Russian Type 2 AK: Introducing the Milled Receiver

[@SergeyGalin]

Would love to see your videos on AKM and AK-74 (not exactly forgotten, but...)

[@samuelneese482]

As a machinist I can honestly say that milled receiver looks like a nightmare to make. Especially on 1950s manual mills.

[@alexdemoya2119]

"Folks in combat" is such a good catchall term for combatants. Along with "Technicals" for toyotas with guns in the bed

[@richardwendt9266]

I was thinking to myself the entire time, "Liberian child soldiers"...

[@seancallaway6858]

You all are missing out on the Balkan wars and such lol I think every country has used this

[@price803]

Sean Callaway No, we didn’t. We mostly used Yugoslav M70 AK’s or in some extend Hungarian/Romanian AK 47 that were been smugled to Croatia right before the war and during the war. Yugoslavia had teritorial defences forces, as one part of YNA (Yugoslav National Army), who were made from local recruits (every village, town or city had there teritorial defence forces) and they were preatty well armed with SKS’s, Mauzers, M70’s, M-53 (similar to MG3) and even with StG 43 and 44 (beside firearms, they had T-34, M-4 Sherman’s, M-36 Jackson’s, M-18 Hellcat’s and M-47 Patton tanks, trucks, engineer vehicles and also they had howitzer’s. Like army inside army). The War in Kosovo bring us some very unusual weapons from China and North Korea, that had been smuggled by Albanian “Folks in Combat”, but on other fronts (Bosnia and Croatia), pretty much we all preatty much Yugoslav weapons.

[@SilverWolfM200LDH]

I agree.

[@SilverWolfM200LDH]

I learned about Technicals recently when I watched a video on why the Toyota truck is so popular and the 1987 Toyota War.

[@youcanfoolmeonce]

The rifles he shows are full automatic. You can tell by the selector lever with indents for single, full and off positions. How did he get them? At 6:20 you can see the delay catch also in the single position. I had one in the Hungarian Army in 1963-64. Before the oath we had to do a "preparation match" to qualify. The requirement was 3 single shots in the prone position at 150 meters, 24 points. They promised a 3 day leave for 28 points or better. I had 30 points; the 3 holes 1 1/2 inches apart. The only 30 score at the battalion. Not bad for a beat up AK 47 and a telegraph radio operator. I have never gotten the 3 day leave though. I gave myself a leave in 1971, been US citizen since 1977.

[@zelpyzelp]

full auto firearms can legally exist in America, but are very heavily regulated.

[@danielknepper6884]

In other words, if you have lots and lots and lots of money and a squeaky clean background you can own one

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

@@danielknepper6884 And you can find a transferrable gun (or become an MG dealer, but that seems harder for the average person).

[@NOway264]

​@@nebiyuesayas5600 And owning them is legal in your jurisdiction....

[@honestly108]

Gun Jesus looks like he broke into a place to make this video

[@TTM-1999]

"We have an armed man barricaded inside the armory with camera equipment but no hostages." "Hmm.. has he made any demands?" "Yes.. French rifles from the turn of the early 20th century.." "That sick son of a.."

[@neuzdost1939]

Why?

[@Volatile127]

He even boarded up the doors behind him, you think they're gonna use one of the old shotguns on the hinges?

[@le_floofy_sniper_ducko]

@@TTM-1999 you sure it isnt some 32 french longue

[@kenhelmers2603]

Thanks Ian. I really enjoy seeing the history of development of arms

[@darkhowling6425]

So recently came across two AK's, one easily identified as an AKM from Tula Factory, but the other one threw me for a loop. until this video. That unique rear on the receiver. I just never heard of an AK with that rear cup assembly. Lucky to say i have handled one of these seemingly rare pieces of history

[@fear-is-a-token]

No way to see these in service with Russian military now, we just don't have them. The Soviets sold these all over the world after introducing AKM and especially AK-74. It's even tough to find an AKM, we only have these at the so-called "field meetings" - high school military education courses.

[@douglasniedert4824]

No doubt true in Soviet use. OTOH I have seen all three type receivers used by the ANA. Did not take very long in country to see all three either. Ironically I only seen one AK-74 which I thought would be a bit more prevalent.

