Depending on how deeply you get into variations ,it is a copy of the the Chinese type 56 with copies of the East German MPiK pistol grip and stock. It is not known if they received Chinese machine tools/dies to make these or if they reverse engineered them. They had received a large number of EG MPiK's , North Korean Type 68's, and Chinese T-56's before and during the Iran/Iraq war. There was a thread a ways back that went into some detail, at least as much as we have been able to scrape together, but I could not find it.
Iranian AK's
I know this is a Iraqi section but there close to each other.
Iranian AK's
The Assault rifle type KL-7.62 mm is a gas-operated rifle and capable both of semi-automatic and automatic fire and intended for destroying hostile individual and group also can be in close combat by bayonet and butt stock has become the weapon of all army forces especially suited for the partisan war fares in every weather conditions.The rifle is supplied in various types such as
fixed butt stock (KLS), under folding butt stock (KLF) & side folding butt stock (KLT). Also it should be mentioned that the rifle has a multi-purpose bayonet.
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Iranian AK's
The Assault rifle type KL-7.62 mm is a gas-operated rifle and capable both of semi-automatic and automatic fire and intended for destroying hostile individual and group also can be in close combat by bayonet and butt stock has become the weapon of all army forces especially suited for the partisan war fares in every weather conditions.The rifle is supplied in various types such as
fixed butt stock (KLS), under folding butt stock (KLF) & side folding butt stock (KLT). Also it should be mentioned that the rifle has a multi-purpose bayonet.
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Speaking of Iranian AKs; here's an interesting picture showing a female Iranian militia unit of some sorts, armed with what might be those ultra-rare full-auto Iranian or Chinese double underfolders:
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Another pic from Iran; perhaps this is one of the KLT rifles? Could of course be Chinese too, but the color of the furniture strikes me as maybe a bit too dark, compared to the usual Chinese Phenolic. It has the typical non-ribbed Chinese receiver cover though [contrary to the ribbed AKM type in the Diomil pictures], as well as a non-threaded muzzle :
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Another pic from Iran; perhaps this is one of the KLT rifles? Could of course be Chinese too, but the color of the furniture strikes me as maybe a bit too dark, compared to the usual Chinese Phenolic. It has the typical non-ribbed Chinese receiver cover though [contrary to the ribbed AKM type in the Diomil pictures], as well as a non-threaded muzzle :
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Here's another *interesting* Iranian concept; an AKM with a 'Nader' underbarrel 'mini-RPG' rocket launcher. Can't help but wonder if they considered the back blast this thing would generate;
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Thank you for pointing that out, that was news to me.CumbiaDude said:
Off topic, I remember a guy that used to live right next to me that came from Iran. He had been a conscript during the Iran-Iraq war. He told about this one time when they were going to shoot down an Iraqi helicopter with an RPG-7. The RPG guy yelled 'clear behind', and everybody moved to the side. However, the helicopter moved with such speed as it passed them, that the RPG guy had to swing the launcher to get a chance to hit. Of course, when he swinged the launcher, one of the other guys in the platoon came in the way of the back blast as he pulled the trigger. Not a good thing.
The same guy also told me how the Iraqis would have little fire dicipline with their Kalashnikovs, shooting long bursts without really hitting anything, while they [the Iranians] had way better fire dicipline and greater number of confirmed hits with their G3s. According to him, the only Iraqi gunners that caused a degree of concern among the Iranians were the snipers, usually armed with Dragunovs.
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That might very well be. Very interesting, thank you for posting that, I had never heard of that type before. Polish stuff ain't exactly my speciality.Budoka34 said:
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