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In 1991 the rifle was introduced into service with the Polish Army as the 5,45 mm karabinek wz. 1988 (kbk wz. 88). [1] The weapon’s design was authored by the team of engineers at OBR in Radom, under the guidance of B. Szpaderski. The rifle was produced exclusively with a folding wire stock by the Łucznik Arms Factory in Radom. [1]
The karabinek szturmowy wzór 96 "Beryl" (English: assault rifle pattern 1996 "Beryllium", abbreviated kbs wz. 96) is a Polish 5.56mm assault rifle, designed and produced by the Fabryka Broni Radom. The rifle replaced the 5.45×39mm FB Tantal and 7.62×39mm AKM rifles as the standard-issue service rifle of the Polish Armed Forces.
5.56×45mm NATO United States [8] Remington R4: 5.56×45mm NATO United States [9] Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO United States: Used by ISOF [10] SIG Sauer SIGM400: 5.56×45mm NATO Germany: Used by ISOF [5] K2C carbine: 5.56×45mm NATO South Korea [11] FB Tantal: 5.45×39mm Poland: 10,000 Tantals were sold to Iraq in mid-2000. [3 ...
The 5.45 mm subkarabinek wz. 1989 Onyks (polish for: subcarbine wz. 1989 Onyx) is a lightweight Polish short variant of the 5.45 mm wz. 1988 Tantal assault rifle, also based on the AKS-74U. Work on the weapon began in 1989 at the Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy state research institute in the city of Radom. The weapon's technical specifications ...
FB Beryl – 5.56 mm assault rifle (in production), standard-issue service rifle of the Polish Armed Forces; FB Mini-Beryl – 5.56 mm carbine (in production) FB Onyks – 5.45 mm carbine; FB Tantal – 5.45 mm assault rifle; Radom Hunter – AKM derivative for civilian market; FB Glauberyt – 9 mm submachine gun (in production)
The AEK-971 (Russian: Автомат единый Кокшарова 971, "Automatic (rifle), Universal, (of) Koksharov, 971) is a selective fire 5.45×39mm assault rifle that was developed at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ) by chief designer Stanislav Ivanovich Koksharov (Cyrilic: Станислав Иванович Кокшаров), also known as Sergey Koksharov, in the late 1970s and ...
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Improvements were made to the initial design from the 1970s which made the rifle capable of handling more powerful cartridges such as the .308 Winchester/7.62×51mm and the more prevalent .223 Remington/5.56×45mm, 5.45×39mm, and 7.62×39mm calibers. These improvements contributed to the modern line of the Saiga rifles being adopted by many ...