[@Opi0id-z]

just gotta know the "right" people or maybe the wrong people actually lol

[@fadidebes3300]

that's why there is no accessory for the AKM talking about the приклад

[@shamsinnocentktk5452]

Old is gold. In milled receiver the barrel is cutting rifling while in some samples after the invention of RPK, the barrel is double line cut rifling barrel in under folding version AK are the best Russian AK.

[@leobender2910]

Yeah, we've seen all kinds of rusty sht in the hands of Russian occupants in Ukraine which means not only that Russia has them, but it arms front line troops with them. And with ww2 era helmets and post ww2 era tanks. LMAO.

[@firefightergoggie]

You know what? Many moons ago when I was in the Canadian army the talk always came up about how heavy our own personal weapons were. (C1A1). But we had an old sergeant major who said "you can either get to the gym and build muscles to carry a solid, reliable weapon or you can keep complaining like a little bitch". Same with this weapon. It may be heavy, but when you need it, it'll run every time. I'll take weight, thank you.

[@Volatile127]

Awesome.

[@MarioJurjevic]

Same with me, it was not heavy when i needed her to save me. And she did it well,without single fail. It was Bulgarian circle 1o underfoder with millled receiver, bakelite handguards, dark orange plastic pistol grip.....heavy but never faild. Chrome lined ofcourse. I think she was made 1980 by the serial number. That was in 90is when Yugoslavia take appart and Serbia attacked Croatia. I have served in Croatian army. We have issued all variants of ak platform but yugo m70ab2 and bulgarian circle 10, polish vz 58 were the best ones

[@bullboo1]

My wife had an uncle in Panama had a forged milled receiver AK in his Armory for his large security company. He had lots of M16s etc but the AK was his pride and joy. Later he got cancer and the police siezed all his select and automatic fire fire arms as he could not redo the required paper work again as he was dying. The company was sold and most weapons returned but not the AK or long rifles like M16s. They did return all the submachine guns. I did 6 yrs in the U.S. Infantry in Panama and saw a lot of rare weapons used by police.

[@kosmonument2682]

I got to fire one of those in Europe a couple of years ago, and it was spectacular. The weight stabilizes the gun really well.

[@GammaAKF]

I mean, 12 years of improving a gun that works pretty well beats 12 years of piddling about trying to put a Tokarev gas piston and a box mag on an M1 Garand, just to get rid of it immediately after.

[@samdesmet7637]

That execution is so much better than the type 1 in your video. A world of difference in fit/finish.

[@JalalKhan-ul4zq]

Love to watch your videos, you hay a beautiful way of phrasing, speaking & showing details of each and every aspect.

[@carlwitt7950]

Is someone accidentally posting a weeks worth of videos within moments of each other... or did christmas come early?

[@MrJob91]

this is a repost XD

[@SgtStinger]

I think this is a reupload or revised version.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Today is for updated and corrected versions of a few videos.

[@elsoldadomarquez]

how you do a revised or corrected video? when a new gun or info come up or both?

[@mikgus]

You could read the video description or actually watch the video to find out.

[@Keichwoud357]

What a beautiful firearm.

[@biboyumandar1538]

I'm gonna call Sir Ian the PhD of Handguns and Rifles. We can call Sir Ian the Philosophical Doctor of Handguns and Rifles.

[@AR15andGOD]

The AR was flawless from day 1. The issue was the army sabotaged it by using the wrong ammo on purpose + removed the metal coating so it would get pitting in the bore in humid environments. Both of those were fixed by 1969 and it's never had problems since. I've seen ARs go to 70,000 rounds without cleaning or issues, and it only went there because they ran out of ammo.

[@texasviking1]

😂😂 your not running 70.000 rounds of ammunition through ANY AR without cleaning and not having a single malfunction. 😂absolute bullshit!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

After 70000 rounds you have a smooth bore.

[@otoyoto7153]

After 70k you don't have rifling and your gas rings are gone by 20-30k at most.

[@ynlalkhalil4511]

thanks for this information, I am from middle east and I found this information about AK's very useful thumbs up !

[@brumm3653]

"All sorts of other folks in combat" - what an amusing euphemism...

[@hekkenschutz]

Thanks Ian!

[@Mocsk]

That wonderful feeling when someone from the west doesn't call the AK an "AK-47".

