After World War II, Egypt experimented with several types of new rifle as a series of leaders bought arms from both Western and Communist nations. They included FN49 rifles from Belgium and vz52 and vz52/57 rifles from Czechoslovakia before a deal was made to license production of a copy of the Swedish AG-42B Ljungman rifle in 8×57. This licensed copy had a few changes from the Swedish model, and was designated the Hakim. Later a smaller variant in 7.62×39 was made, under the name Rasheed (or Rashid), and finally the country adopted the AKM with tooling provided by the Soviet Union. We have examples of all of these rifles, and we’re taking a look at them today.
Submachine Guns
Swedish K: The Carl Gustav m/45B and the Port Said
During the 1930s, Sweden acquired an assortment of different submachine guns, including Bergmanns, Thompsons, and Suomis. As World War Two progressed, they decided that they really needed to standardize on a single caliber and model […]
Single Shot Rifles
Citadel Martini – British Guns Rebuilt in Cairo
This rifle is part of a lot coming up for auction at Rock Island here. In 1903, the British government shipped a load of spare/surplus Martini parts and tooling to Egypt, where it was set […]
Semiauto Rifles
Ljungman AG-42B
The AG-42 was the first semiauto rifle adopted by the Swedish army, as well as the first production rifle to use a direct gas impingement operating system. Today we’re taking a closer look at the […]