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20 clones "Kalashnikov"
AK-47, along with its many variants is the most common army gun (automatic rifle) in the world.
It is in service in 45 countries and took part in all military conflicts that have occurred since its creation in the 1940s.
Although its design has not changed significantly, many countries, to meet their needs, made their corrections. This article presents the most popular options, as well as less well-known.
All these models are stored in the personal collection of Stuart McDaniel, a member of the Association of Collectors of Kalashnikov weapons.
21 photos
1. Chinese AK-47S. Semi-automatic version, milled receiver Type 56 chambered 7, 62x39mm. This is an exact copy of the Russian AK-47 type 3 ever produced in China. Production Type 56 was established with the help of machinery and technical support provided by the Soviet side.
2. Chinese AKS. Stamped receiver, under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm, folding butt sideways. One of the rare representatives of Chinese weapons in the United States.
3. Chinese Type 56. The Chinese, after the rupture of relations with the USSR, released its own version with stamped receiver. Therefore, this model was developed by reverse engineering, without support from the Soviet side. Distinctive type chips 56 are closed triangular front sight and a bayonet. Since the 1950s, it was made from 10 to 15 million units of this model.
4. MPi-KMS72 from East Germany. The model with a folding butt sideways, under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm, made in a factory Ernst Thaelman in East Germany. Models with wire butt, bakelite handle and the upper handguard, originally equipped paratroopers and mechanized infantry.
5. Egyptian ARM. The so-called Maadi, in the beginning of 80th massively imported into the US by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver, a folding butt sideways wire. It is a replica of the Russian AKM.
6. Hungarian AKM-63. First produced in 1963, AKM-63 - a full-sized machine with a wooden butt of the gun and the metal with a wooden front grip, which helps to cope with the impact during automatic firing. Upper handguard not. As in the US, imported a total of about 1,100, is one of the rare variants of AK in the United States.
7. Hungarian AMD-65. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, 12 short barrel length, 6 inches, with the same front handle, like AKM-63. It has a folding butt sideways wire in order to make it more convenient for use in confined spaces such as armored vehicles and tanks. The shorter length of the sighting and the trunk make it less accurate than the AKM-63, but the convenience of the treatment outweigh the loss in accuracy. Pay attention to the magazine for 20 rounds.
8. The Iraqi Tabuk carbine. This Iraqi version of the Kalashnikov assault rifle chambered 7, 62x39mm made in Al-Qadisiyah. It is built on the basis of the Yugoslav M70B2, has stamped receiver box from the PKK, wooden lining, rubber recoil pad on the butt, sight for the grenade launcher, the bevelled muzzle brake-compensator. On it you can install under-barrel launcher. A large number of such models have been seized by US forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
9. The Iraqi Tabuk DMR. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, semi-automatic carbine version marksmanskaya Tabuk. Barrel length - 23, 6 inches, and to engage targets at medium ranges set 4x24mm riflescope. It set the Russian sight PSO-1, but also meet the Romanian and LPS Type 2s and Yugoslav ZRAK. This model is often confused with the more powerful sniper rifle chambered 7, 62x54R. But in essence, it is the PKK with a telescopic sight.
10. Polish PMKM. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, this is the exact replica of the Russian AKM. Stamped receiver, laminated wooden stock, handguard "beaver tail" synthetic pistol grip, the beveled compensator. The photo also shows the Polish bayonet and a bottle of oil.
11. Polish PMKMS. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver with folding down the butt, forearm "beaver tail" beveled compensator and Polish bayonet.
12. Polish Tantal WZ88. Under the chuck 5, 45x39mm, distinguished by the fact that in addition to automatic and semi-automatic mode, it can shoot and bursts of three shots. He has a unique switch on the left side of the receiver box and folding butt for greater mobility. It was found the night sighting device, a special muzzle brake-compensator mount for the grenade launcher. There is also a bakelite hand guards.
13. Romanian AIM-G. In 1989, Romania was formed 700,000th "patriotic Guard", which was equipped with semi-automatic rifles PM md. 63 with embossed letter G on the left side of the pillar. This is the most popular among the Romanian version of the machine, and more than 20 thousand units were imported into the United States. It is made under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm and has a distinctive wooden front vertical grip.
