Which national flag depicts an AK-47 rifle?

Mozambique’s national flag depicts an AK-47 rifle.

The rifle appears in the yellow triangle of Mozambique’s flag, crossed with a hoe and placed beside an open book. The rifle symbolizes defense and vigilance, the hoe represents agriculture, and the book stands for education. A star in the same emblem represents Marxism and internationalism in the flag’s historical political context.

Mozambique adopted the present flag on 1 May 1983, several years after independence from Portugal in 1975. Its colors are associated with liberation history: green with the land, black with the African continent, yellow with minerals, and red with resistance and struggle.

The rifle makes Mozambique’s flag unusually recognizable and has prompted repeated political debate inside the country. Proposals to remove it have been discussed, but the national flag has retained the weapon. The firearm is generally identified as an AK-47, though the emblem is a stylized representation rather than a technical weapon diagram.