{"id":74023,"date":"2024-04-18T04:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=74023"},"modified":"2024-04-18T04:09:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:09:53","slug":"ak-corner-aks-from-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/ak-corner-aks-from-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"AK Corner: AK&#8217;s from Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74024 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AK-Fin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AK-Fin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AK-Fin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AK-Fin-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/17\/aks-finland-part-1-development-history\/\">AKs from Finland. Part 1: Development\u00a0History<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The small European country of Finland always had a great reputation when it comes to arms production. For collectors, Finnish-made Mosin-Nagants are some of the most desirable Mosin rifles, but there is another rifle design that the Finnish took to a whole other level. It is called RK 62, the Finnish AK.<\/h2>\n<h2>Developed 62 years ago, it remains the main service weapon of the Finnish military. Despite recent acceptance into NATO, there are no official plans to replace those workhorses any time soon.<\/h2>\n<h2><em>The Creation of Finnish AK<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>After WW2, Finland had to replace its fleet of Mosin rifles with something more modern. However, Finns wouldn\u2019t be Finns, if they didn\u2019t come up with a meticulous testing program.<\/h2>\n<h2>First, they had to decide which round they would use. There were three options: NATO 7.62\u00d751, Soviet 7.62\u00d739, and developing their own ammunition.<\/h2>\n<h2>In this case, the Finnish Defense Forces managed to make better decisions compared to bigger and richer countries and decided that creating their own round would not make sense.\u00a0NATO 7.62\u00d751 was considered to be too large and heavy, and it left Finland with 7.62\u00d739.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/17\/aks-finland-part-1-development-history\/\">RTWT<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Take-it99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Take-it99.jpg 710w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Take-it99-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Take-it99-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AKs from Finland. Part 1: Development\u00a0History &nbsp; The small European country of Finland always had a great reputation when it comes to arms production. For collectors, Finnish-made Mosin-Nagants are some of the most desirable Mosin rifles, but there is another rifle design that the Finnish took to a whole other level. 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