In part 1 of this article, I wrote about the early development history of Finnish AKs, part 2 was dedicated to RK 60 and RK 62, Part 3, and in the final chapter, I want to talk about the last Finnish AK, RK 95. AK History @ TFB: Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi). Part 2: Quality, […] Read More … The post AKs from Finland. Part 4: RK 95, The Last of the Clan appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

In part 1 of this article, I wrote about the early development history of Finnish AKs, part 2 was dedicated to RK 60 and RK 62. In this article, I will talk about less-known Finnish AKs some of which became truly iconic in the most unexpected way. AK History @ TFB: Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi). Part 2: Quality, Problems […] Read More … The post AKs from Finland. Part 3: Finnish AKs Go to Hollywood appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

Russia’s Kalashnikov Concern have announced the delivery of another initial batch of improved AK-12s. The AK-12 Model 2023 has a number of small but significant changes including the removal of the earlier AK-12’s two-round burst function, a new stock with cheek riser, a new fixed muzzle device and small improvements to the rear sight. Kalashnikov […] Read More … The post Kalashnikov Concern Deliver Batch of New AK-12 (2023) appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about the early development history of Finnish AKs and the m/58 prototype. In this article, I will delve into the history of the first mass-produced AK from Finland – Valmet RK 62. In recent years, I had a chance to visit Finland several times, train some reservists there, […] Read More … The post AKs from Finland. Part 2: Valmet RK 62, Advanced AK Designed 62 Years Ago appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

The small European country of Finland always had a great reputation when it comes to arms production. For collectors, Finnish-made Mosin-Nagants are some of the most desirable Mosin rifles, but there is another rifle design that the Finnish took to a whole other level. It is called RK 62, the Finnish AK. AK History @ […] Read More … The post AKs from Finland. Part 1: Development History appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

In part 1 of this article, I talked about the history of Egyptian AKs, often called “Maadi” or “Misr”. In the second part of the article, I want to talk about the issues I experienced with Maadi AKs and the current developments related to Egyptian AK production. Quality problems of Maadi rifles are a sensitive […] Read More … The post Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi). Part 2: Quality, Problems and Modernization Projects appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

Photo Of The Day and above you see Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) operators looking for concealment during a combat beach reconnaissance training event. A quick look and you almost think they’re using Pulse rifles from the future. At a second look, it rather looks like they have duct-taped floating material to make their AKs […] Read More … The post POTD: Indian Marine Commando Force With Floating AKs appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

The US government has announced the transfer of enough small arms to equip a brigade to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The weapons originate from the thousands of weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition that have been seized in recent years from Iranian shipments to the Houthis in Yemen. Ukraine @ TFB: 12,000 French Rifles […] Read More … The post US Transfers Captured Iranian Small Arms to Ukraine appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

If you’ve ever seen a cult classic movie “Red Dawn” (obviously I am talking about the 1984 version, not the 2012 remake), you probably remember that all Soviet soldiers were equipped with authentic Kalashnikov rifles. But the guns they were using were not, in fact, Soviet, they were Egyptian AKs. 16 years ago TFB published […] Read More … The post Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi) – The First Kalashnikovs in The US. Part 1: History appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more

In Part 1 of this article, I talked about the history of AK rifle production in East Germany, and Part 2 was dedicated to my personal experiences with East Germany AKs. In Part 3, I want to talk about less-known variants of DDR AKs and their destiny after the Berlin Wall fell and communism in East Europe […] Read More … The post East Germany AKs – The Best In The World? Part 3: Less Known Variants appeared first on The Firearm Blog ..read more