The laminated wood handguards and buttstock are correct in every detail. For all intents and purposes this is as close as most of us will ever come to a Russian AKM.
division of Steyr-Daimler-Punch in Steyr, Austria. Designated as the “ARM” (Automatic Rifle Misr), a semiautomatic-only version of the Egyptian AKM was introduced to the American public in 1982 by the U.S. Key Egyptian personnel were trained in the Soviet Union, and the plant was supervised by Russians prior to their abrupt expulsion from Egypt at the hands of Anwar Sadat in 1972. During the 1950’s the Soviet Union, as part of its military aid program, established the production of Soviet-pattern small arms in the Arab Republic of Egypt.ĪKM rifles were manufactured at the “Factory 54,” the Maadi Company for Engineering Industries in Cairo. One of the only semi-automatic Kalashnikov imported into the United States, in almost every regard, an exact duplicate of the Russian AKM. Feel free to add or correct any inaccuracies. I have noticed over the last few months there has been allot of discussion about Maadi-Ak47, he is some information I have compiled from print and online sources that may aid future buyers.
