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The gas tube and upper handguard could now be removed as needed to access the gas port and piston for cleaning. [2] The appearance of a 7.62×39mm prototype revived interest in Simonov's design, as only he and one other weapons designer, Alexey Sudayev , were able to produce rifles chambered for the new round on short notice. [ 17 ]
The iron sights can be used with or without the standard-issue optical sight in place. This is possible because the scope mount does not block the area between the front and rear sights. The SVD was originally issued with a detachable PSO-1 optical sight (now PSO-1M2) which mounts to a Warsaw Pact rail on the left side of the receiver. [ 16 ]
It was also equipped with a ladder sight for launching rifle grenades, which was folded against the upper handguard when not in use. [8] The sight functioned as a gas shutoff to enable the safe launching of a grenade when locked into place. [8] This design would later be incorporated into Zastava's M59/66 derivative of the Soviet SKS carbine. [9]
Uniquely, it lacks vent cuts on the upper gas tube heatguard. Also retains a metal ferrule that sits between the lower handguard and the front of the receiver that the AK-47 had. The pistol grip is the same kind as the AK-47 being made out of wood with a metal ferrule between it and the receiver instead of the later one piece bakelite like the AKM.
The nut closer to sling bracket is the adjusting nut locknut. Between the gas piston (lighter colour) and the locknut is the adjusting nut itself. Operating rod removed and placed on the right side. The vz. 52 is a shoulder-fired semi-automatic rifle with a tilting-bolt locking mechanism powered by an annular short-stroke gas piston system.
The lower handguard features an additional finger groove and the crossbar on the rear sight was removed. A commercial design only sold in Canada to date. Officially stamped T81SA. [27] Type 81M Underfolder: Type 81M with an under-folding stock found on the Type 56-1 assault rifle. Officially stamped T81SA. [28]
In line with the AK-74M assault rifle variant, the RPK-74M lower handguard, gas tube cover, pistol grip, and new synthetic stock are made from a black, glass-filled polyamide. The stock is shaped like the RPK-74 fixed stock, but also side-folds like the RPKS-74.
The Zastava M59/66 PAP is a Yugoslavian licensed derivative of the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle.In Yugoslavia, it received the popular nickname "papovka" derived from PAP, the abbreviation for poluautomatska puška, or Serbo-Croatian for "semi-automatic rifle". [4]