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The AR-M1 is a Bulgarian assault rifle designed primarily for export. It is a modernized Bulgarian derivative of the AKK, which itself is based on the Soviet AK-47. [5] The AR-M1 can be chambered for both the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×39mm cartridges.
The modernized rifles are designated as ''AK-47PT1''. [11] [12] AR-M1 Bulgaria: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: The rifle isn't a standard issue weapon of the Armed Forces, but it is occasionally seen in training or on parades. Potentially used as a small-scale replacement for older worn-out AK-47 rifles. [citation needed] Produced locally by ...
AR-M2 / AR-M2F - improved AK-47 like the AR-M1/AR-M1F, but with a shortened barrel, AKS-74U-like front sight base and muzzle booster/flash suppressor hybrid. AR-M4SF - extremely short development of the AKS-74 with red dot sight, provision to mount a night vision or laser sight and features a thumb-operable fire selector. Chambered in 5.56× ...
AK-47 barrel and its distinctive gas block with a horizontal row of gas relief ports. The rifle received a barrel with a chrome-lined bore and four right-hand grooves at a 240 mm (1 in 9.45 in) or 31.5 calibers rifling twist rate. The gas block contains a gas channel that is installed at a slanted angle with the bore axis.
Kalashnikov rifles (Russian: Автоматы Калашникова), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design.
The forward barrel trunnion has a non-threaded socket for the barrel and a transverse hole for a pin that secures the barrel in place. The AKM's barrel is installed in the forward trunnion and pinned (as opposed to the AK-47, which has a one piece receiver with integral trunnions and a barrel that is screwed-in).
The saiga most resembles an AK-74 and the AK-100 series of rifles. It includes a stamped receiver, and 90-degree gas block unlike the AK-47 which has a milled receiver and 45-degree gas block. The use of a third trunnion rivet gives it resemblance to the AK-100 series of rifles Russia is currently exporting.
The AK-47 assault rifle and the RPD machine gun, both firing the same 7.62×39mm cartridge, were introduced into Soviet service around the same time to complement the SKS. [14] During the 1950s, the Soviet Army rapidly mechanized its existing infantry formations, shifting primarily from light infantry on foot to a much more mobile force ...