Infantry Weapons

AKKS rifle

The AKKS is the folding-stock Bulgarian AKK, a locally produced AK/AKS-47-pattern assault rifle associated with Arsenal's Kazanlak production line. In the Sinai Insurgency record it appears as a captured Islamic State Sinai Province small arm, identified in a 2017 weapons cache alongside Type 56, Zastava M70AB2, FN FAL, RPG, and machine-gun weapons.

Sinai InsurgencyIslamic State Sinai Province

Conflict side: Islamic State Sinai Province
Built by: Arsenal
Built in: Bulgaria

AKKS rifle, 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

Image source: AKS Assault Rifle Illustration

Profile

Type: 7.62x39mm assault rifle
Conflict side: Islamic State Sinai Province
Origin: Bulgaria
Service note: Cold War AK-pattern rifle documented in Sinai militant inventories in 2017

portable assault rifle kalashnikov captured

Service History

In service: Documented in Sinai as a captured militant small arm in 2017
Used by: Islamic State Sinai Province
Wars: Sinai Insurgency

Production History

Designer: Mikhail Kalashnikov pattern; Bulgarian AKK/AKKS production by Arsenal
Designed: Bulgarian AKK/AKKS production began after licensed AK production was established in the 1960s
Built by: Arsenal
Built in: Bulgaria
Produced: 1960s onward for Bulgarian AKK/AKKS family; later export derivatives used AR and AR-F designations
Variants: AKK fixed-stock rifle, AKKS folding-stock rifle, AR-F export derivative

Specifications

Caliber: 7.62x39mm
Action: Gas-operated, rotating-bolt Kalashnikov action
Barrel length: 415 mm class
Magazine: 30-round detachable box magazine
Rate of fire: About 600 rounds per minute
Stock: Folding shoulder stock on AKKS variant

Conflict Usage

Sinai Insurgency: Side: Islamic State Sinai ProvinceRole: Captured militant small armstrike
War Noir identified a Bulgarian AKKS among rifles and other weapons captured by Islamic State Sinai Province from Bedouin tribal forces in May 2017, so the Sinai evidence supports captured militant possession rather than a broad service-history claim.

AKKS rifle Images

AKKS rifle, 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons - view 1 — Source: AKS Assault Rifle Illustration

AKKS rifle, 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons - view 2 — Source: AK-47 Type 3A Assault Rifle Image

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Sources

Weaponry of the Islamic State in EgyptPublisher: Militant Wire | Note: Supports Sinai Insurgency direct use: Bulgarian AKKS used by Islamic State Sinai Province as a captured small arm after weapons were seized from Bedouin tribes in May 2017. | Accessed: 2026-06-22 BGR - AKK / AKK-M1 / AKKS / AKKMPublisher: Armedconflicts.com | Note: Supports AKK/AKKS background, Arsenal producer attribution, folding-stock AKKS designation, and basic 7.62x39mm rifle specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-22 Arsenal Assault RiflesPublisher: Arsenal JSCo. | Note: Official manufacturer site for Arsenal assault-rifle production; used only for current Arsenal manufacturer background because the historic AKKS itself is not presented as a current product page. | Accessed: 2026-06-22 AKS Assault Rifle IllustrationPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: CC BY-SA 3.0 representative AKS-pattern image used for the folding-stock AKKS page where a clearly licensed Bulgarian AKKS photograph was not available. | Accessed: 2026-06-22 AK-47 Type 3A Assault Rifle ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Public-domain Type 3A AK image used as a secondary reference image for the milled AK pattern underlying the Bulgarian AKK/AKKS family. | Accessed: 2026-06-22