Damn, $132,250 for a gun that was probably bought for $1 by the NV

@@CopperBurrito1 Government laws strike again against the free market...

Really?

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Thanks to America government…~

Dylan Hall pfff nah bro you just needed to believe in Ho Chi Minh and bam! Free AK for you

@Howard Black I bet he has a part time job at GameStop

he needs a shave and a haircut

@@jayray7230 no

@Antenna2heaven thank you for your well-balanced, reasonable and helpful opinion

😁

NEVA ENUFF DAKKA!!!!!

MOAR DAKKA!!!!

Oh yes. One of my favorite firearms ever

Can love bloom on the battlefield?

Illusive Man between a man/woman and an AK? you'd be crazy not to

I wont.The "Kalashnikov" AK-47 is my favorite weapon.

@@nazmamurshed1349 Hmm, I can understand how someone would like the original type 1 finished design of the AK. Buuuut it won't last ya as long as any of the later models.

How about a Yugoslav Zastava?

@@nazmamurshed1349 do you have one?

Chinese AK 47 style aka copy AK

HA!

See that mountain?

you can go there

haha ^ this guy. same guy who listens to the bands you haven't heard of yet. eats some sort of exotic food from somewhererather. has a pet chow chow

I don't know, I sort of agree with him. The original Fallout games are definitely better designed than the ones Bethsoft made. As for TES, anything before Morrowind is sort of goofy, but MW still feels like the pinnacle of Beth design. Skyrim was okay, but the amount of glaring issues, many of which can't be fixed with mods, is just staggering. The only thing Beth really has going for them is that they're more or less the only ones making sandbox games games of this scale. If there was even a little bit of competition, they would be forced to put some more effort into their products.

''It just works.'' Todd Howard, 2k16

+Darcksage what's the point of adding a "k" when just using a 0 is much more elegant? 2k16/2016 Also i'm pretty sure he said that in 2015.

Mustache Power brother. I haven't slept in 3 days because I've been binge watching cheese making videos. And you ask me stuff like that? Oh boi...

***** thanks captain obvious. You can stay up without sleep up to 10 days after that the brain starts killing itself. I know it's not healthy to stay 3 days up but I've been suffering from insomnia for more than 6 years now. And I'm getting used to it.

Wow, I have trouble sleeping but not nearly something like that. That would be hell.

didnt same turn-around happen with American stingers in Afghanistan?

@@knifekitty_ls Yep.

Something about "enemy of my enemy" that usually doesn't work out.

in 50s Soviet provide weapon to China. in 60s, The Chinese used them to fight Soviet, how do you think about "Ironic" ?

we want to become the peace brother with the Chinese, but the Chinese want to become our father, they want Vietnam will be like NorthKorea :)) . We didn't and they came to our northern frontier with 600.000 man when we were fighting Cambodian in the Southern. And the Chinese said that is "Ironic"? Yes, the ironic for Chinese.

pathetic even a WASR is better than a chinese. Buy american or russian or don't bother cuz you aint an AK guy.

@@hughjanus8211 wasrs aren't bad but I've seen vskas with the gas tube completely melted

@@hughjanus8211you imply that you are an ak guy yet suggest to buy us make shit ak’s

@@Lucas-ih7bd citation needed

@@hughjanus8211 then you need it too

That is the actual name of the rifle. ''SKS'' (Samozaryadnyy Karabin Simonova) is just cyrillic characters translated into latin characters; It isn't a 'proper' translation from russian into english as that would be ''SCS'' (''Self-loading Carbine Siminov'').

Simonova,not Siminova,SIMONOV!

Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS

Internet Troll I mean, weren't the Americans stupid for fighting a war they can't win and had no reason to enter, you think they would learn their lesson... Oh wait they haven't

+ only one previous owner

Yeah may wanna look up the history of vietnam war the vietcong was quite effective and inflicted quite a bit of losses on US troops. The US troops was stuck with the M-16 jamming up and not really suited for the jungle hell US troops even scavenged these when they could.

that norwegianguy yet the North Vietnamese & Vietcong experienced much higher casualties. Not to mention that the Vietcong had been virtually defeated by the end of the Tet Offensive. Also, the problem with the M16 jamming had nothing to do with fact that it was unsuited for jungle combat, the jamming problems stemmed from the military bean counters who thought they could save a couple of dollars. They claimed the M16 was self cleaning and issued ammunition loaded with a different type of powder than what was recommended to save a few extra dollars, but there was the added cost of young American lives. The M16 would eventually receive an upgrade to the M16A1 with a chrome lined chamber and the issuing of cleaning kits. From then on reliability issues appeared to have dropped substantially. However once a rifle is plagued by certain issues, it’s reputation is tarnished for pretty much the rest of its service. *Edit:* Also, the anecdote about U.S. troops scavenging enemy AKs is pretty much a myth. Most troops would not risk picking up a weapon they were unfamiliar with in favor of a rifle they trained with. That’s not even taking into account the amount of trouble you would be in with the higher ups for discarding your service weapon. Plus, the AK has an pretty recognizable signature, you don’t wanna get shot at by a friendly. Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the special forces guys would use AKs because they had to sneak behind enemy lines and thus had a better supply of enemy munitions.