14. Romanian AIMS 74. This option PM md. 63 chambered 5, 45x39mm and has a wooden handle and the front vertical folding metal butt sideways. To reduce the impact installed muzzle brake-compensator like the AK-74
15. Romanian PM md. 63. It was first produced in 1963 and is the first Romanian variant AK chambered 7, 62x39mm. It is almost identical to the Russian AKM, but differs chrome gate, the chamber and the hammer. It is also equipped with a coupler trunk like an AK-47 and a wooden pistol grip.
16. Romanian PM md. 65. The first model with a folding butt down from Romania, is identical to the original PM md. 63. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver and a vertical front handle.
17. A copy of the Russian AKM called the Khyber Pass. Khyber Pass - a region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the majority of trade routes. Typically, these machines are doing in the cellars of the materials at hand. It is chambered 7, 62x39mm, has a folding butt sideways like AKS-74. It departed from it shot Osama Bin Laden in many videos with his participation.
18. Option Soviet AKMS. This version of the Soviet AKM with folding down the butt. It is chambered 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver. It has metal butt like a German submachine gun MP-40 forged chrome barrel length of 16, 1-inch, laminated wooden laths, a synthetic pistol grip and bevelled muzzle brake-compensator. The machine shown in the photo was made from parts that were seized by Israel from the Palestine Liberation Army during the conflict in Lebanon in 80 years.
19. Yugoslavian M70-B1. It is chambered 7, 62mm, was armed with the Army of Yugoslavia. Built on the heavier receiver from the PKK a thickness of 1, 5 mm. Has wooden lining, rubber recoil pad on the butt and sight for the grenade launcher. In the photo he is shown with an antipersonnel mine M52P3.
20. The Yugoslav M92. This snub AK chambered 7, 62x39mm Yugoslav used riot. Built on the stamped receiver has a two-position rear sight mounted on the top cover, folding down the butt and expansion chamber muzzle brake-compensator.
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It is in service in 45 countries and took part in all military conflicts that have occurred since its creation in the 1940s.
Although its design has not changed significantly, many countries, to meet their needs, made their corrections. This article presents the most popular options, as well as less well-known.
All these models are stored in the personal collection of Stuart McDaniel, a member of the Association of Collectors of Kalashnikov weapons.
21 photos
1. Chinese AK-47S. Semi-automatic version, milled receiver Type 56 chambered 7, 62x39mm. This is an exact copy of the Russian AK-47 type 3 ever produced in China. Production Type 56 was established with the help of machinery and technical support provided by the Soviet side.
2. Chinese AKS. Stamped receiver, under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm, folding butt sideways. One of the rare representatives of Chinese weapons in the United States.
3. Chinese Type 56. The Chinese, after the rupture of relations with the USSR, released its own version with stamped receiver. Therefore, this model was developed by reverse engineering, without support from the Soviet side. Distinctive type chips 56 are closed triangular front sight and a bayonet. Since the 1950s, it was made from 10 to 15 million units of this model.
4. MPi-KMS72 from East Germany. The model with a folding butt sideways, under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm, made in a factory Ernst Thaelman in East Germany. Models with wire butt, bakelite handle and the upper handguard, originally equipped paratroopers and mechanized infantry.
5. Egyptian ARM. The so-called Maadi, in the beginning of 80th massively imported into the US by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver, a folding butt sideways wire. It is a replica of the Russian AKM.
6. Hungarian AKM-63. First produced in 1963, AKM-63 - a full-sized machine with a wooden butt of the gun and the metal with a wooden front grip, which helps to cope with the impact during automatic firing. Upper handguard not. As in the US, imported a total of about 1,100, is one of the rare variants of AK in the United States.
7. Hungarian AMD-65. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, 12 short barrel length, 6 inches, with the same front handle, like AKM-63. It has a folding butt sideways wire in order to make it more convenient for use in confined spaces such as armored vehicles and tanks. The shorter length of the sighting and the trunk make it less accurate than the AKM-63, but the convenience of the treatment outweigh the loss in accuracy. Pay attention to the magazine for 20 rounds.
