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Misr assault rifle

Egyptian assault rifle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Misr assault rifle
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The Misr (Arabic: مصر, lit.'Egypt') is an Egyptian copy of the AKM, manufactured by Factory 54 of the Maadi Company for Engineering Industries in Cairo for the Egyptian Army and for export sales.[2]

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History

AK variants have been manufactured in Egypt shortly after the country aligned itself with the Soviet Union[3] from 1959.[4] The Soviets worked closely with the Egyptians with their technical staff trained in Russia, but ended in 1972 after Soviet representatives were kicked out.[3]

A large number of MISR assault rifles were imported to the US during the 1980s and became the most common AKM seen in Hollywood films.[5][6][7]

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Design

The standard Misr rifle has a wooden forward handguard and buttstock while the pistol grip and upper handguard are plastic.

The differences between the AKMS and the Misr are the use a different folding stock, the use of plastic for the handguard and pistol grip rather than wood and a modified upper receiver that accepts most US and NATO optics.

Variants

ARM

Semi-automatic version,[4] sold as a sporting firearm to the civilian and law enforcement markets. The Maadi variants in various guises have also been imported into the US as modified sporting variants in significant numbers.

Maadi

The military version, used by Egyptian forces is a license-produced version of the AKM with a side folding stock, chrome-plated bore and either 30-round box or 75-round drum magazine.

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