Common Name: AK
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Common Name: AK-103
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-). In use with Para Commandos.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Military Technology Magazine. The World Defence Almanac. Vol.XXXIV (Mönch, 2010).
Common Name: AK (Type 56)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: North China Industries (NORINCO), Beijing, China.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Integral folding bayonet.
Designation: Pistolet Mitrailleur Modèle 89 (PM-89)
Common Name: AK
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela
(ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: limited service. Replaced the PPS-43.
Sources: Gimelli Sulashvili, Barbara. "Multiplying the Sources: Licensed and unlicensed military production". Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City (Small Arms Survey, 2007); Press photos (2008).
Designation: Pistolet Mitrailleur Modèle 89-1 (PM-89-1)
Common Name:
AKS
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela
(ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: limited service. Replaced the PPS-43.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Gimelli Sulashvili, Barbara. "Multiplying the Sources: Licensed and unlicensed military production". Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City (Small Arms Survey, 2007); Press photos.
Common Name: AKMS (MPiKMS-72)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: VEB Ernst-Thälmann-Werk, Suhl, East Germany.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with DIS and GIS.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un siècle d’armement mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Press photos.