[@RustedCroaker]

Hear, hear! That annoying me too. And when you explane them that there were never such a thing as "AK-47" at all in USSR/Russia (as well as any other country) service, they tell you that it's their "NATO reporting name" or something even more stupid.

[@helio1055]

ak-47 is my favorite gun from call of duty

[@austinm.9832]

@@BloPsy_Actual not a prototype, these went into full production, but most of them are actually AKM.

[@jaobyeden4143]

You should petition Putin to let you have guns, oh wait he won't cause hes a iron fisted dictator who realises an armed populace threatens control.

[@Mocsk]

@@jaobyeden4143 we can have guns. You should take your bs agenda elsewhere.

[@justsomeguy3931]

Great information and excellent examples, as always

[@ekim000]

Not only did the AK take a good while to get right compared to the M16, but in Thomas Sowell's Basic economics there's a fascinating explanation of how it was also much more costly to make.

[@mondo3556]

Not rlly a fair comparison considering the difference between the 2. The m16 was really just meant to be a high quality service rifle, more expensive to produce but,higher quality. The u.s. didn't care if it was expensive since they had the money and it worked. The ak was specifically designed by kalashnikov because of the flaws of the soviet weapons of ww2, and the ussr would try to make it cheaper to produce without abandoning that vision. The money spent in research being used to further that. I don't think it is really much of a fair complaint towards the soviet unions economics either, since aside from some caliber changes, the ak is still widely used today unlike the m16.

[@jondoh366]

@@mondo3556 The AR-15 is still one of the most common rifles in the world, though.

[@RichardJNeo]

“Folks in combat” 😂

[@TheGuy030770]

We had one of those on the wall of my battery commander's office in Baghdad, Iraq; produced in 1953. When we left Iraq, that rifle was destroyed. I cried a little.

[@باقرالزيادي-ر2غ]

هذه النسخ من كلا النوعين ذات جهاز الاستقبال المطحون والمختوم هي اكثر من البطاطس..ومن افضل منشا من حيث الجوده والموثوقيه..عندنا النسخ السفيتيه والبلغاريه والبولنديه والالمانيه الشرقيه وغيرها من مجريه ورومانيه وصينيه

[@althesmith]

I think in spite of the weight I would still prefer a type 2. Solid and reliable.

[@jimjungle1397]

Even in the early 1950's the AKM prototypes were already being made. Early on they had the smaller AKM front sight base and interestingly, the front trunnion rivet pattern was similar to later stamped receiver Chinese AK rivet pattern.

[@grc70]

I would gladly carry an extra pound of rifle for that legendary toughness, run it into the ground reliability. Plus, I think that extra pound would translate into slightly less recoil. The rifle itself would absorb just a bit more.

[@juansmith279]

And accuracy

[@epitaph3988]

That reputation of “legendary toughness” comes to a large extent from the stamped AKMs, which were and still are more common than the milled rifles.

[@RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X]

Milled rifles run much smoother due to the extra weight, translates to improved accuracy, that said stamped AK’s are much more pleasant to carry. That extra pound makes a difference over time when you add in all of the other gear you’d be carrying.

[@bullboo1]

@@RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X Depends I have held a milled AK and the 1 lb is not noticeable compared to the stamped AKs I shot in the Infantry as our BN had 14 in Panama. I Served in combat in Kuwait/Iraq, Afghanistan and Iraq (Iraqi Freedom) and carried 20-30 rd mags on me plus grenades, body armor extra ammo, explosives etc. 1-2 lbs extra means little to a heavy in a squad. I weighed my body armor with mags in with out 8-9 grenades added and it was over 38 lbs. The average infantry man in Iraq in full kit weighed 328 lbs. Considering I did 5 tours in Iraq from 2003 on the several in Afghanistan I never noticed the weight till I kept getting wounded. Now I can hardly carry a gallon of milk with my best working arm or walk a half mile with a cane. Now it is all a distant memory

[@gabrielsandoval4994]

In Mexico they call these “Cuerno de Chivo”. There’s allot of songs that talk about them.

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

A 15 year old Afghan girl used this type of AK to kill two Taliban fighters after they killed her parents.

[@christophersnyder3241]

good for her. its not the tool of combat its the need to do combat

[@geneballay9590]

your comment about the development time for AK vs M-16 was quite interesting. as you mention, I also thought the AK was basically an immediate success, and was not aware of the multiple problems and iterations. thank you for all the work you put into these videos. my (relatively small) monthly contribution is certainly money well spent.

