3rd Recon | Type 58 Rifle

Recon Marine With Type 58
DoD photo By: Cpl. Tyler Giguere

A Recon Marine with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, pictured holding a Type 58 assault rifle during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-3 at Gimpo, Republic of Korea.

The Type 58 is a North Korean (DPRK) derivation of the Soviet-designed AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle.

It fires a 7.62mmx39mm cartridge.

The weapon has been in DPRK service since 1958.

It is slightly longer that the AK-47 rifle it derives from and is available in fixed and folding-stock variants.

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