The AK47 has been well proven to be one of the most reliable, robust and dependability assault rifles ever manufactured and has been in continuous use in Russian, Communist China and the various Warsaw Pact countries over 66 years. He shortened the standard Russian 7.62 X54 round down to the current 39 mm length and made history with it. Kalashnikov, a Tank Mechanic and self taught engineer came up with the idea for a self-loading weapon after seeing some of the later war German assault rifle.
As we all know the original Russian AK was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1947. As we all know these were the main infantry weapon used throughout Vietnam by both the NVA and Vietcong forces. At the end of the mission he was presented this AK47 (serial number listed in the detailed report) by the commander of Red Hat 4. It proved to be a very successful operation and is fully documented in a four page typed written detailed report from LTC Ohlenburger, that was documented/notarized in August 1999. At the time Captain Ohlenburger was flying UH-1 (Hueys) out Bein Hoa airbase and the operation spanned a 4-5 day period flying in support, weapons and troops as well as just covering fire on the various LZs supporting the Red Hats. Ohlenburger (LTC Retired) in 1965 after flying a very successful ground support mission for the South Vietnamese Rangers know as the "Red Hats" due to their Red Berets. This is a Vietnam era AK-47 that was actually given to Army Captain C. This is a very good example of an original early Chinese AK-47 model assault rifle that was manufactured in the early 1960s.
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