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MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

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MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

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East German MPi-KM-72 with fixed stock - 7.62x39mm. This was the transitional MPi-KM-72 that still used the wooden lower hand grip from the MPi-KM. These were common from 1965-1972. The Side folding stock was not widely distributed until 1973.
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East German MPi-KM-72 with plastic stock - 7.62x39mm

The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. Early versions of the rifles had wooden furniture, but later models have distinctive stippled brown buttstocks and pistol grips. The MPi-KMS also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the Romanian AIMS rifle. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.

Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely. Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.

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East German MPi-KMS-72 with sling and side-folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Movies

Actor Character Title Note Date
Iraqi police officer The Hurt Locker 2008
Afghan mujaheddin Lord of War 2005
Rwandan soldiers Hotel Rwanda 2004
Thug Extreme Ops 2002
Corrupt Chinese General's men Lethal Weapon 4 1998
Mel Gibson Detective Martin Riggs Lethal Weapon 4 1998

Television

Actor Character Title Note Date
Terrorist GSG-9 Folding Stock 2008