[archy]

By the way, isn't the machinegun on top of the Viet COng flag a TUL-1, which uses the original AK-47 receiver instead of the AKM which is what the RPK uses?

You're correct about the TUL-1 using the AK milled receiver, but that's a stamped receiver on that particular RPK. And the RPK receivers are made stronger than those of the lighter AKM; they're built at the old Molot PPSh-41 *Shpagin* SMG factory in the Kirov district. Additionally, the Vietnamese didn't use the RPK stock on their TUL-1 guns, but rather the regular short but of the parent AK instead, probably a better fit for the average Vietnamese soldier.

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[Jacob Kell]

Thanks. You were in Central AMerica, do you know the weapons that the FMLN and UNRG guerilla forces used and how did they compare to those of the Slavadorian and Guatemalan government forces? SUbmachineguns, rifles and machineguns.