does AK stand for "assault krifle"?

Silly cow. AK means Alaska!

No, no, no.

AK stands for "Auto Kleening." 47 is how many years you can go without physically cleaning an AK before it malfunctions

This is the secret of the AK's reliability: A design that only every other peasant generation has to actually maintain.

How do I know? I was a secret agent during the Cold War and I stole this and other state secrets, such as KFC's Original Recipe, from the Russkies.

Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947??? The Reds are still laughing at us over their vodka for swallowing that tidbit of misinformation!

The designation AK-47 stands for Kalashnikov (as in it's developer, Mikhail Kalashnikov) Automatic Rifle, 1947. (Russian: Avtomat Kalashnikova 47).

No. It means "Auto-Kinectic" which is Russian for self-loading.And if you believe this, the check is in the mail.Will not repeat the other lies due to to sensitivity of our readers.Sorry ya'll. Got flagged for making a joke about Potential Edible Tounge'a licius Animals

It stands for Avtomat Kalashnikov; which are the type of action it uses & the developer's name, respectively.

AK = Are you Kidding?

no, it's a abbreviation for "Avtomat Kalashnikova" or Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47

no! No! Certainly not! It stands for *** kicker! The 47 stands for the number of mimes you can get before reloading! If you use steel core ammo. Great now I will get reported by a mime for abuse! Fn stupid mimes. Oh well.

Nope, you're close though...

A.K. = "Assault Kriffle" (note the two "f"'s)

Generally, they run off of deep cycle marine batteries. Careful you don't screw up the leads, or it'll misfeed...

AK47 means Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947.

Here's an easy way to find it and the history of it, just as I did.

Go to google and type in:

What does AK in AK47 mean?

And Boom! you'll see it.

Damn..