Beryl: Polands 5. 56mm Military AK

Cool Forgotten Weapons merch With Poland s entry into NATO in the 1990s, a new service rifles was needed, chambered for the 5. 56mm NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990, 91 to adapt the Tantal to 5. 56mm, and this project was dusted off in 1995 to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in 5. 56mm, the Beryl includes an improved folding stock, a shorter muzzle device (and correspondingly longer rifled barrel) and a new handguard design. Initially adopted in 1996 as the the Beryl has undergone several midlife improvements. These include the addition of a Picatinny optics rail, collapsing stock, and improved safety and magazine release. The basic mechanics, however, remain the same as the Tantal, with a leftside selector switch allowing semiauto, full auto, and 3roundburst firing options. Contact: Forgotten Weapons 6281 N. Oracle 36270 Tuc