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Aqaba SMG, a variant of the Carl Gustav M/45.
The AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is a common modernized variant of the AK-47 rifle. Introduced into service with the Soviet Army in 1959, the AKM is the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms and it has found widespread use as well as being widely exported and produced in many other countries. The Misr is an Egyptian copy of the AKM, manufactured in Cairo for the Egyptian Army and for export sales.
The AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is a common modernized variant of the AK-47 rifle. Introduced into service with the Soviet Army in 1959, the AKM is the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms and it has found widespread use as well as being widely exported and produced in many other countries. The Misr is an Egyptian copy of the AKM, manufactured in Cairo for the Egyptian Army and for export sales.
The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 (often referred to as the FN-49, SAFN or AFN) is a rifle available as both a semi-automatic rifle and as a selective fire automatic rifle. The Egyptians ordered a contract in 1948 for 100 rifles chambered to fire the 8×57mm Mauser cartridge. While initially a small contract delivery, Egypt would eventually purchase 37,602 SAFN 1949 rifles total. The Egyptian SAFNs where used in all of wars that the Egyptian armies fought in during the 1950's through 1970's.
The Hakim Rifle is a gas operated semi-automatic rifle. It was originally designed by Sweden and produced as the AG-42 for the Swedish Army and used from 1942 to the 1960's. The tooling and design were later sold to Egypt, and the Hakim was produced there. Around 70,000 were made.
RPD was the standard squad automatic weapon of the soviet army during the 1950s and 60s years. As nearly every other soviet made weapon it was widely exported and used in many conflicts around the world.
The PKM ("Kalashnikov's Machine-gun Modernized"), is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia and several other countries. The PKM was adopted into service in 1969. The PKM is a modernized, product-improved version of the PK. The upgrades, primarily aimed at reducing the weight, simplifying production, and facilitating easier operation. The Egyptian and Syrian armies began to use the PKM before the Yom Kippur War.
The RPG-7 is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon, and it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries, including Egypt.
The RPG-7 is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon, and it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries, including Egypt.
The 9K32 Strela-2 (NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system (MANPAD) It was the first generation of Soviet man-portable SAMs, entering service in 1968. The Strela and its variants have seen widespread use in nearly every regional conflict since 1968.
The Soviet F1 hand grenade, is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade. It is based on the French F1 grenade and contains a 60-gram explosive charge (TNT). The total weight of the grenade with the fuze is about 600 grams.
The RPG-43 was a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) hand grenade used by the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It entered service in 1943. The RPG-43 used a shaped charge HEAT warhead. Overall the RPG-43 was an awkward and difficult weapon to use effectively.
RKG-3 is the designation of Russian series of anti-tank hand grenades. It superseded the RPG-43, RPG-40 and RPG-6 series of grenades. The RKG-3 was adopted into service in 1950. A few years later it was replaced by the RKG-3E and RKG-3EM. In early 1970s the Soviet Army replaced this grenade with the RPG-18, but many other countries and guerrilla movements are still using the RKG-3 in their armed forces. It was used extensively during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
A satchel charge is a demolition device, primarily intended for combat, whose primary components are a charge of dynamite or a more potent explosive such as C-4 plastic explosive, a carrying device functionally similar to a satchel or messenger bag, and a triggering mechanism.
