Hungary - Forgotten Weapons - Part 2

Researching Hungarian Kalashnikovs: Interview with László Becz

May 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

Rifles on the Danube: Hungarian Kalashnikov Firearms 1959-2002 is available now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-the-danube?ref=ezuyuv Nic Jenzen-Jones, Director of Research for Headstamp Publishing, spent some time in Budapest speaking with László Becz, author of “Rifles on […]

AMD-65: The Specialist’s AK Turns Standard-Issue

May 3, 2024 Ian McCollum 25

Get your copy of “Rifles On The Danube” today! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-the-danube?ref=84e865 The Hungarian AMD-65 (Automata Módosított Deszantfegyver – “Modified Paratrooper Automatic Rifle”) was requested first in 1964 because the standard AKM-63 rifles in Hungarian service were […]

Prototype Hungarian 33M Bolt Action Rifle

August 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 2

When Hungary separated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War One, it began to slowly rebuild its military equipment. The eventually led to carbine conversions of old M95 rifles using the new 8x56mm rimmed cartridge, […]

GM6 Lynx .50 BMG Bullpup at the Range

December 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 34

Today we have the Gepárd M6 Lynx out at the range to try out! My impression is that mechanically, the gun is very well constructed. Everything operated cleanly and smoothly, and there were no malfunctions […]

GM6 Lynx: The Hungarian Long-Recoil .50-Caliber Bullpup

December 24, 2021 Ian McCollum 36

The Gepárd M6 is the result of nearly 3 decades of development. The Hungarian military first requested a .50-caliber anti-material rifle circa 1987, and the M1 design submitted was a single-shot rifle chambered for the […]

Roth Steyr Developmental Models 1904 and 1906

April 30, 2021 Ian McCollum 10

Before the Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted the Roth Steyr Model 1907 as its official cavalry pistol, they of course went through a series of pistol trials. The winners of two sets of trials were the Roth […]

Mannlicher 88/95 – A Rare World War One Update

January 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 19

The Austro-Hungarian Empire went into World War One with the Steyr M95 straight-pull rifle as its standard infantry arm. Heavy losses in just the first few months of the war made it clear that the […]

San Cristobal Model 2: A Lever-Delayed .30 Carbine

December 23, 2020 Ian McCollum 39

The San Cristobal armory was a surprisingly large-scale arms manufacturer set up in the Dominican Republic in the late 40s. They produced several different weapons, but the most common was the Model 2 Cristobal carbine. […]

A Walther copied by Hungary for Egypt: the WALAM 48

June 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 17

The WALAM 48 was a copy of the Walther Model PP made by Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság (aka FÉG) in Hungary in the years after World War Two. It was originally produced as the 48M […]

AMP 69: Hungary’s Grenade-Launching AK

February 13, 2019 Ian McCollum 19

The Hungarian AMP-69 is, I think, the undisputed ugliest military AK variant ever fielded. It is truly an example of function over form, designed specifically for the role of dedicated rifle grenade launcher. To this […]

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