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[[File:Israel special forces.jpg|thumb|Soldato delle Forze Speciali israeliane con un AK-47. Molte di queste armi sono state catturate dagli israeliani nel corso degli anni e intere unità vengono equipaggiate con esse<ref name=Laffin>{{cite book |last=Laffin |first=John |last2=Chappell |first2=Mike |authorlink=John Laffin |authorlink2=Michael Chappell |title=The Israeli Army in the Middle East Wars 1948–73 |page=21 |date=29 July 1982 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |series=Men at Arms |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jSuKRkUSWwcC |isbn=978-0-85045-450-5}}</ref>.]]
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* {{Bandiera|AfghanistanAFG}} [[Afghanistan]]<ref name=washingtonpost>{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Kahaner |title=Weapon Of Mass Destruction |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=26 November 2006 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400788.html |accessdate=3 April 2010}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|AlbaniaALB}} [[Albania]]<ref name=Jones>{{cite book |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Richard D. |editor2-last=Ness |editor2-first=Leland S. |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 |date=27 January 2009 |edition=35 |publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]] |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A5ngPgAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|AlgeriaALG}} [[Algeria]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|AngolaANG}} [[Angola]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Armenia}} [[Armenia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|AzerbaijanAZE}} [[Azerbaigian]]<ref name=Jones/><ref>{{cite web |last=St. John |first=Marshall |title=Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov and the AK-47 |work=Mouseguns.com |url=http://www.southernoutdoorlife.com/mouseguns/ak47info/ak47info.htm |accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|BangladeshBAN}} [[Bangladesh]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|BelarusBLR}} [[Bielorussia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|BeninBEN}}[[Benin]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH}} [[Bosnia-Erzegovina]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Botswana}} [[Botswana]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Cambodia}} [[Cambogia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Cape Verde}} [[Capo Verde]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Central African Republic}} Repubblica Centrafricana<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Chad}} [[Chad]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Chile}} [[Cile]]<ref name=Gander>{{cite book |last=Gander |first=Terry J. |last2=Hogg |first2=Ian V. |authorlink2=Ian V. Hogg |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995–96 |date=1 May 1995 |edition=21 |publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]] |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qSL8AAAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-7106-1241-0}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|People's Republic of China}}: [[TypeRepubblica 56Popolare assault rifle|Type 56Cinese]]: variantin wasuso used.la variante Type 56<ref name=Miller>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=David M. O. |title=The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns |date=1 May 2001 |series=Illustrated Directory Series |publisher=Salamander Books |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GgpRPgAACAAJ |isbn=978-1-84065-245-1}}</ref>.
* {{Bandiera|Comoros}} Comore<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Republic of the Congo}} Repubblica del Congo<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Democratic Republic of the CongoCuba}} Cuba<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|CubaEgypt}} [[Egitto]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|EgyptEritrea}} [[Eritrea]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|EritreaEthiopia}} [[Etiopia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|EthiopiaGabon}} [[Gabon]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Georgia}} : [[Georgia]]<ref name=Jones/> : Replacedrimpiazzato bydall’M4 the [[M4 carbine]]americano innel 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Georgian Army Bids Farewell to Soviet Guns |newspaper="Today Defence" supplement of "Georgia Today" |date=January 2008 |issue=7 |publisher=Georgia Today Ltd. |___location=Tbilisi |url=http://www.mod.gov.ge/files/ijwtsgknrxgeo.pdf |accessdate=8 October 2010 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101231163645/http://mod.gov.ge/files/ijwtsgknrxgeo.pdf |archivedate=31 December 2010 |deadurl=yes |format=PDF |issn=1512-4304}}</ref> ▼* {{Bandiera|Finland}}: [[Rk 62]], [[Rk 95 Tp]].
