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edi213009
12-21-13, 18:27
Hi.i would kindly ask you folks if you could help to identify some of the weapons in the pic.I can spot the Sudajev PPS,the Mp40,but cannot tell the type of the others.The rifle looks like some sort of FAL.Pic was taken at the albanian armed forces museum
Moose-Knuckle
12-21-13, 19:43
Hi.i would kindly ask you folks if you could help to identify some of the weapons in the pic.I can spot the Sudajev PPS,the Mp40,but cannot tell the type of the others.The rifle looks like some sort of FAL.Pic was taken at the albanian armed forces museum

Top to bottom:

Russian Sudaev PPS-43
Austrian Steyr Stg.58 - licensed built FN FAL
German MP-40
Bottom two are Yugoslavian M56's
SteyrAUG
12-21-13, 19:48
FAL looks like an Austrian Stg-58
Moose-Knuckle
12-21-13, 19:52
FAL looks like an Austrian Stg-58

Yup, I noticed the hand guard on a second look at the pic and edited my original post.
SteyrAUG
12-21-13, 22:30
Yup, I noticed the hand guard on a second look at the pic and edited my original post.

G1s and early Belgians (and probably some others) also have a similar hand guard, the give away is the flash hider. But you were correct enough with a contract FAL.
edi213009
12-22-13, 09:01
Hi guys thanks for your answers.Im going to visit the museum soon so will get some better pics of it for sure

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Larry Vickers
12-22-13, 09:15
Only real questionable thing for a serious FAL guy is the STG58 has a later type 3 FAL receiver - which means it was a replacement of some kind
edi213009
12-22-13, 10:17
Larry ill try getting close and more clear pics of it.maybe it has factory stamp and numbers.weird thing is its existance since we didnt use them just comblock guns

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SteyrAUG
12-23-13, 02:24
Only real questionable thing for a serious FAL guy is the STG58 has a later type 3 FAL receiver - which means it was a replacement of some kind


I noticed that. But given that the only Stg-58s I've had in hand are DSA semi autos I wasn't sure how long they made the 58 for the military and if they got to Type 3 receivers or not.
Finski
12-23-13, 14:19
Had to dig into this somewhat and I foundout that it seems that there are quite few STG58 with type 3 receiver:
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/simon_siivut/aseet/stg-58/stg58_radalla1p.jpg (for example) Our STG58 are with orginal receiver, autosear is removed and hole just weldedup.

pic is from thread on: http://www.steyrclub.com/vb/threads/1189-No-one-owns-an-STG-58-here

And I belive that pic in question has been taken at our local shootingrange in hyvinkää