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Egyptian Hakim Service Rifle: Crushing Thumbs Since 1956

Posted March 23, 2021 in History, Rifles, Semi-Auto, TFBTV by Miles with No Comments

The Egyptian Hakim service rifle was a license-produced version of the Swedish 6.5mm Ljungman AG-42 semiautomatic gas impingement rifle. Egypt changed several features such as the grasping grooves, a removable muzzle brake, an adjustable gas system, and no cleaning rod. Some references will state [Read More…]

TFBTV: Swedish Roots, Egyptian Steel: The Rasheed

Posted March 25, 2015 in Rifles, TFBTV by Alex C. with 5 Comments

The Egyptian Rasheed is quite a rare firearm. Only 5,000-8,000 were produced and it is based on the Swedish AG42 self-loading rifle. The Egyptians previously used the AG42 as the basis for their 8mm Hakim rifle, but scaled the design down for the 7.62×39 cartridge and the Rasheed was born. If [Read More…]