone in a room with a gun, because it might all of the sudden hurt them.
I love how the long stroke piston works.
5:29 Unwanted Rising of the Barrel aka RECOIL :)
No, that’s muzzle rise due to the asymmetric bolt and carrier design and the bore axis. Recoil just pushes back
It's cool that it's self regulating to a degree
Sander van Duren no, recoil can be regarded as the muzzle zeroing off the target as well as the kick. Just for future reference :)
denther 16 recoil is generally regarded as the push back from firing. Muzzle rise is a vector of force breaking off of the main recoil force vector due to ergonomics or asymmetric mass in the recoiling components. The original comment was specifying the muzzle rise, not the push itself. The force vector that causes muzzle rise does come from the same force that the regular push from recoil comes from, but they are two different aspects.
Sander van Duren oh i see thanks for clarifying, have a good one and stay safe
Super! Thank you! It is the best animation!!!
This demonstration is unbelievable. Thank you very much.
Video almost as awesome as the level of complication in the thought out mechanisms
Everything sounds amazing with dramatic music
The quality of this animation is absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing.
This is more cooler than i expected
You are doing amazing work, I never have seen Ak-47 animation before like that. keep it up
Simple and brilliant! Great animation, thanks to the author! (Ну блин,нельзя было нормальные текстуры на цевье,приклад сделать?) Very good!!!
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@@saggyweinus7638, ur mom gay
Why did you write blin
Ахаха
текстурки конечно палеозооой, хыыыы. Улыбочку
Animation is so amazing ...
It's the best animated video I've seen 💀💥💥♥️♥️
I served in the Russian marines. I was surprised by the reliability of the weapon. 30 stores full of shot contractors not a single delay or misfire. 2 ordinary cartridges + 1 tracer.
The AK-47 (or AKM) is no longer the Russian standard issue service rifle. That position is occupied by the AK-74M, which is currently in the process of being replaced by the AK-12. I don't really think the AK-47 is the rifle you used. Would anyone care to correct me on this? I'm not entirely sure about this. I might Google it later.
It was 2012, the port of Tartus in Syria. used a modification of the AKS-74 and AKM-74. (both have butts). AKM-47 (by the way, he entered service only in 1949) fired only at the training unit. at AKM-47 monstrously throws up the barrel (the muzzle brake-compensator has not yet been installed) and the old cartridges stink and smoke. also shot from a Kalashnikov 47-RPK-47 light machine gun.
in service is still a modification of the AK-47 (AK-103, AK-109) chambered for 7.62. from 30 gauge will not give up for a long time. He is very good for certain tasks. Who did not know, there are Kalashnikov assault rifles for 5.56 rounds, like the AR-15. they are used by special forces
@@Trenbolone_fury Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up!
Старьё и до сих пор в строю??! Как он? Жару выдерживает, пофигу?
А для кого мы тогда контейнерами новые автоматы в Латакию отправляли с завода?? о_О
Omg, I'm sooo subscribed to this channel! More weapon animations please!
Nice video, concise, short and well explained, reducing to basic elements the whole process of the weapon handling, specially the shooting cycle.
Also, very nice animations, soft well looking textures, with nifty lighting
Easy to use and easy to fix
Remarkably illustrated with full details. thank you very much. I learned a lot of things.
“The safety level is used for safety”
Me: Wow I didn’t know that.
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Aha
The floor here is made out of floor
You learn something new everyday.
Safety lever
please do snipers next! thank you in advance and great content btw! great graphical explanation.
Dont you mean rifles tho? Sniper Rifles are essentially just regular rifles with a scope on em. I think if you wanted to, you could use an AK like this one as a sniper rifle if you taped a scope on somehow. But then again most powerfull rifles shoot over 4km and i dont think an ak would shoot that far.
@level 3 gay, nyet rifle is fine, only PSO!
@inohmonton Maybe you mean specifically bolt action rifles?
Best video on The AK-47
Best detailed graphical animation ever 😍♥️
Please make videos on The M416 and The SCAR L 😬
Kevin Diaz scar h man. Anything. Chambered for a round under 7.62 is considered a pistol. And pistols are useless.
This is the best animated video of how an Ak-47 riffle works. All my life I've been firing this shit, and didn't have much of all these ideas I got from this video😂
I love how you made the condition of the ak used and well worn lol
I love watching any How To or How it's Made videos ! In particular this channel because you have automotive related videos too not just guns etc.I subbed before even first ad even played lol
Thanks for these videos😍😍😍
Another perfect video recommendation for me
Outstanding video it really simplifies everything...
Pleace subscribe
What a great Video! Please do one on the AN-94
That would definitely be a hard one to explain right there!
perfect description, thank you
The History Channel needs to hire you.