* {{Bandieraflag|GabonEast Germany}} [[Germania]]<ref name=JonesPopenker/>
* {{Bandiera|Greece}} : [[ Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Greece)|EKAM]] counter-terrorist unit of the [[Hellenic PoliceGrecia]] .<ref>{{cite web |last=Milosevic |first=Milan |title=Trojanski Konj za Teroriste |trans_title= |language=Serbian |year=2005 |work=Kalibar |publisher=[[Novosti AD]] |url=http://www.kalibar.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=74 |accessdate=4 April 2009<!-- |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5rzTsOf8X |archivedate=14 August 2010 |deadurl=no-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Greece Ministry of Public Order Press Office: Special Anti-Terrorist Unit |date=July 2004 |publisher=[[Hellenic Police]] |url=http://www.astynomia.gr/images/stories/DOCS/Attachment11480_ENHMEROTIKO_EKAM_ENGL.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=27 September 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5rOg1WIHo |archivedate=21 July 2010 |deadurl=yes}}</ref> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Georgia}}:<ref name=Jones/> Replaced by the [[M4 carbine]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Georgian Army Bids Farewell to Soviet Guns |newspaper="Today Defence" supplement of "Georgia Today" |date=January 2008 |issue=7 |publisher=Georgia Today Ltd. |___location=Tbilisi |url=http://www.mod.gov.ge/files/ijwtsgknrxgeo.pdf |accessdate=8 October 2010 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101231163645/http://mod.gov.ge/files/ijwtsgknrxgeo.pdf |archivedate=31 December 2010 |deadurl=yes |format=PDF |issn=1512-4304}}</ref>
* {{flagBandiera|East GermanyGuinea}} [[Guinea]]<ref name=PopenkerJones/>
* {{Bandiera| GuyanaEquatorial Guinea}} Guinea Equatoriale<ref name=Jones/> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Greece}}: [[Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Greece)|EKAM]] counter-terrorist unit of the [[Hellenic Police]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Milosevic |first=Milan |title=Trojanski Konj za Teroriste |trans_title= |language=Serbian |year=2005 |work=Kalibar |publisher=[[Novosti AD]] |url=http://www.kalibar.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=74 |accessdate=4 April 2009<!-- |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5rzTsOf8X |archivedate=14 August 2010 |deadurl=no-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Greece Ministry of Public Order Press Office: Special Anti-Terrorist Unit |date=July 2004 |publisher=[[Hellenic Police]] |url=http://www.astynomia.gr/images/stories/DOCS/Attachment11480_ENHMEROTIKO_EKAM_ENGL.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=27 September 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5rOg1WIHo |archivedate=21 July 2010 |deadurl=yes}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|Guinea-Bissau}} Guinea-Bisau<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Equatorial GuineaGuyana}} Guyana<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Guinea-BissauHungary}} [[Ungheria]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|India}} : [[India]]<ref name=Jones/> Used by [[Force One]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Maha's elite counter terror unit Force One becomes operational |date=25 November 2009 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |publisher=Business Standard Ltd |___location=New Delhi |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha%5Cs-elite-counter-terror-unit-force-one-becomes-operational/377563/ |accessdate=5 July 2010 |oclc=496280002}}</ref> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Guyana}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|HungaryIran}} [[Iran]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera| LaosIraq}} [[Iraq]]<ref name=washingtonpost/><ref name=Jones/> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|India}}:<ref name=Jones/> Used by [[Force One]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Maha's elite counter terror unit Force One becomes operational |date=25 November 2009 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |publisher=Business Standard Ltd |___location=New Delhi |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha%5Cs-elite-counter-terror-unit-force-one-becomes-operational/377563/ |accessdate=5 July 2010 |oclc=496280002}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|IranIsrael}} [[Israele]]<ref name=Jones/><ref name=Laffin/>
* {{Bandiera|IraqKazakhstan}}<ref name=washingtonpost/>[[Kazakistan]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|IsraelNorth Korea}}: [[Corea del Nord]]<ref name=Jones/>: Capturedin fromuso Arable armiesvarianti overType the56 coursee ofType the [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]].<ref name=Laffin/>58
* {{Bandiera|KazakhstanLaos}} [[Laos]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|KenyaLesotho}}{{Citation needed|date[[Lesotho]]<ref name=February 2013}}Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|North KoreaLiberia}}: [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56Liberia]] and [[Type 58 assault rifle|Type 58]] variants were used.<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera| SerbiaLibya}} [[Libia]]<ref name=Jones/> ▼* {{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
