Arsenal AK-47 Assault Rifle Series and Arsenal AK-47M1 Bulgaria Rifle

Arsenal AK-47 Assault Rifle this is a modified AK-47 Assault Rifle used by Bulgaria, mostly by reserve and police forces since it had been largely supplanted by a Bulgarian-built version of the Arsenal AK-74 Assault Rifle. (Instead of using the AKM, the Bulgarians decided to go with their own, improved version of the AK-47.) The Arsenal AK-47M1 Assault Rifle differs from the original AK-47 primarily in using plastics or compressed resin where the AK-47 used wood, and has a mount on top of the receiver for a telescopic, laser, or night sight. This makes the Arsenal AK-47M1 Rifle considerably lighter than the

original AK-47.

Arsenal AK-47 Assault Rifle

In addition, the underside of the handguard has a clip-on mount for the GP-25 grenade launcher. Internally, the AK-47’s mechanism is retained, but many of the parts are made of light alloy instead of stamped steel. The muzzle of the Arsenal; AK-47M1 is also equipped with a flash suppressor. The magazines normally issued with the AK-47M1 are also plastic, but it can still take the old steel magazines. As the typical Bulgarian soldier is smaller than his Russian counterpart, the butt of the AK-47M1 is shorter. An AKS-47M1 is also made, which is a folding-stock version (this is a metal stock, but not the same kind as used on the Russian AKMS). Finally, a version of the Arsenal AK-47M1 modified to fire .22 Long Rifle ammunition is made, for training purposes.

Arsenal AK-47 SGL Assault Rifle

AK-47 assault Rifle

The RKKS is an AK-47M1 Assault Rifle with a longer, heavier barrel; it can be used as an automatic rifle or as a platoon sharpshooter’s weapon, and can mount any sort of Russian, Chinese, or Warsaw Pact optical sights. The RKKS is equipped with a bipod, and can use the 40-round extended magazines or 75-round drums of the RPK (or Bulgarian plastic equivalent magazines). The AKS-74U Assault Rifle is similar in concept to the Russian AKS-74U Assault Rifle, being an AK-74M1 with a chopped barrel and a folding stock.

AKS-74U Assault Rifle

They were produced in small numbers until the fall of the Iron Curtain, when production was ramped up for export (using the name Hobo). Though the AKS-47S has a beefy muzzle brake, it still suffers the problems of a powerful cartridge in a short-barreled weapon: high muzzle blast, sharp recoil, and a greatly-reduced range.

The existence of the AKS-47S was virtually unknown in the West until the Twilight War, when examples
were captured and found to not be AKS-74U Assault Rifle variants as previously thought. The AKS-47S Assault Rifle was never produced in large numbers, though. The name “Hobo” was never applied to the AKS-47S in the Twilight 2000 world. The AKS-74S became a favorite among many special operations units, as well as criminals and terrorists, so much so that stray examples of the Hobo could often not have their origin positively identified.