Originally Posted by Vitaly

Also, how is the SIG 550 an AK clone?

It's got a barrel, a trigger and a magazine. Throw that in the pot with a touch of propaganda and *poof!*

huh?? aks were rare in the chiense army during this tiem, but it was found as a nco weapon

it was even used during the battle of huai hai, where the weapon was so devesting aginist the nationlists that it helped to promote the aks value as a rifle

i think that most of the armies got over AK,and made some models based on it.Like this one for example new assault rifle,M21 which a bit more like galil but it drags on AK side too,it still isnt in serial production since M70AB2 is still doing pretty fine job

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

It's got a barrel, a trigger and a magazine. Throw that in the pot with a touch of propaganda and *poof!*

The breech system is that wat makes an Ak.
The Swiss SIG has the same but differently wrapped, that's all.