* {{Bandiera|Macedonia}} [[Macedonia]]<ref name=Jones/><ref>{{cite news |last=Nikolovski |first=Zoran |title=Macedonian military police, US National Guard conduct joint manoeuvres |date=12 October 2006 |newspaper=[[Southeast European Times]] |publisher=[[United States European Command]] |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/10/12/feature-03 |accessdate=14 March 2011 |oclc=731936128}}</ref> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Laos}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|LesothoMadagascar}} [[Madagascar]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|LiberiaMali}} [[Mali]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|LibyaMalta}} [[Malta]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera| MoroccoMexico}} [[Messico]]<ref name=Jones/> ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Macedonia}}<ref name=Jones/><ref>{{cite news |last=Nikolovski |first=Zoran |title=Macedonian military police, US National Guard conduct joint manoeuvres |date=12 October 2006 |newspaper=[[Southeast European Times]] |publisher=[[United States European Command]] |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/10/12/feature-03 |accessdate=14 March 2011 |oclc=731936128}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|MadagascarMoldova}} [[Moldavia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|MaliMongolia}} [[Mongolia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|MaltaMorocco}}: [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56Marocco]] variant.<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|MexicoMozambique}} [[Mozambico]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|MoldovaNamibia}} [[Namibia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Pakistan}} : [[ TypePakistan]]: 56in assaultuso la copia cinese rifle|Type 56 ]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army |publisher=Pakistan Defence |___location=Indianapolis, IN |url=http://www.defence.pk/pakistan-army/ |accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> and [[AK-103]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Forces (Maritime) (Pakistan), Amphibious and special forces |date=28 June 2012 |work=Jane's Amphibious and Special Forces |publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]] |url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Amphibious-and-Special-Forces/Special-Forces-Maritime-Pakistan.html |accessdate=23 February 2013}}</ref> used. ▼* {{Bandiera|Mongolia}}<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Palestine}} [[Palestina]]<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |title=Israel Aids Palestinians With Arms |date=5 September 2008 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |publisher= |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/middleeast/06mideast.html |accessdate=}}</ref>
▲* {{Bandiera|Morocco}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|MozambiquePeru}} [[Perù]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|Philippines}} : Used by the Santiago City PNP.[[Filippine]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Santiago city forms SWAT team to combat crime |date=2 September 2006 |publisher=[[Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)|Philippine Information Agency]] |url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p060902.htm&no=3&date=09/02/2006 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> ▼* {{Bandiera|Myanmar}}: Used by the [[Myanmar Police Force]] (include the Chinese [[Type 56]]).{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
* {{Bandiera|NamibiaPoland}} [[Polonia]]<ref name=JonesPopenker/>
▲* {{Bandiera| MongoliaQatar}} [[Qatar]]<ref name=Jones/>
▲* {{Bandiera|Pakistan}}: [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army |publisher=Pakistan Defence |___location=Indianapolis, IN |url=http://www.defence.pk/pakistan-army/ |accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> and [[AK-103]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Forces (Maritime) (Pakistan), Amphibious and special forces |date=28 June 2012 |work=Jane's Amphibious and Special Forces |publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]] |url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Amphibious-and-Special-Forces/Special-Forces-Maritime-Pakistan.html |accessdate=23 February 2013}}</ref> used.
* {{flagBandiera|PalestineRhodesia}} [[Rodesia]]<ref name="PTW">{{cite newsbook | last = Rod Wells|first authorlink = | title=Israel Aids= Palestinians With ArmsPart-Time War|dateedition=5 September 2008 2011|newspaperpage=[[The New155 York| Times]] |publisher= |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/middleeast/06mideast.html Fern House|accessdate isbn= 978-1-902702-25-4}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|PeruRomania}} [[Romania]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Russia}} [[Russia]]<ref name=Popenker/>: rimpiazzato dall’AK-74 nel 1974.
