AK-47

"This rifle right here got my name all over it."

- Ellis

The AK-47 is an Assault Rifle variant in Left 4 Dead 2. It can be found mostly in the location of the Combat Rifle in areas where the assault rifle spawns.

Differences
Compared to the assault rifle, the AK-47 has a slightly lower capacity, but makes up for this by dealing more damage per bullet. However, it seems that its accuracy is the same as the M16 assault rifle while moving but is worse than the Combat Rifle. However, when standing still, the accuracy is just as good, if not better than the other assault rifles. It has a slightly longer reload time and a lower rate of fire compared to the regular Assault Rifle.

Also, it appears from demo gameplay that the AK-47 is much rarer than other assault rifles as it is found a lot less than the other guns.

Tactics

 * The AK-47 can kill Common Infected with one shot on easy and normal difficulty.
 * The AK-47 is a great weapon to be used on hordes. The less than quality accuracy isn't really an issue since the horde is often in a tight group you can crouch, and let the bullets fly.
 * The AK-47 has great bullet penetration and damage to make up for the accuracy issue, because of this it can be an effective "tank killer" being a very powerful weapon.

Trivia

 * While called the AK-47 in the game, it appears to be modeled after the AKM, a modernized but almost identical gun
 * It is unlikely to stumble upon a automatic version of this rifle in the real-life, though semi-automatic "sporter" versions are prominent throughout the US.
 * The Ak-47 appeared in another Valve Game, Counter Strike.