The Firearm Blog » AEK-919 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog Firearms not Politics Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 AEK-919 K submachine gun in training http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/02/aek-919-k-submachine-gun-in-training/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/02/aek-919-k-submachine-gun-in-training/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:30:27 +0000 Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3518 Backyard Safari has a collection of images showing the AEK-919 K Submachine gun being used in training by the Vityaz (counter-terrorism Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs special forces unit).

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A surprisingly aesthetically pleasing gun. The Russians tend to ignore appearances.

The AEK-191 was designed during the mid 90’s and fires the marginal 9×18mm Makarov cartridge. It takes 20 or 30 round magazines, has a 6.5″ barrel, weights 4 lbs unloaded and has a rate of fire of 900 rpm.

Many more photo here.

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