Egyptian special forces chose Russian AK-103

Fighters of the Egyptian special forces battalion "Sayka" ("Lightning") armed themselves with Russian AK-103 assault rifles. Photos of fighters with such weapons during a military operation against terrorists in Sinai appeared on the web.

It is known that since the time of close cooperation between Egypt and the USSR, AK-47 and AKM were launched in this country. However, it seems that the armed forces now need a more modern and at the same time reliable and familiar automatic rifle.

AK-103 is an export version of the AK-74M, adapted to the Soviet cartridge 7,62 × 39 mm. In the AK-103-2 version, the machine gun has a modified firing mechanism that allows firing in short bursts at the cartridge's 3.

In the AK-103-3 version, it is equipped with a Picatinny rail on the receiver and the lower part of the forearm to install additional equipment, and also has an additional fuse button.

The rest of the machine is comparable with its characteristics with the basic version of the AK-74M - full length 943 mm, weight without cartridges - 3,6 kg, sighting range with an open sight - 1 kilometer, reports "RG-Power"

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[Megatron]

How's the sinai operation? Something is not heard.

[Logall]

Machine guns were waiting, there’s nothing to fight!

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Egyptian special forces chose Russian AK-103

Arabs, they certainly know a lot ....)))))))))))))

[Shurik70]

All four in the picture are different in equipment.
Interestingly, the “extra load” in the form of a bag on its side is only for the one with an optical sight. Like, he needs the most ammunition?

[Maz]

It’s just that they don’t buy buzz from the Jews, they are, like, cooler than the Vietnamese. And I like that Israeli AKM more. Like an elegant cane against a stick twisted from a fence.

[Geisenberg]

Quote: Maz

It’s just that they don’t buy buzz from the Jews, they are, like, cooler than the Vietnamese. And I like that Israeli AKM more. Like an elegant cane against a stick twisted from a fence.

And it will go deeper when they insert it from behind ... You worship the wrong god ...

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: Geisenberg

And go deeper

sho, uh bad ..?

[Muvka]

Do you have evidence that he does not pay taxes and salaries to workers? Sue once you have such evidence.

[datur]

do not feed the troll !!

[GRF]

Quote: datur

do not feed the troll !!

Pralo! You are not fed, and no one else.
It's a shame, however, say the discus in the bud ...

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: datur

do not feed the troll !!

and the people ... give a "rest" calmly ...

[GRF]

Quote: Muvka

Do you have evidence that he does not pay taxes and salaries to workers? Sue once you have such evidence.

Do you really consider the neighboring mansion your achievement and be proud of their successes, or will you immediately run to court?

[Stas157]

Quote: Muvka

Do you have evidence that he does not pay taxes and salaries to workers? Sue once you have such evidence.

There is evidence that the past did not pay. Need proof? The current one has transformed the enterprise - cut the grass, painted the hulls, and even began to pay workers a little more ... But still they don’t go, added a little.

[Muvka]

Quote: Stas157

Quote: Muvka

Do you have evidence that he does not pay taxes and salaries to workers? Sue once you have such evidence.

There is evidence that the past did not pay. Need proof? The current one has transformed the enterprise - cut the grass, painted the hulls, and even began to pay workers a little more ... But still they don’t go, added a little.

So go to court, once there is evidence. What is the problem?

[Stas157]

Quote: Muvka

So go to court, once there is evidence. What is the problem?

That past, by the name of Gorodetsky, has already been tried and imprisoned for theft and tax evasion. There is no present yet.

[Logall]

Here we can only add that
“AK-103. This modification, with its appearance, fully confirms the proverb:“ Everything new is well forgotten old. ”AK-103 structurally completely repeats the basic prototype AK-74M, but the cartridge was borrowed from the first-born AK-47 - 7,62x39. The model under consideration is the most popular export machine of domestic production. "
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[Maz]

Approvedly, AKM was my first assault rifle and shot much more accurately than the next AK74. Despite the fact that my grandfather was about fifteen years old. White barrel, gas pipe and receiver cover. Stitched through the rail.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: Maz

Shot much more accurately than the next AK74.

especially "M" ... the former "AKM" suited me ... one Bullet-Inspired ...

[BARKHAN]

Quote: Maz

Stitched through the rail.

Never tell this canoe again. Especially where there are a lot of people personally shooting. The Battle of Rail war has long passed and the myth of the rail has been debunked. By the way, the myth of the pool "with a shifted center of gravity" from the same opera ...
It depends on what rail, what kind of bullet, how much distance, what kind of weapon ...
A modern rail with a neck of 18 mm does not break through from the AKM.
- P50: rail height 152 mm, neck height 83 mm, head width 72 mm, sole width 132 mm, neck thickness 16 mm, pen height 10,5 mm;
- P65: rail height 180 mm, neck height 105 mm, head width 75 mm, sole width 150 mm, neck thickness 18 mm, pen height 11,2 mm;
- P65K: rail height 181 mm, neck height 105 mm, head width 75 mm, sole width 150 mm, neck thickness 18 mm, feather height 11,2 mm;
- P75: rail height 192 mm, neck height 104 mm, head width 75 mm, sole width 150 mm, neck thickness 20 mm, feather height 13,5 mm.
It penetrates only SVD or "treshka" bullet with a steel core or armor-piercing ... from 70-100m.
If the rail is old ... narrow gauge or prehistoric 10-12 mm, tram ... and again a bullet with a steel core or armor-piercing, then it is possible.
Here is the result of one of the experiments ...


