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  2. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 - Wikipedia

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    The AK-47 can mount PBS-1 silencer (sound suppressor) [302] The M16 uses synthetic furniture which is more durable than wood. The AK-47 uses wood furniture which can break, split, crack and rot. However, later model AKs use synthetic furniture. The M16 can be field stripped without tools: The AK-47 can be field stripped without tools

  3. AK-47 - Wikipedia

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    The AK-47 was designed to be a simple, reliable fully automatic rifle that could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, using mass production methods that were state of the art in the Soviet Union during the late 1940s. [41] The AK-47 uses a long-stroke gas system generally associated with high reliability in adverse conditions.

  4. Kalashnikov rifle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Heckler & Koch G3 - Wikipedia

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    Ak 4D: An updated version of the Ak 4B with the adjustable-length stock of the Ak 4C but with the addition of a modular handguard (also designed and manufactured by the Swedish company Spuhr i Dalby AB) and the Hensoldt 4×24 telescopic sight of the Ak 4OR in a Picatinny mount. The Ak 4D will be used by the Swedish Army as a stop-gap DMR.

  6. Norinco NHM 91 - Wikipedia

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    A civilian semi-auto variant of the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, the NHM-91 was built to imitate the appearance of the Russian RPK light machine gun.First imported and marketed in the United States in 1991 by ChinaSports Inc., NHM-91's were modified to meet the requirements of a 1989 Executive Order by President George H. W. Bush prohibiting importation of certain 'assault rifle ...

  7. AKM - Wikipedia

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    The AKMS (top) compared to an AK-47 (bottom) Compared with the AK-47, the AKM features detailed improvements and enhancements that optimized the rifle for mass production; some parts and assemblies were conceived using simplified manufacturing methods. Notably, the AK-47's milled steel receiver was replaced by a U-shaped steel stamping.

  8. Norinco Type 86S - Wikipedia

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    The Type 86S design departs from the AK-47 in several ways. The trigger-sear-hammer group is housed in a rear extension of the receiver, well behind the pistol grip.The operating mechanism is exactly the same as in the standard AK-47/AKM, with the exception of a connecting rod between the trigger and sear.

  9. SVD (rifle) - Wikipedia

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    The gas regulator can be set with the help of the rim of a cartridge. Position #1 leaves a gas escape port opened, whereas position #2 closes the gas escape port and directs extra gas to the piston, increasing the recoil velocity of the gas-piston system and is used for resolving reliability issues which arise from fouling in the gas port ...