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Valmet Assault Rifle Series
Valmet built Assault rifles based in part on the Kalashnikov action in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Their original offering was the milled receiver Model 62 which was offered in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm NATO for export. The M62 had an unusual T-shaped tubular buttstock. The Gas block and front sight design was very similar to the Israeli Galil rifle. The M71S was an stamped receiver offering that more closely resembled the original AK-47 design and was developed for customers who wanted a rifle that looked like an AK-47 (since at the time many customers couldn't get a military or civilian version at all). The M71S was built between 1971-1977 and was offered in 5.56x45mm NATO. The M76 was the Model 62 with a stamped receiver, more conventional buttstock and foregrip assembly. Later, Valmet produced the M76F which was an M76 that had a side folding version of the original M62 buttstock.
The Valmet Assault rifle (M62 / M71S / M76) can be seen in the following:
Film
- The Dogs of War - during the beginning sequence in Central America. Some of the soldiers are running around with Valmet M71S instead of AKs (since real AKs were hard to get in the 1970s).
- Stripes - In the film, at the Russian Army base where Winger's friends are held prisoner, most of the "Russian" soldiers are armed with Valmet M71S rifles.
- The Survivors - Robin Williams purchases a Valmet 76 with side folding stock on his way to becoming a survivalist in this comedy. At one point he tries to hide the weapon from his fiancee under the seat cushions of their sofa.
- Red Army Soldiers use M71S rifles in Firefox
- Chadian rebels in Under Fire
- Haitian Thugs in Bad Boys II (Valmet M76F)
Television
- Stavros Demitrios' henchmen in Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami" (S1E09)) (Valmet M76F)