SA-85S: FEG Adapts the Hungarian AK for American Import

This review showcases the Hungarian FEG SA 85M, a semi-automatic AKM variant chambered in 7.62x39mm. The video demonstrates its functionality, including loading and chambering a round, and features live-fire testing at an outdoor range. Visuals highlight the rifle's markings, ammunition, and target impacts, with slow-motion footage capturing the action's mechanics.

The AK-63F, Hungary's final military Kalashnikov, was developed to replace the AMD-65, returning to a more traditional AKM pattern for cost-effectiveness. Key features include wooden furniture, a slant muzzle brake, and unique venting. Later models utilized precision casting for improved manufacturing efficiency. These rifles have seen significant export and use in modern conflicts.

Brandon Herrera reviews his first AK, the Hungarian AMD-65, a compact variant designed for armored troops and paratroopers. He details its unique features like the wire folding stock, exposed gas tube, and aggressive muzzle brake that significantly reduces recoil but creates a large flash. The video also covers practical issues such as magazine compatibility with the forward pistol grip and the speaker's early modification mistakes.

This video compares the SKS and AK platforms, revealing surprisingly similar weight and rate of fire (9 seconds for 10 rounds with reload). Accuracy at 25 and 40 yards was comparable, with the SKS showing a slight edge in consistency. Notably, the SKS demonstrated superior penetrating power, piercing 7 bottles compared to the AK's 5.

This video from VSO Gun Channel focuses on the AK63DS Hungarian Under-Folder AK-47. The description highlights VSO's role as an educational resource and research/development lab, emphasizing responsible gun ownership and safety. It clarifies that VSO is not involved in selling firearms and maintains editorial independence, reserving the right to publish negative aspects of products. The description also mentions that subjects are often provided by manufacturers at no cost and details VSO's testing and evaluation services. Standard capacity or lower magazines are depicted in their videos.

This review covers the Century Arms AK63D, a Hungarian AKM variant featuring a milled receiver and blonde wood furniture. It highlights the rifle's excellent quality control, tight tolerances, and legendary AK reliability, even after a mud test. The compact size and underfolder stock make it a versatile option.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.