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AKM-63

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The AKM-63 and its successor variants are Hungarian clones and derivatives of the Soviet AKM manufactured by FÉG.

AKM-63/AMD-65

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AKM-63 - 7.62x39mm
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AMD-65 - 7.62x39mm
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AMD-65 with wood furniture - 7.62x39mm

The AKM-63 and AMD-65 (Automata Módosított Deszantfegyver; loosely "Automatic Modified Paratrooper Weapon") are Hungarian variants of the AK-47, manufactured by FÉG. Hungary originally adopted a domestically manufactured milled receiver AK as the AK-55. In the early 60s, the Hungarian Army decided to modernize their rifles into the AKM-63. The AKM-63 featured a distinctive perforated sheet metal handguard, a stamped receiver, a foregrip, and was manufactured in either wood or polymer furniture. The AKM-63 was further modified into the AMD-65 in 1965, which was a compact version with a shorter barrel and side folding stock, intended for paratroopers and vehicle crews. The AMD-65 is the most famous variant of the Hungarian AKs.

Specifications

(1963 - )

  • Type: Assault Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg) (AMD-65)
  • Length: 33.3 in (84.7 cm) (AMD-65, stock extended), 24.6 in (62.4 cm) (AMD-65, stock folded)
  • Barrel length: 12.5 in (31.7 cm) (AMD-65)
  • Feed System: 30-round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ambulance Papi's Cartel Members AMD-65 2022
Black Widow AMD-65; seen in arsenal 2021
Furious 7 Jakande's henchman AMD-65 2015
Spring Breakers Ashley Benson Brit AMD-65, with 16-inch barrel 2013
Cockneys vs. Zombies AMD-65 2012
Zero Dark Thirty Gunmen AMD-65 2012
Fast Five Zizi's gunmen AMD-65 2011
Memorial Day Iraqi Insurgents AMD-65 2011
Underworld AMD-65, Mounted on armory rack 2003
I Spy Gunder's men AMD-65 2002
Exit Wounds Corrupt DPD officer AMD-65 2001
In China They Eat Dogs A gangster AMD-65 1999
Commander Hamilton Russian troops AMD-65 1998
Citizen X Soviet troops AKM-63 and AMD-65 1995
Death Wish V: The Face of Death Chuck Shamata Sal Paconi AMD-65 1994
Red Scorpion Dolph Lundgren Nikolai Rachenko AMD-65 1989
Rambo III Richard Crenna Colonel Trautman AMD-65 1988
Sylvester Stallone John Rambo
Soviet tank crew

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The Professionals Quinn AMD-65, "A Man Called Quinn" , PSO-1 scope 1983
Moon Knight - Season 1 Arthur Harrow's cultist AMD-65; "The Friendly Type" (S1E03), "Gods and Monsters" (S1E06) 2022

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release date
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater AMD-65, Used by Ocelot Unit, unobtainable 2004
Alliance of Valiant Arms AMD-65 2007
Medal of Honor AKM-63 2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker "ADM63" AKM-63 2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker "ADM65" AMD-65 2010
Squad AMD-65 2015


AMM/AMMS

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AMMS - 7.62x39mm
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SA-85M - 7.62x39mm
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FEG SA-85 Underfolder - 7.62x39mm

In the late 1970s, the Hungarian government decided to improve and develop a new rifle for simplification, unification with their allies, and exportability. The confusingly-named AK-63 was adopted in 1977 as the standard Hungarian infantry rifle. Two versions of the AK-63 were produced, the AK-63F with a fixed stock, and the AK-63D with an underfolding stock. The two weapons were adopted as the AMM and AMMS (spelt AMMSz in Hungarian) respectively. Another variant, the AK-63MF, was a modernized version of the AK-63D with telescopic stock and Picatinny rail. A rare semi-auto only version of the AK-63F, known as the SA-85M, was made for export to the lucrative US civilian market, which was affected by the 1989 ban.

The Hungarian AK-63 is almost completely identical to the Soviet AKM. The main differences between the two is that the AK-63 rifles retains the distinctive straight pistol grip of the AKM-63, and that the handguard of the AK-63 lacks the palm swells of the Soviet AKM. The wood also has has a bright, laminated blond finish like the AKM-63.

AMM stands for Automata Kalasnyikov Modernizált Magyarosított, which literally means "Hungarianized AKM".

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Rambo (2008) Burmese Junta soldiers SA-85M underfolder 2008

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 1 Marek Wlodarzcyk Wadim Gubanow AMMS, "Das Lied vom Freund" (S01E07) 1994

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022


FÉG NGM-81

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FÉG NGM-81 with original PKM style flash hider - 5.56x45mm

The Hungarian FÉG NGM-81 was a domestic rifle based on the indigenous Hungarian AK, but built for export. For that reason, it was chambered in 5.56x45mm, though some 5.45x39mm variants exist. The Rifle was built between 1981-1990. The original rifles were only offered with a fixed butt and a wooden fore-end, made in the same Hungarian Blonde wood as the SA-85M export rifle. The folding stock version of this rifle was called the NGV-81.

Due to Cold War prohibitions against Combloc weapons within the U.S. (except those exempted by treaty), the vast majority of the export NGM-81 rifles went to Europe and Africa. Most versions omit the large PKM style flash hider, opting instead for the standard AK-47 style muzzle nut. The FÉG NGM rifle was noteworthy in that it kept the AK-47/Type 56 style of gas block system, with the gas relief holes in the gas tube, not the gas block (as is the case with the AKM and later style rifles). The Gas block itself and the front sight is the AKM style in shape and the rifle takes a Hungarian stamped metal 5.56mm magazine similar but not identical to the Wieger style AK magazine.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Sahara Steve Zahn Al Giordino 2005
Matthew McConaughey Dirk Pitt
Casino Royale Nambutu Embassy Guards 2006
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Brixton's operatives Modernized 2019
Angel Has Fallen Salient operatives Modernized 2019
Infinite Operatives Modernized 2021
Black Widow Modernized; seen in arsenal 2021

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ultimate Force Various soldiers and terrorist 2006