AK fm/54: Prototype Swedish Paratrooper Rifle
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As Sweden experimented with updating the AG42 Ljungman in the 1950s, one of the intermediate patterns was the fm/54. This took the 7.62mm NATO short stroke piston conversion already developed and added a 20-round box magazine and a Carl Gustaf m/45 folding stock to it. Not a Carl Gustaf style stock, mind you, but one cut directly off an m/45.
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