MISR (firearm)
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The MISR is an Egyptian copy of the AKM assault rifle, manufactured by the Maadi Arms Factory (المعادي). The word MISR (مصر) means Egypt in Arabic. The Maadi variants in various guises have been imported into the US as modified sporting variants in significant numbers. AK variants have been manufactured in Egypt from shortly after the period the country allied itseld with the Soviet Union. The differences between the AKMS and the MISR are the use a different folding stock, the use of plastic for the handguard and pistol grip rather than wood and a modified upper receiver that accepts most US and NATO optics.
The military version, used by Egyptian forces in the 1991 Gulf War, were a very high quality clone of the AKM with a side folding stock, chrome plated bore and either 30 round box or 75 round drum magazine.
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