Russia Unveils Fully Updated Kalashnikov Rifle

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

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

[Zelhar]

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.

[syyuge]

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.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

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.

[Zelhar]

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.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

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.

[syyuge]

'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

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

The World Bank has seldom been known as a firearms authority.

[syyuge]

Then please forward links from a well known firearms authority.

[maelgwyn]

Moisin-Nagent snipers rifle for me !  { Vasily Zaitsev}

[syyuge]

Ivan Sidorenko also had the same weapon.

[maelgwyn]

Thanks ! I didnt know about Sidorenko !

[GunsAndRosesFan]

Russia is so evil..... I'm ashamed of my birthland