Photos AK and its derivatives in action

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AKMS Airborne Variant
Russian Army

Ukrainian Army

With Waffle Magazine

 

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AKMS Airborne Variant with FAB DEFENSE Handguard, Drum Magazine, Suppressor & MEPRO 21 Sight

 

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Afghan militia gather with their weapons to support Afghanistan security forces against the Taliban in Afghan warlord and former Mujahideen leader Ismail Khan’s house in Herat on July 9, 2021. Photo: AFP / Hoshang Hashimi

Several well worn USSR AKM rifles in the background and a New-in-The-Box USSR AKMS with Bulgarian, synthetic 30rd magazine!

You do not see AK-74's often in Afghanistan!
Afghan security personnel stand guard along the road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar.

Russian AK-74M(?) with GP-25 attached & either AK-74 or AKS-74 shouldered on the right.

 

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A policeman stands guard at a road checkpoint as an internally displaced family flees from the ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province, on May 5, 2021. Photo: AFP / Sifatullah Zahidi

Afghan officer has a rare(!) Albanian ASh78-1 (PRC Type-56) slung over his shoulder. *Stock removed...

NOTE: Albania donated 30,000 rifles to Afghanistan in 2010.

 

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To commemorate the 30 anniversary of the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact on July 01, 1991

Feb. 1990 -- Soldiers from the East German Army (Nationale Volks Armee) during ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of East Germany during a celebration on their base in Bad Salzungen, East Germany. After the opening of the intra-German border, the East German army became fragmented with career officers and enlisted men leaving to move to the west...©1990 Scott A. Miller

Armed with MpiAKS-74N (AKS-74) rifles.

Polish Naval Infantry (supported by OT-62) armed with Kbk AKMS rifles, PKM and grenadier with KbKG Wz 1960 (AK-47) in offense.

Hungarian SPG-9 crew with AMD-65 (AKMS) rifles.

 

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AKS-74U 5.45

AK-74M 5.45 & AK-104 7.62

AK-105 5.45

 

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Photo Compliments: CengizSögütlü

Tajik soldiers armed with Russian AK-74M rifles.

Worn USSR AKM rifles.

PRC Type-56-2 (AKMS) rifles.

*Tajikistan, Kirgizstan and Kazakhstan have imported Chinese small arms the past decade. (Including the Type-81 series.)

 

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AK-200

 

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Late 1970's.
Rhodesian SAS with USSR AKMS rifles before mission against ZANLA or ZIPRA forces.

 

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Interesting! A Bulgarian rifle in Finland, no Rk.62 or Rk. 95?

Lahti, Finland
USAR Sgt. Michael Yarrington, 108th Training Command, fires a SAR-M1 rifle during the rifle shooting portion of the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers military competition in Finland on July 30th. The CIOR MILCOMP is an annual competition among NATO and Partnership for Peace nations. This competition test reserve service members from allied nations on several core disciplines in teams of three. *Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers military competition

Rifle is actually the AR-M1 (AK-47) public affairs misidentified the designation.

 

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Afghan soldiers engage terrorists with Serbian M-84 (PKM)

Afghan Police and NDS personnel secure bombing site. *NDS carry Serbian M-70AB3 (AKMS) rifles.

 

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Photo compliments CamelPasha

Azerbaijan throws its hat in the Kalashnikov ring.

 

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Taliban terrorists armed with US M-4 Carbine and Yugoslavian M-70B1 (AKM) rifle with rifle grenade barrel affixed.

 

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July 2021
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Tajik soldiers armed with Romanian PSL rifles. (that a lot of PSL's!) Romania is making $$.
*the fourth former Soviet republic to import this rifle.

 

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AKS-74 & Dragunov

 

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AK-74 with Tubular VS-24 Keymod Handguard & FAB DEFENSE Butt Stock

 

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Taliban celebratory gunfire with AMD types.

 

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AKMS

 

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ARSENAL AR-M1F41

 

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Photo compliments: Pierogi Golem

Azeri soldier with Romanian Model-1965 (AKMS) rifle.

Azeri soldiers march to post carrying USSR AKM, AKMS and Romanian Model-1965 (AKMS) rifles.