[@christophersnyder3241]

they didnt have problems firing. they were just modified to get the most for less

[@TheOriginalFaxon]

Those damn type 2 and type 3 milled AKs are absolute animals for reliability. I ended up here today having watched this already once before, so I could identify a type 3 in a photo out of Africa recently, with a bunch of militia members all sitting together with various different AKs. The guy in the back has an AKM underfolder with a missing muzzle device, the guy in the foreground has a super beat up old AK of make unknown (not enough showing to easily identify it), and some mad neon drip in the form of his glasses and jacket, but the guy in the center is sporting a Type 3 with a barrel extension and a drum mag. Damn that's a sexy looking rifle too, the wear on it is just perfect but it looks like it could live another 100 years like that at least, the wood furniture even still has shine from the finish on it FFS!

[@DK-gy7ll]

The Soviets may have taken as long to perfect the AK as the US did the M16, but at least they were smart enough not to give them to thousands of troops in combat and let them find all the flaws while under intense enemy fire.

[@MrRed_2205]

As far as i know the AK was not used in a war until the Soviet Afghan war at which point they already developed the AK74 and AKS74, could be wrong on that though

[@sandersballistics]

@@MrRed_2205 Technically there was a general or US army guy who wanted the AR to fail so he changed the powder spec on the ammo, didn't provide cleaning kits and didn't have the barrels chrome lined so they would have problems.

[@MrRed_2205]

@@sandersballistics Oh for real? dang that's sick

[@sandrobruni7575]

@@MrRed_2205 yep. Basically wanted to go "see, I told you we should've stuck with the M14" at the expense of American troops in actual combat. Really messed up

[@zelpyzelp]

the M16 wasn't flawed, it got sabotaged by the ordnance department lol (no cleaning kits, out of spec ammo, etc). It's a big part of why Springfield Armory was shut down lol

[@AngelSilverFourtySeven]

I’m back !! 🗣 woot woot !! another great video broski 👍🏼

[@dawnofjustice4689]

Thanks for comparing 😊

[@Greenftor]

Meanwhile, in 2018 US they are still trying to find out how to master AK Receiver stamping process.

[@zacht9447]

No they are trying to figure out how to make affordable trunnions and bolts without casting them

[@i.k.562]

why? here's in Russia a shitload of those, old and new, for instance you would have ak 103 for less than $400, after Chavez left this crappy world the Venezuela AK deal is fucked up and nobody needs them. Of course, making America great again means supporting local american manufacturers, but this is just not the case.

[@esotericskife3275]

greenftor you must have never heard of palmetto state armory

[@TragicTester034]

@@esotericskife3275 Or the AK guy

[@Mr.Bobcat1776]

Childers makes outstanding receivers.

[@ethanpage175]

Lieutenant Colonel Dillon actually FOUND one of these in Vietnam. You can find pictures of it with his name carved into the stock.

[@MrKurns]

Who is this man you speak of?

[@ethanpage175]

@@MrKurns he was an American soldier in Vietnam, full name Gregory P. Dillon

[@MrKurns]

@@ethanpage175 thanks for that. Will try to look him up.

[@Farazkhalilweapons]

Bro the safety to the left side of the receiver was made in production of type one in 1950 s models and i owned one of them the safety was extended in many models in type one

[@gunsbeersmemes]

Gun Jesus provides for his gun flock. 3 full videos in less than an hour

[@MeloniusFelonius]

Should do a review on the AKM.

[@ismJoboi]

I hope you can make an video for the Ak-47 type 3 assault rifle as the final video of the ak-47 types

[@StraightEDGEo3]

Must see TV. Christmas in July!

[@haroldlittell689]

I'll have to show you the pics of a type 1 an Afghan soldier carried. It blew my mind to hold that rifle.

[@luked2767]

I'm not sure if the type 1 has a chromed bore but the type 2 and 3 had and I'm pretty sure some type 2s had CHF barrels but maybe late production. I've been told that late production T3 with CL and CHF barrels also with better steel it's very hard to destroy them and even just the choke lined T2s will pretty much last forever depending on round count.

