AK47/AKM/AK74 Handbook (An Operational Guide to the AK Series Rifle)

by Erik Lawrence

The Blackheart International AK47/AKM/AK74 Handbook (An Operational Guide to the AK Series Rifle) is part of Blackheart International Training’s Operator’s Guide Series of weapon-specific handbooks and manuals. Written by former U.S. special operations members and current subject matter experts, the Operational Guide Series handbooks stem from the authors’ more than 20 years of shooting experience using these weapons for training, combat and sport. The AK47/AKM/AK74 Handbook is not filled with “nice-to-know” but only “need-to-know” information, and can be used as a guide for classes prior to range operations, or as a quick reference when on the range. This book gives the “what” and “how” as well as the “why” necessary to teach the proper operation and employment of the AK series rifle. Areas covered include ballistics, malfunctions, maintenance, sight adjustment of commonly used optics, zeroing, battlefield recovery and more. Topics

• background/specifications of the AK47, AKM and AK74 rifles
• instruction on operation
• disassembly and assembly procedures
• proper firing procedures
• malfunction/misfire procedures
• body mechanics
• training tips and more

The AK47/AKM/AK74 Handbook is also available in spiral-bound print form.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Mike Pannone is a former operational member of U.S. Marine Reconnaissance, U.S. Army Special Forces, and specially selected elements of the Joint Special Operations Command. He has participated in stabilization, combat, and high-risk protection operations in support of U.S. policies throughout the world as both an active duty military member and a defense contractor. He was the head marksmanship instructor beginning in March of 2002 at the Federal Air Marshal School in Atlantic City and then took a full-time position as the head marksmanship and tactics instructor at the Seattle Field Office of the same agency.

Erik Lawrence served over ten years in the U.S. Army Special Forces in both the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). He has trained, consulted and operated in over 30 countries with some of the host countries’ elite police and military units. Lawrence was a team member, sniper and instructor on Special Forces Close Quarter Battle teams operating in the Asian theater. Since leaving the military, he has worked as an instructor and security professional to government agencies and private companies throughout the GWOT. Lawrence is the author of over a dozen books on tactics and firearms, and is the owner of Blackheart International, LLC and Blackheart International Training.

41 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 13, 2012