AMP-69

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| caption = The AMP-69 shown with a folding stock

| origin = Hungary

| type = Assault rifle
Carbine

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| manufacturer = Fegyver- és Gépgyár

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| cartridge = 7.62×39mm

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| action = Gas-operated

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| velocity = {{convert|731|m/s|ft/s}}

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| feed = 10-round detachable box magazine (For rifle grenades),{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=37waIIyikOI|title = AMP 69: Hungary's Grenade-Launching AK| website=YouTube }} AK-47 magazines (For normal 7.62×39mm ammunition).

| sights = Tangent sight

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The AMP-69 (Autómata Módosított Puskagránátos) is a selective-fire gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle that was manufactured by Fegyver- és Gépgyár.{{cite web|title=Kalashnikov AMP-69 Machine Carbine|url=http://www.hungariae.com/AMP69.htm|accessdate=13 August 2012}}

Design

While the AMP-69 was modelled after the Kalashnikov rifle, it was specially created to use blank cartridges to launch rifle grenades.

The grenade types were armour piercing (PGK-69), anti-personnel/fragmentation (PGR-69), or tear gas.

Users

  • {{Flag|Hungarian People's Republic}}
  • Hungarian People's Army{{cite book |last=Somogyi |first=Gyozo |title=Hungarian Defense Forces 1945-1990 |date=9 November 2024 |publisher=Zrinyi Kiado |isbn=9789633276990 |page=38}}

See also

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Category:7.62×39mm assault rifles

Category:Kalashnikov derivatives

Category:Assault rifles of Hungary

Category:Fegyver- és Gépgyár firearms

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