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Izhmash • 1959
AKM
Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanny
The modernised and lightened successor to the AK-47, the AKM introduced a stamped steel receiver, a slanted muzzle compensator, and revised manufacturing tolerances that made it faster and cheaper to produce at scale. It became the most widely distributed assault rifle in history.