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Schönberg Automatik Karabiniet, Year 1962 (SAK-62)

After a it was decided by NATO members that a new gun was needed for its members, the choice was made to make the SAK-62 by cooperation between the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Yudonia, amongst other members.

It would first arrive to the battlefields by the Vietnam War International Intervention. Some years after, some NATO members ended up not liking the final result, and all of them scrapped it completely, leaving it for Yudonia to further improve and produce. After that, the SAK-62 saw action during the Intervention in Lebanon and some other minor wars, over all around the middle east.

From there, and with a near perfect reputation about how uncommon were its jams, more than 80 thousand units have been produced for more than 10 countries, and it is still being used by some armies around the world, including Peru, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Indonesia and the Philippines. The gun would later be replaced by a heavy version of the HK416 around the 2000's, but wouldn't get out of service without the mottos of the "sucessfull gun" and "sakcess 62" by the Americans.

Specifications

In service: 1963 - today

Designed: 1960 - 1963 (designed as IAR)

Manufacturers: Design phase: Winchester, Heckler & Koch, Colt Manufacture, Schönberg Industries.

After Nato scrapping: Schönberg Industries.

Produced: 1963 - today

Length: 778 mm

Barrel Length: 325 mm

Cartridge: 5.56x45mm NATO

Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt

Rate of fire: 850 rounds/min automatic

Feed system: 32-round detachable magazine