Hello everyone again, what I will show you today are not exactly Kalashnikov assault rifles originating in the Soviet Union, but these Hungarian rifles that, from the year 1955 to dates still unknown today, were four of the standard weapons of the Armed Forces of the former Hungarian People's Republic. And today, they are widely used in the armed forces of many countries in Africa and Asia, including troops from all sides in the Syrian, Yemeni and Somali civil wars, the Tigray War and even the current Russo-Ukrainian War. Well, today I will show you the Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles which, as you can see in the image, are exact copies of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifles, but with some aesthetic differences that allow users to distinguish Hungarian weapons. from their original versions from the former Soviet Union. These weapons, manufactured for the first time under license in Hungary, in 1955 and by the state company Fegyver- és Gépgyár, (whose name means something like "arms and machinery factory" in Hungarian) are currently considered one of the foreign versions of the rarest AK-47 rifle in the world. This is clearly because currently, despite being manufactured and used in large numbers by the Hungarian armed forces, very little information exists about these weapons. It is also because the exact date the Fegyver-és Gépgyár company stopped manufacturing AK-55 assault rifles is unknown, and it is also unknown on what date the Hungarian armed forces stopped using such rifles. Very little is known about the origin of this weapon, but it is clear that, after World War II, the former Soviet Union exported arms and ammunition to almost all the Eastern European countries that had previously been conquered by Germany. Nazi and then "liberated" by the Soviet Red Army during said global war. The former People's Republic of Hungary began to manufacture AK-55 assault rifles and many other weapons of Soviet origin under license as a result of the entry of its communist government into the Warsaw Pact established in 1955. The aesthetic differences that exist between Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles and AK-47 rifles are just two. The first difference is in the AK-55 and AK-55N models, whose fixed wooden stock is one centimeter longer than the stock of the Russian AK-47 rifle. This gives the Hungarian AK-55 a total length of 880 millimeters (ie 88 centimeters) compared to the 870 millimeters for the Russian AK-47 (ie 87 centimeters). In other words, the Hungarian AK-55 rifle is one centimeter longer than the Russian AK-47 rifle. And the second difference is in the AKN-55 and AKSN-55 models, which incorporate a rail or anchor on the left side of their receivers to install night vision sights and other similar devices. Said rail or anchor is very similar to the rail that the Soviet AKMN assault rifles incorporate (here the image: www.deviantart.com/mikekalashn…). But the Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles, being exact copies of the Soviet AK-47 rifle, were also ideal weapons to fight both in urban environments and in the middle of forests, jungles, deserts, mountains, steppes, snowy places, muddy terrains , beaches and all kinds of natural environments, since Hungarian AK-55 rifles do not jam in mud, sand, water, clay, snow or any other material on our planet Earth. As with many Russian-Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifles and many foreign versions of such weapons, Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles were also exported abroad during the Cold War, mainly to Syria and apparently in large numbers. , according to the very few sources specialized in AK-55 rifles. As I told you before, it is unknown on what exact date the state company Fegyver-és Gépgyár stopped manufacturing AK-55 assault rifles and it is also unknown on what date the Hungarian armed forces stopped using such rifles. It is believed that both the state-owned company Fegyver-és Gépgyár and the Hungarian armed forces began dispensing with AK-55 assault rifles from the year 1977, when AK-63 assault rifles, Hungarian copies, were first created. of the Soviet AKM rifle. All this information about the Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles proves to be the main reason why said weapons of the former Hungarian People's Republic are almost as famous as unknown at the same time. I hope you like it and another cordial greeting. Until next time! For more information about the Hungarian AK-55 assault rifles, here the following web pages: felderitokblogja.blog.hu/2019/… www.hungariae.com/AK55.htm