[@AlexNaanou]

I think that when comparing the AK evolution with the AR you slightly shift the accents in the wrong way -- with the AK, the evolution was primarily due to making it simpler/faster and less expensive to produce (and as a secondary goal making it lighter) and not to make it more reliable as was the case, at least partially, with the AR... Though you do correctly and separately say that the Type 1 or 2 AK's "will run till the end of time" (a contradiction with what you said earlier about the development earlier ;) )

[@MangasColoradas941]

Alex Naanou watch the first video before making a comment like this, the ak had a lot of reliability issues

[@AlexNaanou]

That's a bit vague.... 1) There were definite QC issues in production (as is said in the vid), 2) There were issues during production stress testing (like the mentioned warping receivers), 3) I knew several people who served with the type 1 and none of them either said or heard anything bad about it, maybe except that it was harder to keep all the rounds on target in full auto compared to the later guns... I'm not saying that there were no issues, I've just not heard anyone with filed experience mention them.

[@IonoTheFanatics]

@@AlexNaanou If the 1st production series AK-47 had issues ... they would get rejected and shouldn't be issued to the troops in the 1st place... Type 1 that were actually issued to troops, presumably passed QC... so it shouldn't have a problem running in the field. The problem is HOW MANY of these passed QC versus the one that failed during production, it's similar to mass production of items like say silicon wafer, a certain number of the production batch would fail... and if these number is too big then the whole point of mass producing them with the stamped metal becomes moot... One would HOPE that troops in the field don't ACTUALLY get issued with the rifles that failed QC... that would be... pretty bad to say the least.

[@AR15andGOD]

The AR was flawless from day 1. The issue was the army sabotaged it by using the wrong ammo on purpose + removed the metal coating so it would get pitting in the bore in humid environments. Both of those were fixed by 1969 and it's never had problems since. I've seen ARs go to 70,000 rounds without cleaning or issues, and it only went there because they ran out of ammo.

[@AlexNaanou]

@@AR15andGOD I like how you say: "flawless from day 1", and then list a couple of flaws the platform had to deal with from day 1 =) On a more serious note, my point exactly -- on paper almost every single project is "flawless", but it takes time to get it there in metal, and the AR platform, as you stated, is no exception and had it's issues to work through, as is the AK, and both are still evolving both having their ups and downs =)

[@lip4973]

Such a beauty

[@chuckwin100]

Ian, When or how did you become so knowledgeable about firearms?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Lots of reading and lots of listening to people who know more than me.

[@TheFoodnipple]

Its gun jesus, he was already born with the knowledge.

[@machaksilver]

It is great to see that you corrected the video and got rid of ridiculous AK-49 designation. Great job. The only question that I have - is it really fair to compare early AKs and early M16s in a sence that early AKs worked perfectly and early M16 did not. Izhevsk had to go a long way from a technological standpoint, but the rifle was reliable and durable from the start, I had a type 1 in Afghanistan and plenty of type 2s around the world and they all worked like a charm.

[@fear-is-a-token]

they do work nice no matter they're milled or stamped, the question is just the price and weight

[@ipodhty]

The m 16 was reliable, they changed the ammo to a very different ammo and THAT caused the problem

[@ТолянЖига]

​@@ipodhty Direct Impingement system even with good powder still under question. Maybe it's good for weight economy in one time PDW for USAF, but that not good for common service weapon. Even today with "good" gun powder H&K redesign AR-15 and upgrade it with short stroke piston. Stoner design weapons with piston system for common service in '60es buy the way.

[@AR15andGOD]

The AR was flawless from day 1. The issue was the army sabotaged it by using the wrong ammo on purpose + removed the metal coating so it would get pitting in the bore in humid environments. Both of those were fixed by 1969 and it's never had problems since. I've seen ARs go to 70,000 rounds without cleaning or issues, and it only went there because they ran out of ammo.

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.

[@Gkucuk1215]

Thats the AK i want, beautiful...

[@maxfactor4209]

pretty cool gun... never seen before.....

[@grimflipz]

I love my wasr... 2016 version.. Accurate and super reliable...

[@onfire4724]

Folks in Combat needs to be the next dad rock band.

[@J9_j3]

i hop there is a type 3 video coming up shortly

[@johnleckieWATP]

Same but still waiting

[@PYRO-ON]

Amazing

[@shamsinnocentktk5452]

AKM is the modern version but I like the old version in AKS form.... under folding stocks.

