Medved-3:
nyah, nyah, nyah....... NDM's are all accurized versions of the AKM.
No. They are not.
That is lieberal propaganda bullshyte.
You see, the real problem with google (wikipedia, whatever)
is that even if it's intended to enlighten minds,
sometimes it brutally turns knitting old fat grandmas
into instant firearms experts (the very-opinionated kind)
and of course, very often it feeds them BS info.
Geez....
What is actually harder to find (when using google or wikipedia) is that
the so-called NDM86 (regardless of the cartridge)
is a hybrid Type79/85 intended for export.
Type79 is a
very close version of the SVD,
and it was developed
under Russian licence.
It has
nothing to do with the AK family (regardless of what you've read on arfcom).
The same like the SVD, the Type79 and 85 series
are close to the SKS design, not the AK design.
Some people may even support the idea that, looking at the peculiar
camming action of the bolt-carrier, shape of the bolt lugs
and the way they are secured in the receiver,
the Type85 (which, BTW, was not covered by the said design/manuf. licence agreement)
and consequent variants (for example ODM87 among others)
may be considered the
furthest away from the design of the AK family
than any other eastern "sniper" rifle counterpart is.
As I explained in my post on page 1,
the Romanian PSL design and its versions
(and maybe some other rifles, but not the NDM)
were indeed based on the AK.
(Ok, now you can go ahead and flame me).
Anyway, speaking of the SVD's "friends":
Don't forget the the elusive SVU, that is actually a bullpup-ed SVD.
I think that the monkey-stupid cantilever/console-type bipod
was requested by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Maybe Deckard can start a "would you bring...." thread. With poll.
And somebody please give him directions in building a shell deflector for lefties.
And, of course, the Zastava M76/M78/M84/M87/M91 etc.,
chambered in 8x57 Mauser, 7.62 NATO (308), 7.62x54R
(and maybe a couple more cartridges) depending of version.
I hope everybody can see it was based on the 10/22 krinker-plinker design
M76 below:
And don't forget the Russian SVDK in 9.3x64,
cartridge claimed to be more powerfull than 338LM
and said to be based on 9.3x64 Brenneke
They also make a civvie (Tigr 9) in that cartridge.