8. The Iraqi Tabuk carbine. This Iraqi version of the Kalashnikov assault rifle chambered 7, 62x39mm made in Al-Qadisiyah. It is built on the basis of the Yugoslav M70B2, has stamped receiver box from the PKK, wooden lining, rubber recoil pad on the butt, sight for the grenade launcher, the bevelled muzzle brake-compensator. On it you can install under-barrel launcher. A large number of such models have been seized by US forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
9. The Iraqi Tabuk DMR. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, semi-automatic carbine version marksmanskaya Tabuk. Barrel length - 23, 6 inches, and to engage targets at medium ranges set 4x24mm riflescope. It set the Russian sight PSO-1, but also meet the Romanian and LPS Type 2s and Yugoslav ZRAK. This model is often confused with the more powerful sniper rifle chambered 7, 62x54R. But in essence, it is the PKK with a telescopic sight.
10. Polish PMKM. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, this is the exact replica of the Russian AKM. Stamped receiver, laminated wooden stock, handguard "beaver tail" synthetic pistol grip, the beveled compensator. The photo also shows the Polish bayonet and a bottle of oil.
11. Polish PMKMS. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver with folding down the butt, forearm "beaver tail" beveled compensator and Polish bayonet.
12. Polish Tantal WZ88. Under the chuck 5, 45x39mm, distinguished by the fact that in addition to automatic and semi-automatic mode, it can shoot and bursts of three shots. He has a unique switch on the left side of the receiver box and folding butt for greater mobility. It was found the night sighting device, a special muzzle brake-compensator mount for the grenade launcher. There is also a bakelite hand guards.
13. Romanian AIM-G. In 1989, Romania was formed 700,000th "patriotic Guard", which was equipped with semi-automatic rifles PM md. 63 with embossed letter G on the left side of the pillar. This is the most popular among the Romanian version of the machine, and more than 20 thousand units were imported into the United States. It is made under the cartridge 7, 62x39mm and has a distinctive wooden front vertical grip.
14. Romanian AIMS 74. This option PM md. 63 chambered 5, 45x39mm and has a wooden handle and the front vertical folding metal butt sideways. To reduce the impact installed muzzle brake-compensator like the AK-74
15. Romanian PM md. 63. It was first produced in 1963 and is the first Romanian variant AK chambered 7, 62x39mm. It is almost identical to the Russian AKM, but differs chrome gate, the chamber and the hammer. It is also equipped with a coupler trunk like an AK-47 and a wooden pistol grip.
16. Romanian PM md. 65. The first model with a folding butt down from Romania, is identical to the original PM md. 63. Under the chuck 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver and a vertical front handle.
17. A copy of the Russian AKM called the Khyber Pass. Khyber Pass - a region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the majority of trade routes. Typically, these machines are doing in the cellars of the materials at hand. It is chambered 7, 62x39mm, has a folding butt sideways like AKS-74. It departed from it shot Osama Bin Laden in many videos with his participation.
18. Option Soviet AKMS. This version of the Soviet AKM with folding down the butt. It is chambered 7, 62x39mm, stamped receiver. It has metal butt like a German submachine gun MP-40 forged chrome barrel length of 16, 1-inch, laminated wooden laths, a synthetic pistol grip and bevelled muzzle brake-compensator. The machine shown in the photo was made from parts that were seized by Israel from the Palestine Liberation Army during the conflict in Lebanon in 80 years.
19. Yugoslavian M70-B1. It is chambered 7, 62mm, was armed with the Army of Yugoslavia. Built on the heavier receiver from the PKK a thickness of 1, 5 mm. Has wooden lining, rubber recoil pad on the butt and sight for the grenade launcher. In the photo he is shown with an antipersonnel mine M52P3.
20. The Yugoslav M92. This snub AK chambered 7, 62x39mm Yugoslav used riot. Built on the stamped receiver has a two-position rear sight mounted on the top cover, folding down the butt and expansion chamber muzzle brake-compensator.
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