[@tommothedog]

Great video. Is there a good book you can recommend for an aspiring gun designer? I really lack any engineering knowledge so I'm finding it an impenetrable subjject

[@ForgottenWeapons]

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[@georgebarrera9653]

You are a genius

[@kahlzun]

Why do these rifles seem to have coiled wire in them? Both the Type 1 and 2 seemed to have it

[@TheBryan1284]

Well done..

[@burntorangeak]

Nothing says build quality like : "make correct or whole family goes to gulag!"

[@salokin3087]

*Soviet Anthem intensifies*

[@nikirki25]

фром рэд алерт 2

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Not gunna lie that anthem is actually pretty catchy.

[@pointseeker]

Love the vids. I just watched the type 1 last night. Where are these rifles from? I noticed they have a third pin so they must be from a museum? If not I was unaware there was a transferable t1 out there. Anyhow nice vids I have a few plo rebuild rifles myself.

[@nathanfranks1476]

Is there a video on the AKM? Since it is apparently the GOAT in terms of reliability and is the most common rifle in the world, i thought there would be one

[@mattmorrison9379]

Wow is all I can say . What a collection this individual must have . A original type 2 and type 3. what's that 80 thousand dollars of ak lol

[@JohnDoe-eo8ux]

They need to start making 7.62x39 AK pattern rifles with barrel twist rates that make sense. The roughly 1:10 barrel twist on most of these guns is terrible for stabilizing typical surplus 123 gr. bullets. This twist rate was selected for economical reasons, as it allowed the Soviets to continue to produce .30 cal barrels on the same old tooling they used for mosin nagant rifles. It made sense at the time for efficiencies sake, but they should have shifted production after the tooling wore out. Now the whole world thinks a 1:10 twist is the best way to produce 7.62x39 Kalashnikovs when in reality a 1:16 twist would be much better for typical surplus ammo.

[@youraveragenoob7556]

0:30 almost said 47 there

[@nicolas8098]

soviet did talk about "AK" as AK-47 for exemple the 1949 AK manual which calls it AK-47 , or the 1968 T-62 manuals say "AK-47" for the weapon of the crew both "AK" and "AK-47" were used

[@Slaxbox]

Here's hoping that you'll get your hands on an AO-63 at some point. One can dream.

[@MCG55555]

Where is the Type 3 video? I was sure you made one on it but Im not so sure now.

[@limpetarch98k]

Is it possibly the highest quality AK-pattern rifle you can find? Hard to beat milled ...

[@인연-y9h]

Very good

[@fpsfug]

This is a bit off topic, but what ever happened to the LR300 ML and civilian rifles?

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Ah, Director's Cut

[@tylerkelly3517]

Damn almost first! Been staying up waiting for the new video every night haha

[@DuringDark]

Video trinity! Will we get a 4th, gun Jebus?

[@tommothedog]

arse hole please make gun jebus a t shirt

[@justinjohnson1766]

@Forgotten Weapons: Thank you for this brother. Where can I get one?

[@sbreheny]

Where the heck did you find these early AKs in the US?

[@humphreybumblecuck5151]

Auction houses, and Gunbroker (Here Ian is at an auction house)

[@douglasgault2578]

Years ago in the early 1980s you could buy these in the sporting goods section of Walgreens drug stores. Sks were sell $55-65 and ak47 were between $85-120 for a milled receiver Russian AK!

[@sbreheny]

I think your memory is not quite right. There have never been very many Russian-made AKs in the US (there was a brief time when they were imported, but they were made specifically for the US civilian market and were not these early variants - this would have been in the late 1990s, early 2000s). The vast majority of imported AKs in the US, until very recently, were Chinese.

[@ssu7653]

Seems like the diffrence between AK and AR reliability is that bad AKs were stopped in QC while bad AR still passes QC and sent out to troops

[@TheArklyte]

SSU What's th difference between bad AR and standard AR?

[@FullSemiAuto357]

SSU please come back from 1966... 2018 needs you

[@MarvinCZ]

If you listen to Ian again, you'll realize that a lot of the AR-15 development and improvements happened well before its adoption. The guns issued were fine QC-wise, although some improvements were still added (like chrome lining). The problems in combat stemmed mostly from bad ammo, logistics and instructions.

