Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi) – The First Kalashnikovs in The US

[Talyn]

Part 1 - History

How did Egyptian AKs end up in the US at the height of the Cold War? We will talk about it today and also I will try to shed some light on the part of Egyptian AK history that is completely unheard of.

Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi) – The First Kalashnikovs in The US. Part 1: History

If you’ve ever seen a cult classic movie “Red Dawn” (obviously I am talking about the 1984 version, not the 2012 remake), you probably remember that all Soviet soldiers were equipped with authentic Kalashnikov rifles.But the guns they were using were not, in fact, Soviet, they were Egyptian...

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[Talyn]

Part 2: Quality, Problems and Modernization Projects​

Egyptian AKs (Misr, Maadi). Part 2: Quality, Problems and Modernization Projects -

In the second part of the article, I want to talk about the issues I experienced with Maadi AKs and the current developments of Egyptian AK production.

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[Belt Fed]

I have a Maadi i bought years ago, it came with the really crappy thumbhole stock and i mean crappy. in fact the whole gun is crappy lookin compared to others, BUT..it works. i put magpul stuff on it.