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AK-74M 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-74M, rifle from Soviet Union

AK-74M

Rifle, Soviet Union. In service since 1991

What gives it away

Long curved magazine, cylindrical two-chamber muzzle brake, side-folding polymer stock and the rear sight just in front of the dust cover.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine and many others

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, 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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