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Slater
08-26-17, 09:45
What weapon is this Saudi soldier carrying? At first I thought it was an AK-74 but the mag looks too curvy for that:

http://www.janes.com/article/73356/analysis-saudi-troops-deploy-to-aden
Todd00000
08-26-17, 10:00
What weapon is this Saudi soldier carrying? At first I thought it was an AK-74 but the mag looks too curvy for that:

http://www.janes.com/article/73356/analysis-saudi-troops-deploy-to-aden

I was embedded with the SA Army southern area command, 2013-2015, they carried AK-47s, old G3s with green plastic stocks, MP-9s, and Glock 17s with left side thumb safeties. My guess is these are new 47s. With the war with Yemen and the substantial border wall with Iraq, the new F-15SAs and AH-64Es, the Saudis are short on cash, and I don't think they would spend money on changing calibers right now. But I could be wrong, I'm not a 47 family ID expert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-103
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Army#Small_arms
TomMcC
08-26-17, 19:25
AKM with a 74 type brake.
MountainRaven
08-26-17, 21:06
Probably an AK-103 or - more likely - the Bulgarian equivalent, such as an AR-M7F.
SteyrAUG
08-27-17, 00:55
Probably an AK-103 or - more likely - the Bulgarian equivalent, such as an AR-M7F.

Crappy pic, but it looks like a fixed stock version.
MountainRaven
08-27-17, 01:35
Crappy pic, but it looks like a fixed stock version.

I can make out the button to fold the stock - lighter gray pill-shape near the junction between the stock and the back of the receiver.

I think I can also make out dimples on the sides of the receiver, instead of lightening cuts, making it a stamped gun.
SteyrAUG
08-27-17, 03:29
I can make out the button to fold the stock - lighter gray pill-shape near the junction between the stock and the back of the receiver.

I think I can also make out dimples on the sides of the receiver, instead of lightening cuts, making it a stamped gun.

I didn't see the release button in the buttplate. But again, crappy pic. And yeah, looks stamped to me.
Moose-Knuckle
08-27-17, 05:52
Probably an AK-103

That is what I thought when I first saw the pic. I would swear that is an AK 100 series polymer folding stock, note the lock / release button on the buttplate.

So yeah, either Russian or Bulgarian and IIRC they are the only two who produce that stock.

Definitely appears to be a 7.62x39 magazine as well.
FromMyColdDeadHand
08-27-17, 06:27
Galil?
Slater
08-27-17, 08:51
I noticed that the rifle has the cleaning rod installed. I thought that modern production guns generally came without that particular accessory?
Moose-Knuckle
08-28-17, 04:40
Galil?

Negative. Saudi soldiers with Israeli weapons . . .





I noticed that the rifle has the cleaning rod installed. I thought that modern production guns generally came without that particular accessory?

That is the AK-12 and AK-15. Not sure if those are service wide for the Russian Federation armed forces.

The AK-74M is still plentiful, if you do a Google image search for that you'll see they pretty much all have cleaning rods.