List of 7.62×39mm firearms explained

The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s.^[1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.

This table is sortable for every column.

!Name!Type!Country!Image!Years of service!Notes

AR-M1	Assault rifle			1998–present	7.62×39mm variant of AR-M1 rifle, copy of the AK-47 and AK-74.
Type 38 rifle	Bolt-action rifle			1950s–1960s	Rechambered from the original 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka.^[2]
Type 56 carbine	Semi-automatic rifle			1956–present	Licensed variant of SKS.
Norinco SKS-M	Semi-automatic rifle			1980s–present	Commercial variant of the Type 56 carbine.
Norinco Type 86S	Bullpup semi-automatic rifle			1986–present	Based on the Type 56 assault rifle.
Type 56 assault rifle	Assault rifle			1956–present	Variant of the AK-47 and AKM.
Type 63 assault rifle	Assault rifle			1963–present	Based on the Type 56 carbine and Type 56 assault rifle.
Type 81 assault rifle	Assault rifle			1983–present
vz. 52/57	Semi-automatic rifle			1957–1959	7.62×39mm variant of vz. 52 rifle.
vz. 58	Assault rifle			1959–present
CZ BREN 2	Assault rifle			2011–present	7.62×39mm variant of CZ. BREN 2 rifle.
MPi-KM	Assault rifle			1964–present	Licensed variant of AKM.
Maadi arm	Assault rifle			1960–present	Indigenous version of the Soviet AKM rifle.
Rasheed Carbine	Semi-automatic rifle			1960–present	Derived from Hakim Rifle.
RK 62	Assault rifle			1965–present	Based on the Polish licensed variant of AK-47.
Valmet M-76	Semi-automaticAssault rifle			1972–present	Civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 62.
RK 95 TP	Assault rifle			1990–present
Sako M90 (M92S & M95S)	Semi-automaticAssault rifle			1993–present	Civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 95.
KK 62	Light machine gun			1962–present
AMD-65	Assault rifle			1967–present	Licensed variant of AKM.
AMP-69	Assault rifle			1974–present	Licensed variant of AKM.
AK-63	Assault rifle			1977–present	Licensed variant of AKM.
Tabuk Sniper Rifle	Designated marksman rifle			1978–present	Modified version of Zastava M70.
KLS----KLF----KLT	Assault rifle			?	Iranian versions of the AK platform modeled after the Type 56, MPi-KMS 72 and the AKM.
AK-113	Assault rifle			2018–present	Iranian versions of the AK-103.
IWI Galil ACE	Assault rifle			2008–present	7.62×39mm variant of IWI Galil ACE.
Beretta ARX160	Assault rifle			2008–present	7.62×39mm variant of Beretta ARX160.
Type 58 assault rifle	Assault rifle			1958–present	Variant of the AK-47.
Kbkg wz. 1960	Assault rifle			1960–present	Variant of the AK-47.
Beryl M762	Assault rifle			1995–present
PM md. 63	Assault rifle			1963–present	Licensed variant of AKM.
OTs-14-1A Groza-1	Bullpup assault rifle			1994–1999	Based on the AKS-74U.
AK-103	Assault rifle			2001–present
AK-104	Carbine assault rifle			2001–present
AK-15	Assault rifle			2016–present	7.62×39mm variant of AK-12.
KORD 6P68	Assault rifle			2018–present
AK-203	Assault rifle			2022–present	Upgraded version of the AK-103.
SKS	Semi-automatic rifle			1945–present
AS-44	Assault rifle			1944–1945
TKB-408	Assault rifle			1946	Prototype only.
AK-47	Assault rifle			1949–present
TKB-517	Assault rifle			1952	Prototype only.
TKB-059	Assault rifle			1960	Prototype only.
Dlugov assault rifle	Assault rifle			1953	Prototype only.
AKM	Assault rifle			1959–present	Improved variant of the AK-47.
AKMSU	Carbine assault rifle	----		1980
RPD	Light machine gun			1944–present
RPK	Light machine gun			1961–present
Zastava M19	Carbine modular assault rifle			2022–present	Based on the FN SCAR.
Malyuk	Bullpup Assault rifle			2015–present	7.62×39mm variant of Malyuk.
M4-WAC-47	Assault rifle			2018–present
Ruger Mini Thirty	Semi-automatic rifle			1987–present	7.62×39mm variant of Ruger Mini-14.
WASR-10	Semi-automatic rifle			1996–present	Semi-automatic variant of PM md. 63 for United States civilian market.
CMMG Mk47 Mutant	Semi-automatic rifle			2014–present	Derivative of ArmaLite AR-10.
Desert Tech MDR	Assault rifle			2014	7.62×39mm variant of Desert Tech MDR.
SR-47	Assault rifle			2001	7.62×39mm variant of the AR15.
STV rifle	Assault rifle			2019–present	Licensed variant of IWI Galil ACE.
STL-1A	Assault rifle			2019–present	Vietnamese copy of AKM.
Zastava M59/66	Semi-automatic rifle			1964–present	Licensed variant of SKS.
Zastava M70	Assault rifle			1970–present	Unlicensed derivative of AK-47.
Zastava M72	Light machine gun			1973–present
Zastava M92	Carbine assault rifle			1992–present	Variant of Zastava M70.
Zastava M21A	Carbine assault rifle			2005–present	7.62×39mm variant of the Zastava M21.

See also

• List of assault rifles
• List of 7.62×54mmR firearms
• List of 5.56×45mm NATO firearms
• 5.45×39mm
• 5.8×42mm

Notes and References

1. Book: Monetchikov, Sergei. ru:История русского автомата. The History of Russian Assault Rifle. 2005. 24–25. Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps. St. Petersburg. 978-5-98655-006-0. Russian.
2. Web site: Chinese Arisakas in 7.62x39mm. March 28, 2011.