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Type 58 assault rifle

designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov

Assault riflesNorth KoreaIn service since 1958
Type 58 assault rifle
Photo: ATF · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Caliber
7.62×39mm
Action
Gas-operated
Rate of fire
600–650 rds/min
Magazine
30 rounds
Designer
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Produced
1958–1968
Units produced
800,000

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Ammunition

7.62×39mmRifle · Soviet Union · 1944

Compatible gear

MagazinesAK-47 slab-side steel magazineAK magazine wellBy mountMagazinesAKM 30-round steel magazine (6L10)AK magazine wellBy mountMagazinesMagpul PMAG 30 AK/AKM MOEAK magazine wellBy mountMagazinesRPK 40-round magazineAK magazine wellBy mountMagazinesRPK 75-round drumAK magazine wellBy mount

“Confirmed fit” means an editor checked the pairing. “By mount” means the weapon has the mount point this item uses (and a matching caliber, for suppressors and magazines): check before buying.

Users & conflicts

Conflicts
Vietnam War

Variants

AK-471949Type 58 assault rifle1958

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Type 58 assault rifle, Wikipedia