Beryl: Poland’s Military AK

Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! With Poland’s entry into NATO in the 1990s, a new service rifles was needed, chambered for the NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990/91 to adapt the Tantal to , and this project was dusted off in 1995 to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in , 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 mid-life 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 left-side selector switch allowing semiauto, full auto, and 3-round-burst firing options. Contact: Forgotten Weapons 6281 N. Oracle 36270 Tuc