After testing by the military, the RK 60 was slightly modified (trigger guard was reinstated) and adopted as the 7.62 RK 62. The very first prototypes, closely modeled after Polish licence made AKs, had tinted birchwood stocks. It featured a metallic buttstock, a plastic handguard and pistol grip but lacked the trigger guard (it was hoped that it would make firing this weapon easier in cold Finnish winter when soldiers wore warm mittens). The RK 62 was produced in 1960 at the Valmet factory in Tourula and was internally almost a copy of the AK-47.
Various foreign models were looked at, the Soviet AK-47 being the most important. The development of a Finnish assault rifle in 7.62×39mm Soviet intermediary cartridge began in the 1950s. In addition to the flash suppression, the end can quickly cut barbed wire by pushing the muzzle onto a strand of wire and firing a round. One of the most distinctive features of the Valmet rifles, including the M62 and all subsequent variations, is the open-ended, three prong flash suppressor with a bayonet lug on its lower side. The RK 95 TP is a more modern, improved version of the RK 62. The RK 62 has a three-pronged flash suppressor, and a groove for a specially designed knife bayonet, which can be used alone as a combat knife. It is the basis of the IMI Galil, an Israeli-made assault rifle with many similarities. Between 19 350,000 M62 rifles were produced jointly by Valmet and Sako. The RK 62 uses the same 7.62×39mm cartridge as the AK-47. The RK 62 was designed in 1962 and is based on the Polish licensed version of the Soviet AK-47 design. It is the standard issue infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces. The RK 62 (from Finnish rynnäkkökivääri 62, 'assault rifle 62'), officially 7.62 RK 62 and commercially M62, is an assault rifle manufactured by Valmet and Sako. 940 mm with fixed or extended stock / 710 mm with stock foldedĪperture rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip tritium night sight, forward hooded post, 470 mm sight radius
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