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Title: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on February 28, 2012, 12:57:51 PM: Russia Unveils AK-12 Assault Rifle

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/01/26/kalashnikov-ak-12-unveiled/

I think this looks to be a very good weapon. It somewhat resembles a Galil. If it's at all like previous Kalashnikov family weapons, it's likely to be more reliable than anything the west produces. Accuracy of course will be a big question.

BF
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Zelhar on February 28, 2012, 01:59:04 PM: Galil is an Israeli immitation of ak47 that fires nato rounds. But the new kalach doesn't strike me as a great improvement especiallly in terms of weight and material. They claim it has an improved barrel so perhaps it would be a bit more accurate, especially the ones adopted to nato rounds.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: syyuge on February 28, 2012, 02:33:04 PM: They had only one real break through and that was AK-47. All other variants of AK's combined can not surpass the total sold out numbers of AK-47.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on February 28, 2012, 02:43:49 PM: I don't think there are very many true AK47s (angled rear receiver, machined construction, sloping wooden stock). I thought that the vast majority of AKs are AKMs, Type 56s, AK74s, and derivatives.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Zelhar on February 28, 2012, 03:17:10 PM: Quote from: Brennanfan on February 28, 2012, 02:43:49 PM
I don't think there are very many true AK47s (angled rear receiver, machined construction, sloping wooden stock). I thought that the vast majority of AKs are AKMs, Type 56s, AK74s, and derivatives.
Ak47 was used by the vietkong and just about any other marxist revolutionaries around the world. I think the 74 is a post vietnam war model starting 1974.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on February 28, 2012, 03:24:41 PM: Yes it uses the smaller round. I still think there are many more of them than true, old-school AK47s. Most of what are called AK47s are actually the simplified, perfected AKM (cheaper to manufacture receiver) or various Chinese- or locally-made knockoffs.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: syyuge on February 28, 2012, 03:39:31 PM: 'The World Bank estimates that out of the 500 million total firearms available worldwide, 100 million are of the Kalashnikov family, and 75 million are AK-47s.[47]'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on February 28, 2012, 10:38:47 PM: The World Bank has seldom been known as a firearms authority.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: syyuge on February 29, 2012, 06:26:37 AM: Then please forward links from a well known firearms authority.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: maelgwyn on March 01, 2012, 09:55:41 AM: Moisin-Nagent snipers rifle for me ! { Vasily Zaitsev} :o
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: syyuge on March 01, 2012, 02:35:47 PM: Ivan Sidorenko also had the same weapon.
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: maelgwyn on March 02, 2012, 12:18:49 AM: Thanks ! :dance: I didnt know about Sidorenko ! :o
Title: Re: Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle
Post by: GunsAndRosesFan on March 02, 2012, 01:30:34 AM: Russia is so evil..... I'm ashamed of my birthland