▲* {{Bandiera|Philippines}}: Used by the Santiago City PNP.<ref>{{cite news |title=Santiago city forms SWAT team to combat crime |date=2 September 2006 |publisher=[[Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)|Philippine Information Agency]] |url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p060902.htm&no=3&date=09/02/2006 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref>
* {{ flagBandiera| Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicESH}} [[Sahraui]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |title=Western Sahara – In the unforgiving deserts of south west Algeria, Nick Ryan meets the nomads fighting a 25 year battle |year=1999 |magazine=[[Geographical (magazine)|Geographical]] |issue= |publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]] |url=http://www.nickryan.net/articles/sahara.html |accessdate=20 May 2012 |issn=0016-741X}}</ref> ▼* {{Bandiera|Poland}}<ref name=Popenker/>
* {{Bandiera|QatarSao Tome and Principe}} [[São Tomé e Príncipe]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera| SeychellesSerbia}} [[Serbia]]<ref name=Jones/> ▼* {{Bandiera|Rhodesia}}<ref name="PTW">{{cite book | last = Rod Wells| authorlink = | title = Part-Time War|edition= 2011|page= 155 | publisher = Fern House| isbn= 978-1-902702-25-4}}</ref> ▼* {{Bandiera|RomaniaSeychelles}} [[Seychelles]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|RussiaSierra Leone}}: [[Sierra Leone]]<ref name=PopenkerJones/> Replaced by the [[AK-74]]M since 1974.
▲* {{Bandiera| PolandSlovenia}} [[Slovenia]]<ref name= PopenkerJones/>
▲* {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |title=Western Sahara – In the unforgiving deserts of south west Algeria, Nick Ryan meets the nomads fighting a 25 year battle |year=1999 |magazine=[[Geographical (magazine)|Geographical]] |issue= |publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]] |url=http://www.nickryan.net/articles/sahara.html |accessdate=20 May 2012 |issn=0016-741X}}</ref>
* {{Bandiera|Sao Tome and PrincipeSomalia}} [[Somalia]]<ref name=Jones/>
▲* {{Bandiera| RhodesiaSouth Africa}} [[Sudafrica]]<ref name=" PTWJock">{{cite book | last = RodHarry WellsMcCallion| authorlink = | title = Part-TimeKilling WarZone|edition= 2011April 11, 1996| pagepages= 15513–281 | publisher = FernBloomsbury HousePaperbacks| isbn= 978-10- 9027027475- 252567- 46}}</ref>
▲* {{Bandiera|Serbia}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{flag|Soviet Union}} : Adopted in[[Unione 1949.Sovietica]]{{sfnm|Monetchikov|2005|1p=67|Bolotin|1995|2p=129}} ▼▲* {{Bandiera|Seychelles}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|SierraSri LeoneLanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|SloveniaSudan}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|SomaliaSuriname}} [[Suriname]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Syria}} [[Siria]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|South Africa}}: Used by the [[South African Special Forces Brigade|Special Forces Brigade]].<ref name="Jock">{{cite book | last = Harry McCallion| authorlink = | title = Killing Zone|edition= April 11, 1996|pages= 13–281 | publisher = Bloomsbury Paperbacks| isbn= 0-7475-2567-6}}</ref>
*{{Bandiera|Tajikistan}} [[Tagikistan]]<ref name=Jones/>
▲* {{flag|Soviet Union}}: Adopted in 1949.{{sfnm|Monetchikov|2005|1p=67|Bolotin|1995|2p=129}}
* {{Bandiera|Sri LankaTanzania}}: [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56Tanzania]] variant.<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|SudanTogo}} [[Togo]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Turkey}} [[Turchia]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{flag|South Sudan}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
* {{Bandiera|SurinameTurkmenistan}}<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|SyriaUganda}} [[Uganda]]<ref name=Jones/>
* {{Bandiera|TajikistanUkraine}} [[Ucraina]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|UAE}} [[Emirati Arabi Uniti]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Vietnam}} [[Vietnam]]<ref name=Miller/>
*{{Bandiera|Yemen}} [[Yemen]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{flag|Yugoslavia}} [[Jugoslavia]]<ref name=Popenker/>
*{{Bandiera|Zambia}} [[Zambia]]<ref name=Jones/>
*{{Bandiera|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]<ref name=Jones/>
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