​@@jason1182000 The higher casualty rates are hardly a strike against them - the fact that they took a lickin' and kept on tickin' actually adds a notch on their belt. They were even able to force the Marines and GI's from the field on a few occasions - particularly up by the DMZ (what the Marines nicknamed the 'dead marine zone'). A reporter asked Major Charles A. Beckworth of 1st Cav "What kind of fighters are the Vietcong?" Beckworth replied "I would give anything to have 200 of them under my command. They're the finest soldiers I've ever seen." The reporter, surprised, asks "The Vietcong?" "That's right! They're dedicated and they're good soldiers. They're the best I've ever seen." Respect the Pajamas, GamingWeasel. Additionally, you have to understand that when we talk about 'The Tet Offensive' we're actually talking about THREE back-to-back offensives. There's what everyone knows as the 'Tet Offensive' which is Jan 30th - March 28th, the so-called 'Mini-Tet' which was Early May - June 15th, and the and the Phase III Offensive which was mid-August - late-September. We're talking three back-to-back offensives coordinated on a national level. They kept getting hit but they kept on coming, that's one of the reasons Tet was so effective on a propaganda level. A couple months before the first offensive Westmoreland is saying "We've got 'em on the ropes!" Well then the attack happens and people are unsure but the brass and the White House spin the line "It's like Hitler with the Battle of the Bulge, it's desperation!" but that's immediately depreciated by more and more attacks. The attacks kept coming and even though they kept getting annihilated it completely changed what both the American civvies and the military brass though possible for the enemy. THAT said - there is enough archival footage and photographs to show that when pressed - and when the M16 platform would fail - they'd pick up anything that worked. This isn't a video game where you drop your weapon and forget about it. The rifle would jam repeatedly, they'd place it on the side of an LZ or somewhere else a back-a-ways from the fighting if they could find a replacement they knew could work and when the fighting was over pick the junk back up and go home. (usually keeping the AK since captured weapons was a metric for success anyway) and all infantry Marines and GI's were schooled on the weapons used the most by the enemy when they'd arrive in-country. This isn't WWII where they're encountering stuff never seen before - a lot of the times they're coming up against the equipment they're daddies used in the last two wars. Your rebuttals to the "gi's picking up AK's" rumor are lacking the context required of the conflict. A LOT of the time it's isolated small unit actions, a lot of the time it's not 'special ops' but we have relatively small units performing recon in the field. The Colt Commando had a big ole' flash hider meant partly to change the rapport of the rifle to make it sound more 'ak like'. There are plenty of instances where it'd be optimal and if you're butts up against a wall are you NOT going to pick up something that works? It's a ridiculous assumption.

I like how a joke evolved to this...

I thought they used romy gs.

High Incident Bandits

That, & the 1989 Cleveland Elementary School shooting.

The M-16/AR-15 is a good gun, but in a combat situation I would prefer the AK-47 in 7.62x39mm.

@X-Ray Crystallography Not everyone lives in dense urban housing. Also, why would you keep an AK without a chambered round?

7.62x39 easily penetrate a concrete block. not suitable for home defence really. .38SP or .357M DA revolver with HP is more suitable i think. they will never malfunction if condition 2ed and forgotton for years

@@wyattpeterson6286 smh M16 jamming be like

@@iMernerner that would be good for home defence u really think a man would care about killing some strangers or neighbour over his own family no the robber would be the main concern any to her casualty would easily be tossed out in court

Actually assault gun

Sturmgewehr is a propaganda name. Eventually it become a term for firearms.

nah, Tianze is right, there were confusingly 2 different type 56s: the SKS and AK-47 were both called that. Didn't know that most infantryman still carried the SKS though. There was no such thing as civilian sale for Chinese guns until the 80s to the US. Guns are mostly illegal in China.

