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AK-12 vs AKM: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

AK-12, rifle from Russia

AK-12

Rifle, Russia. In service since 2018

What gives it away

AK profile in black polymer, with a full-length top rail on a hinged dust cover and a telescoping stock.

Used by

Russia

Photo: Виталий Кузьмин ( http://vitalykuzmin.net/ ), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
AKM, rifle from Soviet Union

AKM

Rifle, Soviet Union. In service since 1959

What gives it away

Wooden stock and furniture, steeply curved 7.62 mm magazine, gas tube over the barrel and a slant-cut muzzle device.

Used by

Worldwide

Photo: Unknown, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
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