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 original Assault Rifle, the AK-47 has a lower ammo capacity, a slower rate of fire, and lower accuracy. However, each individual bullet from the AK-47 does 58 damage, as opposed to the Assault Rifle's 33 or the Combat Rifle's 44.

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 appears in all games in the Counter-Strike series. It was also slated to appear in Half-Life 2 as the AR1, but was ultimately cut, only seen in the leaked Half-Life 2 Beta.