This
section is to help firearms owners determine who made their
weapon and where it was imported from. Below are a
list of markings with explanations that follow. Please read carefully
as some of the markings are similar in design.
<( )> "circle
in diamond mark" (Suhl factory) East
Germany/DDR
seen
on E.German Makarov pistols.
:
C : "shining
C mark" East
Germany DDR
(K3)K3 in ellypse/oblonged
circle mark" (Ernst Thaelmann VEB(*), Suhl) East
Germany/DDR
As seen on German MPiAK74N
(*):(VEB is no trademark! VEB means "Volkseigener
Betrieb" or " people owned factory" ...so
aside from "Kombinat"s,the "VEB"s where
one common form of socialist production units throughout the
whole GDR/DDR usually held apart with a socialist heroes name
like Ernst Thaelmann)
11 "number
11 mark" (Lucznik/ former Radom) Poland
((10)) "double
circle ten mark" Bulgaria
seen
on synthetic magazines, rifle trunnions, bayonet scabbards,
Makarov pistols.
((21)) "double
circle 21 number mark" Bulgaria
seen
on Bulgarian dark red synthetic 30 rnd AK74 mag believed to be
overflow manufacture.
(25) "single
circle 25 mark" Bulgaria
seen
on black synthetic 30 rnd AK74 mag believed to be overflow
manufacture.
//\\
"arrow in triangle mark" Romania
//\\"arrow
in triangle mark" (Izhevsk factory) Russia
(arrow
pointing upwards to the top point of triangle)
seen on Russian red/orange and dark
plum (commonly referred to as black) synthetic 30 rnd AK74
(5.45x39) mags.
{/\}
"arrow
in shield mark" (Izhevsk factory) Russia
(trade mark...former bow and arrow)
seen
on Izhevsk products like pistol grips, etc.
(/\) "arrow
in circle mark" Russia
seen
on Russian Makarov pistols.
* "star
mark" (Tula arsenal)
Russia
(5
pointed, outlined star)
seen on Russian brown synthetic 30
rnd AK74 (5.45x39) mags.
/*\"star
in triangle mark" (Tula arsenal) Russia
{*} "star
in shield mark" (Polyany arsenal) Russia
(5
pointed outlined star in shield)
seen on RPK drum mags and bakelite
RPK 74 (5.45x39) 45 rnd synthetic mags.
( * ) "star
in circle mark" North
Korea
(386) "single
circle 386 mark" ( Polytech ) RPC/China
reported
on receivers / trunnion of Polytech AKs.
/26\ "26
in triangle" RPC/China
/36\
"36 in triangle" RPC/China
/66\ "
66 in triangle " (Norico/North China Industries) RPC/China
reported
on reciever / trunnion of Norico AKs.
66
reported on chinese origin metal magazines.
/416\ "416
in triangle" RPC/China
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