Hello everyone again, what you are looking at here is not a fully factory-made Soviet AKMN3 assault rifle, but a modified weapon that has the laminated wood handguard with vertical grip from the Romanian Pistol Mitralieră model 1963 assault rifle and the barrel, gas system and front sight block from the Soviet AK-47 Type 3 assault rifle. Although the muzzle of this rifle also incorporates the classic AKM assault rifle muzzle brake. This drawing is made to reflect that AK-47 and AKM assault rifle parts are fully compatible with each other, no matter they are original Russian and former Soviet versions or almost all kinds of foreign versions. Such Kalashnikov assault rifles which are combinations of parts from different versions are very common in almost all countries in the world whose security forces have AK assault rifles as their main standard issue sidearms, including Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, all of which are currently at war. The reasons why there are Kalashnikov assault rifles which are combined from different versions are the following: While many arms factories around the world (both legal and illegal) usually manufacture AK rifles directly like this (such as the Bulgarian Arsenal AR assault rifles, the Polish Karabinek, the Ukrainian AKMS SB, the Iranian DIO KL-7´62, the North Korean Type 68, the Indian Trichy AK-7, etc.), such modifications also arise as a result of repairs carried out on Kalashnikov rifles which break down during wars. For example, if a soldier is going to repair his AK-47 rifle because it broke down in the middle of the war and he cannot find AK-47 rifle spare parts, that soldier can take AKM rifle spare parts (either original Soviet or any foreign version) and the AKM parts fit perfectly with the parts of his AK-47 rifle. These modifications also arise in order to try to improve the ergonomics, handling and accuracy of Kalashnikov assault rifles, especially in specific situations. I show you this modified AKMN3 assault rifle because, in my personal opinion, I quite like it. And I hope that you also like my new artwork and, as I always say, another warm greeting. Until next time!