TooTallTang​ Because no communists wanted their citizen to be protected by their own standards

Exactly, Chinese version of SKS is mostly abbreviated to "56半" “56 Half / 56 Semi” meanwhile Chinese version of AK is “56冲” or “56 Sub”

So what do you use now? I mean we've already ditched AKs and we're using bullpup Type 95 now days

@@WeskPei They use the VHS rifle they developed themselves, it's a bullpup similar to the Type 95

The standard issue rifle of the HV was the Zastava M70, not the Russian AK-47.

Croatia is a great place, I travelled there once and it was very friendly, so glad you are a strong an independent nation and you have a quality football team!

Yep I remember those days. Back in 94 you could get one for 200.00. 😢😟

Noooo....it was manufactured as a semi-auto for the civilian US market, and had the "evil features" taken off of it (bayonet, barrel threads, pistol grip replaced by thumb hole stock). MAK-90's and their predecessors, the Polytech Legend, AKS, and Norinco 56S were ALWAYS manufactured as semi-autos, the ATF doesn't allow converted full-to-semi-autos to be sold....ATF: "once a full auto, always a full auto" There were a few 3rd pin Norinco MAK-90's that slipped through and were released into the civilian market back in the early 90's.. ATF has been tracking them down ever since, as far as they're concerned, those 3rd pin guns ARE machine guns.

Don't forget about the horrible thumbhole stock

Last time I saw one, it had a wood left-side folding stock and a bayonet. It was in good condition with a price tag of $3500.

It may also be a RPD

To make a clarification here, AK in China is designated as 56式冲锋枪, literally means type 56 sub machine gun, SKS is designated as 56式半自动步枪，type 56 semi-auto rifle. So in Chinese, it is not easy to get confused by the name because we just call the AK as 56 chong (56 sub)， the SKS as 56 ban(56 semi). Just like in US, there is a M1 rifle, M1 submachine gun, and M1 carbine. If you say, I have a M1 in US, who knows what do you have in your pocket, it might be a rifle, a sub machine gun, or even a tank. Lol

@@user-og1ub6yq1d Ok makes sense

@@user-og1ub6yq1d u got that right

​@@user-og1ub6yq1d that's actually a pretty good way of organizing the names for all your weaponry. You don't have a ton of companies and the military going around naming their weapons however they want

That's directly related, it wobbles and flexes because it has extremely high design tolerances, but those very same high design tolerances are why it's so durable and functional even in extremely conditions.

Meanwhile...the Americans designated a rifle, submachine gun, main battle tank, mortar, and hand grenade as all M1s.

Bulsh1tMan I think there is a carbine in there as well.

And a helmet

Curious as to why the Chinese characters are missing for auto(连) and semi(单). The receiver has L and D. Aren't the L and D used on more modern exports.

McKenzie Small using English pronunciation, 连 start with L (Lián) and 单 start with D (dān)

What about the old Yugos? They are built like a tank.

Where you from?

go to albania and everyone and their grandmother will have a type 56

@third pregnancy mom communist albanian and chinese relations, after the communist government fell everyone raided military weapon stashes

Come to Sri Lanka

Ladderadder Mcglitternips And now ya made it gross. Thanks. ;)

Don't let bubba get his meat hooks on that piece of history.

AK's = Great for all environments except mud-sand. AR-15's = pretty good for dry, clean environments, and ironically a lot of mud-sandy ones.

for $132,500 i would swaddle it in a oily diaper, and only shoot it on MK's birthday

What is Mike Stoklasa doing here

半自动 BAN-ZI-DONG is Half-Auto, so semi auto... Lol

As a Canadian born in China, I just checked your Chinese. Flawless.

Ian, Hickok45 or Jerry Miculek

@@Milkman4279 demoranch

Type 56 and Type 56-1s come in four variations: milled with under-folding spike bayonet, milled with regular bayonet lug, stamped with under-folding spike bayonet, stamped with regular bayonet lug.

Same, but I would want a original Type 3 Soviet AK, still with the original blued finish and all.

Because it hasn't been published yet.

lol

How do you see it so early?

There was a link to it on the James D. Julia website

00 DarkSky I wish I could own a type 81.

@Larry Myers What? The Government is not going to buy it back? They have a spare 50,000 laying around I'm sure.

@@patwaters3486 it sold for triple of that

Even without the automatic weapons law, this gun is still worth a lot. It's a genuine relics that has historical value and it's story is verified. A guns with a story behind it will fetch more than the one that don't even if both of the are authentic items. It you get the gun from a historical event, it would be even more valuable. I wonder if anyone has found the guns used in the failed assassination attempt on Teddy Roosevelt or Otto von Bismarck?