"The firing range was 5 meters from the neck of the rail,
located normally, ambient temperature +21,5 C, humidity
62% is for the picky ones. - The thickness of the neck of the experimental rail was
18,5 mm with its height from the sole to the head 180 mm (type P65. GOST 8161).
More noticeable traces remained from the hits of bullets of live ammunition. First by
AK74 got into the ranking in the machine for remote firing. In ascending order
armor-piercing action were fired ammo 7H6 (with a bullet PS with steel
non-heat strengthened core). 7H6M (with PS bullet with steel heat-strengthened
core), 7H K) (with a PP bullet with a steel heat-strengthened core), 7H22
(with BP armor-piercing bullet with a steel core), 7H24 (with EU armor-piercing bullet
with a tungsten core). None of them penetrate through 18,5 mm steel
managed. The second in line was the AK.M machine gun Its cartridges 57-H-23IC (with PS bullet
with steel non-heat-strengthened core), 57-H-231С (with PS bullet with steel
heat-strengthened core). 7H23 (with BP armor-piercing bullet with steel
core) and 57-BZ-231 (with armor-piercing-ignition bullet BZ with steel
core) also could not break the rail. Moreover, armor-piercing cores
bullets, forming a crater, without visible damage flew off with great speed
back, confidently punching 8 mm plywood along the way. SVD became the third model
release of the late 60s. Clarification of the release time is appropriate because
that until the mid-70s the rifle barrel was made with a pitch of rifling 320
mm later switched to a pitch of 240 mm. At first glance, a slight difference in step
had a significant impact on the nature of penetration by armor-piercing bullets. So from
SVD shooting was carried out by live ammunition 57-H-323С (with a bullet L PS with
steel non-heat-strengthened core), 57-H-323С (with a bullet L PS with steel
heat-strengthened core). 7H13 (with PP bullet with steel heat-strengthened
core) and 7-BZ-Z (with an armor-piercing bullet B-32 with a steel core).
LPS bullets could not cope with 18.5 mm steel, while the PP bullet
turned out to be the first to damage the back of the rail neck. Moreover, the core
bullets PP, flying back, knocked in front of him a column of steel, the so-called
"cork", piercing several layers of plywood installed behind the rail. Bullets B-32
They could not break through the barrier, as they lost stability at the moment of contact
surface due to too shallow rifling of the bore. When shooting from
rifles with a pitch of rifling 240 mm and PP bullets, and B-32 bullets confidently stitched the neck
through and through the rail. Here, in fact, is all the information for consideration. Taking into account
the fact that live ammunition, and especially the last two, to free circulation
forbidden, it can be considered that the "rail issue" for such a long time
Exciting not only the hunting fraternity, is closed.

There is a timid hope that this will save at least some in the future.
the number of cartridges, rails and foreheads. And one more thing: remember that weapons are
too delicate thing to be mocked at by amateur performances
dubious experiments.

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Barkhan

and the myth of the rail debunked. By the way, the myth of the pool "with a displaced center of gravity" from the same opera ...

It is what it is. personally convinced of this even in childhood, on the occasion of regularly visiting the VVMUPP shooting range. Len.Komsomol (Gray Horse). "Daisies" gathered up to dope ... The cadets fired from about two hundred meters. There were dents in the rail, of course, but not a single penetration. Well, what about the “shifted center” ... and how does it break people to pronounce such a bulky verbal construction? Moreover, this is crap. After all, "lightweight" is much simpler and much closer to the truth.

[Korax71]

Along seamless. with kilometer long

[Spike Javelin Touvich]

[Incvizitor]

AEK probably turned out to be more expensive, since we were assigned to it as a specialist and they did not want to, although it is possible that AKM has been used for a long time, because it has more trust ...

[KVU-NSVD]

the machine has a modified trigger mechanism that allows firing in short bursts of 3 rounds.

Unnecessary complication of the machine. The say 22 rule is simpler. Vaccinated to the subconscious Pts. quickly

[bouncyhunter]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

The say 22 rule is simpler. Vaccinated to the subconscious Pts. quickly

Absolutely right!

[bogart047]

Egyptian special forces are already ridiculous ... With their constant prayers ...