[@CB-dp1zs]

The only iterations to the AK were strictly for manufacturing adjustments. All variations worked and worked well and continue to work to this day. No one was ever feeling short changed when issued a AK.

[@MarvinCZ]

"Manufacturing adjustments", that's a nice way of saying "we can't build this worth a damn, let's fundamentally change it while we figure out how to do this right". Even the first AKs worked except for the large number of rifles built with warped receivers. But you're right, those were rejected in QC and issued rifles were fine.

[@ValentinPlotnichenko]

How about Bayonets? Where are under-barrel attachments for it on your AKs? And btw, AK bayonets also have generations, can you please make a video about those? Thank you!

[@pistonar]

Ian, would you speculate that the Arsenal milled receiver AK is as long term durable as the item in your video, or no?

[@alexandruianu8432]

I would think the Bulgarians are even more durable than the average type 3, given the forging process used on Arsenal milled receivers. This is a type 2, however, so it's a bit thicker.

[@joshhill5932]

I don't get why everyone is all about milled receivers. I have many akm's. Some of them are basiclly smooth bores now from over tens of thousands of rounds. I never once had a problem with a stamp receiver or the rivets on the trunnions failing. The only part to ever wear out is the barrel.

[@gregeoryl]

i guess that is why they made the sks so long after the ak came out

[@luked2767]

It would be really cool to see an AK46 as it breaks open like an M16 / STG so stable optic mount but it has a short stroke gas piston and the bolt carrier looks much lighter I think modernised and in 5.45x39 it would be a much more viable modern weapon Vs the AK47 system with a long stoke gas piston and no fixed upper to moint optics.

[@kalebbillmeier9329]

Odd question but did they have toploader drum mags for that

[@cleberrodrigues2048]

Excuse me but what are theses "scallops" in the sides?

[@davepeters4955]

Are the internal parts interchangeable between the Types 1, 2, and 3?

[@fear-is-a-token]

Mostly. The bolt group is surely interchangeable, but I'm not sure about the barrel and stuff

[@mrbutton8564]

In my opinion most people think the ak took less time to perfect than the ar is because the ak was already developed at the beginning of the Vietnam conflict.

[@scottybeegood]

Type 2, WOOT!

[@fatlardshowernow234]

Damn that hoodie’s cool as hell...where did you get it?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Varusteleka.com

[@szedlacsektamas3959]

Hits the ak whit a hammer, hammer breaks in two (laughs in soviet)

[@PBMS123]

6:01 One thing I'd say is we really don't use fractions for kilos like that. We might say 4 and a half, but rarely 4 and three quarter kilos. Just 4.75

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

What country do you live in?

[@PBMS123]

@@JohnSmith-hd2tl Why? I'm in Australia, but countries that use metric as their standard do not say this. Just as we don't say 5 and 3 quarter centimetres, we use decimals not fractions. "Four point seven five kilograms/kilos"

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

PBMS123 oh ok I was wonder if it was just your country that didn’t use fractions or all of the metic countries.

[@christobalcolon6601]

Two-point-five-four centimeter worm Two-point-five-four centimeter worm Measuring the marigolds Seems to me, you'd stop and see How beautiful they are

[@skotiskiller]

Beauty

[@crossan008]

yassssss so many vids

[@Seelensamler]

Газовая трубка у Вас от типа-3, у типа-2 она такая же как и у типа-1.

[@Avvfguy]

Never heard about this weapon

[@jaxonkuhn2400]

I have a question for you Ian. Did the north Vietnamese and Russian troops used this in the Vietnam war? I’m just curious.

[@andyrivas3599]

The Russians were never involved in nam, but they did supply the guns to em as for them, it was more proxy, and then eventually, the Chinese gave them their guns, but at 79, the Chinese betrayed the vietnamese at some point.

[@Axemantitan]

7:47 Why is the serial number written so sloppily?

[@cam2351]

On a lot of guns, they just punched them out by hand as they came on down the line, I've only got maybe 1-3 mil surp that doesn't have a sloppy serial

[@AbdullahSaad42910]

Thanks for the video but you forget to mention one feature in type 2 which is the safety is only one thump to change the position this is a unique feature in type 2.

[@2Potates]

Wonder when he'll cover the AKM and AK-74.