Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles 7´62

Hello everyone again, and here I bring you my next work by Foreign Kalashnikovs, which will show you these Bulgarian assault rifles that from 2000 to today and together with numerous more modern and advanced versions that have been created at Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, they were the standard weapons of the Bulgarian armed forces. Well, today I will show you the Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles, (also known as Arsenal AR) that are also used in large, medium or small quantities by the armed forces of some countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Arsenal Automatic Rifles are also known as the "Bulgarian AK-47 rifles". These weapons, manufactured in Bulgaria in 1998 by the arms manufacturer Arsenal AD and which would not enter service in the Bulgarian armed forces until 2000, are local exact copies of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle, but with four aesthetic differences that distinguish Bulgarian weapons from Soviet weapons. The first and most striking difference between a Bulgarian Arsenal AR rifle and a Soviet AK-47 is that the fixed stock, pistol grip and forearm of the Bulgarian weapon are made of black polymer and not wood, thus to lighten the weight of the weapons. and increase heat resistance when Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles fire long bursts of bullets in automatic mode. These pieces of such material make the Bulgarian Arsenal rifles lighter and more versatile than the Soviet Kalashnikov rifles. The polymer fixed stock of the Bulgarian Arsenal AR is one and a half centimeters longer than the wooden fixed stock of the Soviet AK-47, giving the Bulgarian weapon an overall length of 88 and a half centimeters. In other words, the Bulgarian Arsenal AR assault rifle is one and a half centimeters longer than the Russian AK-47 assault rifle, which is 87 centimeters long. The forearms and pistols of Bulgarian weapons are the same black polymer parts that are normally carried by Russian AK-103 rifles. The second difference is in the AR-1 and AR-1F models, which incorporate a flash suppressor in the muzzle that is similar to that of the Soviet Dragunov sniper rifle, but is shorter to adapt said piece to the Bulgarian assault rifles and increase the accuracy of weapons when firing in automatic mode, especially at very long ranges. And the third difference is in the AR-2 and AR-2F models, where the gas tube that is located above the barrel is identical to the gas tube of the Russian AK-103 assault rifle and not the original AK-47. . These differences show that Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles, due to their materials, weight and versatility, have slightly better quality than Russian Kalashnikov rifles. Therefore, Bulgarian Arsenal AR rifles tend to be more expensive than Soviet weapons. But the Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles, being copies of the Soviet AK-47, are also ideal weapons to fight both in urban environments and in the middle of forests, jungles, deserts, mountains, steppes, snowy places, beaches, swamps, muddy terrain and all kinds of natural environments, since the Arsenal AR assault rifles do not get stuck in mud, water, sand, snow or any other material on our planet Earth. Numerous Bulgarian Arsenal AR rifles have been seen used by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (a Colombian paramilitary and insurgent organization active from 1997 to 2006, which has been described by more than 31 countries of the world as terrorists and drug traffickers) during the fourth and current stage of the Colombian Civil War, developed from 2002 to today. A few Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles have also been seen used by Georgian troops who fought the invading Russian troops in the Russo-Georgian War of 2008. And a few Bulgarian Arsenal AR assault rifles have also been seen used by fighters from all sides in the Libyan, Syrian, Yemeni, Somali and Iraqi civil wars. The Bulgarian Arsenal Automatic Rifles that you see in this image normally fire the Soviet 7'62 x 39 mm cartridge, but there are also copies of these weapons that have been recalibrated to fire the western 5'56 x 45 mm NATO cartridge (which will appear very soon a work dedicated to Bulgarian weapons of caliber 5'56). The reason why there are Bulgarian copies of the 5'56 caliber Kalashnikov rifles is because the Bulgarian government joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (commonly known by its acronym NATO) on March 29, 2004, together with the governments of Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. I hope you like my new work and another cordial greeting. Until next time!