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The KK-Mpi-69 (Klein Kaliber Maschinenpistole 1969) was a .22 rimfire training model of the standard East German stamped AKM. It used a simple blowback replacement bolt assembly and proprietary front trunnion along with a standard AKM receiver and fire control group. There is no gas block, since a gas piston is not used, and the sights are calibrated for short range rimfire shooting only. The magazines are standard AKM magazine bodies holding 15-round .22 rimfire magazines. Approximately 50,000 of these were made between 1970 and 1975.
Many thanks to the IRCGN (Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale) for allowing me access to film this unusual AK variant for you!
Extremely kewl video! I think military trainers are some of the most interesting weapons you cover and would like to see more.
When you were showing the bolt, you said that there was no firing pin spring, but it certainly looked like a spring was forcing the firing pin back.
I love your videos. Keep up the great work.
Maybe there originally was a spring for the firing pin but it is now broken. This could give Ian the impression that the pin was free floating. Seems odd that there isn’t one. I would think a spring would help the hammer give a better slap to the cartridge to get over light strike ignition problems with rimfire.
Multiple articles on this rifle are out there on the internet. But only Ian goes into the internal workings.
I would gladly trade two Romanian M69 .22 trainers for that, and I don’t even like AKs.