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=Additional Images= | |||
[[File:M76sidefolder.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Valmet Rk62TP, side folding stock version]] | |||
[[File:PS_M76_Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|'''Photoshopped''' Valmet M76 Carbine - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[File:Vv2000jo2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Rk 95 (top) and Rk 62 (bottom)]] | |||
=Discussion= | |||
Should we also include [[Valmet M78]] under this page?--[[User:SB2296|SB2296]] 15:58, 22 September 2010 (UTC) | Should we also include [[Valmet M78]] under this page?--[[User:SB2296|SB2296]] 15:58, 22 September 2010 (UTC) | ||
::Hmmmm, but No, one could ask do we include the [[RPK]] under the [[AK-47]] Page? Again, no. The Light Machine gun variant is different enough NOT to be lumped in with the assault rifle. Only RARE variants (like the SA-80's LMG) isn't worth branching off, but the RPK and the AKs have had such an impact and were made in such numbers that they deserve separate pages :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 17:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC) | ::Hmmmm, but No, one could ask do we include the [[RPK]] under the [[AK-47]] Page? Again, no. The Light Machine gun variant is different enough NOT to be lumped in with the assault rifle. Only RARE variants (like the SA-80's LMG) isn't worth branching off, but the RPK and the AKs have had such an impact and were made in such numbers that they deserve separate pages :) [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] 17:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC) | ||
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"The Gas block and front sight design was very similar to the Israeli Galil rifle". No wonder, given that the Galil is modeled after the Valmet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Galil#History | "The Gas block and front sight design was very similar to the Israeli Galil rifle". No wonder, given that the Galil is modeled after the Valmet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Galil#History | ||
== Rk 95 Tp in 5.56mm == | == Rk 95 Tp in 5.56mm == | ||
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== Valmet M71P in orange? == | == Valmet M71P in orange? == | ||
I've been browsing some pages with Valmet M71(s) and I keep seeing these so-called "Resin stock" variants that have orange/faux wood colored handguard and stock. I've been browsing tons old North American gun magazines and rocked the google image search, | I've been browsing some pages with Valmet M71(s) and I keep seeing these so-called "Resin stock" variants (well, that's what 70s and 80s North American magazine adverts call them anyway) that have orange/faux wood colored handguard and stock. I've been browsing tons old North American gun magazines and rocked the google image search, yet I fail to find these "resin designs" in orange/faux wood color. Here are couple of examples: | ||
[[File:Le Ruffian-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Ruffian, The]]]] | [[File:Le Ruffian-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Ruffian, The]]]] | ||
[[Image:EP-AKM-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Extreme Prejudice]]]] | [[Image:EP-AKM-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Extreme Prejudice]]]] | ||
[[Image:MacGyverS1E1AKvariant1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|[[MacGyver (1985 TV Series)]]]] | [[Image:MacGyverS1E1AKvariant1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|[[MacGyver (1985 TV Series)]]]] | ||
Does anybody know did Valmet manifacture these M71s in orange/faux wood or have some movie prop departments just colored them orange somehow? [[User:TrickShotFinn|TrickShotFinn]] ([[User talk:TrickShotFinn|talk]]) 12:00, 20 July 2018 (EDT) | Does anybody know did Valmet manifacture these M71s in orange/faux wood or have some movie prop departments just colored them orange somehow? Like has anyone ever encountered one in real life? [[User:TrickShotFinn|TrickShotFinn]] ([[User talk:TrickShotFinn|talk]]) 12:00, 20 July 2018 (EDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 10:57, 20 May 2023
Additional Images
Discussion
Should we also include Valmet M78 under this page?--SB2296 15:58, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
- Hmmmm, but No, one could ask do we include the RPK under the AK-47 Page? Again, no. The Light Machine gun variant is different enough NOT to be lumped in with the assault rifle. Only RARE variants (like the SA-80's LMG) isn't worth branching off, but the RPK and the AKs have had such an impact and were made in such numbers that they deserve separate pages :) MoviePropMaster2008 17:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Nice job
Good work on the specifications table. I like using the different color, very slick. Again, nice job here and on the Barrett page. StanTheMan 17:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
"The Gas block and front sight design was very similar to the Israeli Galil rifle". No wonder, given that the Galil is modeled after the Valmet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Galil#History
Rk 95 Tp in 5.56mm
I found a picture of it, and it was the only picture of it I could find anywhere. Can we use it? Alex T Snow (talk) 18:40, 20 February 2014 (EST)
Valmet M71P in orange?
I've been browsing some pages with Valmet M71(s) and I keep seeing these so-called "Resin stock" variants (well, that's what 70s and 80s North American magazine adverts call them anyway) that have orange/faux wood colored handguard and stock. I've been browsing tons old North American gun magazines and rocked the google image search, yet I fail to find these "resin designs" in orange/faux wood color. Here are couple of examples:
Does anybody know did Valmet manifacture these M71s in orange/faux wood or have some movie prop departments just colored them orange somehow? Like has anyone ever encountered one in real life? TrickShotFinn (talk) 12:00, 20 July 2018 (EDT)