[Andrey Yuryevich]

there were nuggets in the army, they don’t care what to shoot from, they "fired" a bullet, he saw it, others were-stuck for 15 meters everything that should not be stuck .. and more .... "there is much in the world friend Horace, Cho to explain, it’s not the power of the sages ... (it seems so) ... "- ours, you know, Shakespeare ...

[GRF]

Quote: bogart047

Egyptian special forces are already ridiculous ... With their constant prayers ...

Not bad they blur the eyes however ...

[Altona]

Quote: Maz

And I like that Israeli AKM more

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Which Galil chtoli?

[Altona]

Quote: Andrey Yurievich

there were nuggets in the army, they do not care what to shoot from, they like "fired" a bullet, I saw it myself, others were-stuck for 15 meters everything that should not be stuck .. and more ....

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In the Soviet army, it was generally not customary to bother than to fight. What is in the hands, so fight. I didn’t see anything better than my AKM.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: Altona

In the Soviet army, it was generally not customary to bother than to fight. What is in the hands, so fight. I didn’t see anything better than my AKM.

again, the damned atheist has to speak, Amen .. . the personal weapon we have suffered from the war, in it, everything you need is simplicity, reliability, and in capable hands and AKM-SVD ....

[bane's jacket]

Quote: Altona

I didn’t see anything better than my AKM.

And there was something to compare?

[Hurricane70]

Quote: ROM1077

Well, then what? another oligarch owning a Kalashnikov concern will earn another billion. are we proud of it?

Another crawler?
The article is not for joy, but for acquaintance.
What is the problem?
Would you start a gun drive on the gardeners' site about the next Michurin oligarch who profits at your expense?

[Hurricane70]

Quote: Altona

Quote: Andrey Yurievich

there were nuggets in the army, they do not care what to shoot from, they like "fired" a bullet, I saw it myself, others were-stuck for 15 meters everything that should not be stuck .. and more ....

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In the Soviet army, it was generally not customary to bother than to fight. What is in the hands, so fight. I didn’t see anything better than my AKM.

And I - my BMP-1 !!!
I can’t boast of personal weapons ... As a gunner-operator, there was a PM who was once able to hold in his hands for the entire service! And it was in the GDR ...

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: Hurricane70

And it was in the GDR ...

then in the GSVG ... hello, Colleague. Brand 81-83 Air Force. and BMP-1 is fierce ... I thought I was old ...

[Lexus]

All modern assault rifles are based on the AK scheme (bullpups differ only in the removal of the fire control handle and trigger device). The half-free shutter (G3) remained only in third countries (SETME is everything), while the “Stoner” shutter lives on in recent years in the M4 variations and civilian versions of the AR-15.

[BARKHAN]

Quote: lexus

All modern assault rifles are based on the AK scheme (bullpups differ only in the removal of the fire control handle and trigger device). The half-free shutter (G3) remained only in third countries (SETME is everything), while the “Stoner” shutter lives on in recent years in the M4 variations and civilian versions of the AR-15.

Remaking any AK from a warehouse into a bullpup is not a problem at all, and it’s not expensive ...

Even the equipment for converting SCS into a bullpup is available for sale. The truth is, you still have to add a flame arrester to it otherwise you drop out in length ... however, the legislation is ... 800mm ...

[rocket757]

The three-line cartridge is a guarantee, it hit so on the spot or to smithereens. We can plant through doors and other obstacles.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: rocket757

The three-line cartridge is a guarantee, it hit so on the spot or to smithereens. We can plant through doors and other obstacles.

yah...? and from ours- "champagne spray .."? well ... come out ...

[rocket757]

Do not understand? Our own three-line one is 7,62 ... shorter than in Mosinka, the powder backfill is different, but there are others just the same, too! Cartridge power is lethal, certainly more than 5,45 ... at the expense of accuracy and slaughter, the issue is debatable, but a high-class army body armor is a smaller cartridge, without special tricks, not a bir! A three-line, almost on the fly!

[Altona]

Quote: bane's jacket

And there was something to compare?

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With a hunting rifle if. Grandfather had a captured Merkel. And the meaning of comparing? I'm not a sniper, not a motorized rifle. This machine has everything for a soldier. And he was shot well, I with no vision then (points were -3 or -3,5) normally hit targets at the shooting range.

[BARKHAN]

Quote: Paranoid50

Well, a "shifted center."

Alexander, I am reporting to you and others that bullets with a displaced center of gravity do not exist in nature, otherwise it would be impossible for them to get somewhere. On the contrary, the bullet is stabilized as much as possible ...
The myth about appeared in foreign media during the Afghan war with the advent of 5,45x39 caliber assault rifles in the arsenal of the SA. The bullet is very light. The initial speed was high, falling into a dense stability .... and seeing injuries from the mujahideen of the mass media, they fanned a fit. This is just a product info war replicated by ours from the words of the enemy.

[BARKHAN]

And here, just "inhuman" cartridges invented in the west ... for example a bullet "doom-doom".