@@minhducnguyen674 Indeed the ones with verified history are more valuable. It's called "provenance."

@@ZombieWilfred But if a gun has authentic matching parts but you don't knows it's story, just the conflict it was in it still worth a lot right? Like if you have a soviet Mauser 96, just don't know who it belongs to does it mean it doesn't make a lot of money?

It's probably a pre-ban semi auto Type 56, a MAK 90 refers to a neutered Type 56 post-89 ban. The bayonet lug is grounded off, the muzzle is not threaded, and the most noticeable feature is the thumb hole stock. Also, MAK 90 stands for "Modified AK 1990". I own a MAK-90 that I modified to be 922r compliant and it was previously owned by my dad.

TheGaminWeasel It's definitely pre-ban, he bought it in the early 80s. Didn't realize MAK-90 was only the thumbhole stock ones, but that makes sense

you probably own a Polytech Legend or something

Patrick Takada I'm at my dad's this weekend and the only markings I could find were GSAD MANH and Bea..CA

I think your mistake here is having 7.62x39 and 7.62x51 in the same category. 7.62x39 has a shorter range than 5.56 and 7.62x51 (.308) beats both. At close range 5.56 and 7.62x39 I think should have similar damage on a person but 7.62x39 has better barrier penetration.

More like a huge leap to nowhere.

@@lgbtqisahategroup9781 found the boomer who thinks the M14 is still the superior weapon

@@norfangl3480 The AK has beat the m14 and m16 on every occasion it’s ever faced off on the battlefield.

None.

Chinese AKs use 1.5mm sheet metal in the receiver instead of 1mm.

One small truth is that the buttstock is smaller and more angled than a typical European AKM. Found out that difference when I converted a MAK-90 to a Type 56 clone. European stocks are ever so slightly the wrong shape and the Chu wood stocks are lighter weight.

Fo sho. Remember, kids, Han shot first.

Thank you for your contribution, son.

My uncle spent 4 years as a medic for Marines. I don't think he ever imagined a medical path in the Navy would land him in combat, but anyway, he quickly learned his white cross was worthless, if not attracting fire and started wearing what the Marines did and carrying a rifle.

member548 I thank him for his service . I'm a navy vet , post Vietnam . Just don't call a Navy Corpsman a Medic , even if his is your uncle . The Army calls out "Medic !" , A Marine or Sailor calls " Corpsman Up !" And don't pronounce it corpse man like Obummer did . LOL ! Thanks for your comment .

"try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo." Yeah, medic uniforms don't account for jack in combat.

SinaelDOverom really? :0

Depends on the range.

SinaelDOverom everything chrome lined barrel will not be as accurate as certain other material barrels. Will never ever get an even perfect anything. Chrome won't be even or level.

Yes, the people best known for taking care of their weapons are known to clean it that way... I wonder why they keep having weapons explode? :P

Because the AKs they are using are built from junk and held together with duct tape and prayers while going through hundreds of thousands of rounds in the middle of a desert.

the red Bakelite side folder? thts one of the nicest looking T56s out there

Kalash Loy o yeah, it's a gorgeous rifle I love it, it's heavy but gorgeous. 😀😀😀

The SKS version of the M14

I think it is still legal to bring back a war trophy, but most don't try and from what I remember you have to get permission from your higher ups.

I read in a forum that it was forbidden....

+Guilherme Checchia not forbidden, just impossibly hard for anyone that doesn't have an eagle or star on their collar (er, chest now)

Very difficult legally as many weapons aren't even legal to import. I've heard of disassembled weapons and other souvenirs being brought back on returning cargo planes carrying other equipment for "training" purposes. Mostly gun parts, Russian AK mags, parts from abandoned MIGs, occasionally true antique flintlocks, and also the Khyber Pass 'antique' junk.

When I was in VN you could bring back semi-automatic weapons legally. The usual weapon was the SKS. AK-47's brought back were without military permission... and you didn't want to get caught doing it. Once back in the States you could get a license when the ATF had an amnesty for full automatic weapons.

I like it.

ah, but how was his aim?

As Ian said, AK is not about the aim and his VOLUME was great. :-D

The Rooster Two river arms is your best bet. They fixed a poorly made RPD for me.

Yeah, imagine a kid getting hold of one of these from his old man's collection and doing a schools make over again just to first hand experience the screams of agony and get the feel of what it was designed for......experience is something you just can't buy.@@humansvd3269

@@gangleweed Uh, take your pearl clutching elsewhere.

OK, I know the truth hurts.@@humansvd3269

@@gangleweed ..the TRUTH would make you shit your pants😆