Hungarian AK-63 rifle family

Hello everyone again, and here I bring you a new work for my section of Foreign Kalashnikovs, which will show you, this time, some rifles that, perhaps, are not as famous as their original versions, but these weapons were used in large amounts by the Hungarian Armed Forces, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi armed forces during his war against Iran in the 1980s. They were also used by the Croatian rebel troops in their war of independence against the former Yugoslavia, the Central American communist troops in the wars Nicaraguan and Salvadoran civilians and are currently widely used by soldiers from all sides fighting in the Libyan and Syrian civil wars. Well, today I will show you the family of Hungarian AK-63 assault rifles. These weapons first manufactured in the former Hungarian People's Republic, in 1963, by the state company Fegyver-Gépgyár, and whose mass production did not begin until 1977, are exact copies of the Soviet AKM assault rifle, but with aesthetic and performance differences that distinguish Hungarian AK-63 rifles from their original Soviet versions. The first difference is in the original AK-63 rifles, (the AK-63F and AK-63D models, also known as AMM and AMMS) whose handguards, pistols and fixed stocks of laminated wood, have a glossy and refined finish, which in occasions give it a lighter and more striking color. The second difference is in the pistols of all the Hungarian AK-63 models and variants, which are very different from the pistols of the Soviet AKM rifles. This is because these pieces have a very characteristic design from Hungary. And the third difference is found in the AKM-63 FAT, AKM-63I MAT rifles and in its AMD-65 carbine version, which is none other than its characteristic metal handguard, which only covers the barrel, while the gas tube it is completely exposed. This handguard has ten small cooling slots on each side and incorporates a vertical grip at the bottom that has the same design as the pistol and can be made of wood, metal or hard plastic. This handle allows the user to shoot long bursts of bullets in automatic mode in a totally comfortable and efficient way. As for the performance differences between the Soviet AKM rifle and its Hungarian version, there is only one; While the Soviet AKM rifle, firing in automatic mode, has an effective range of 302 meters, the Hungarian AK-63, firing in the same mode, can reach a distance of 500 meters, (that is, it reaches half a kilometer of range) making Hungarian AK-63 assault rifles weapons of slightly higher quality than their original versions. But these Hungarian weapons, being exact copies of the Soviet AKM assault rifle, (as is the case with the North Korean Type 68 assault rifles) are also ideal weapons for combat in all kinds of places, climates and terrains, (forests, jungles , deserts, mountains, swamps, steppes, muddy terrain, snowy places, etc.) since the Hungarian AK-63 rifles also do not become embedded in mud, sand, water, snow or any other material on our planet Earth. For this reason, Hungarian AK-63 assault rifles, despite being more expensive weapons than the original AKM rifles, are quite common to be seen and used in many countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Latin America. Hungarian AK-63 rifles and variants of these have been seen used by famous Somali pirates, as well as pirates and armed organizations of all kinds (whether criminal or not) from many other parts of the world. And currently, in the Hungarian Armed Forces, AK-63 rifles are being replaced by the Czech CZ Bren 2 and CZ SCORPION EVO 3 assault rifles. I hope you like my new work and as I always say, another warm greeting. Until next time!