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((short description|7.62 mm assault rifle))
((Refimprove|date=October 2008))
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| name               = AK-63
| image              = AK_63.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
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| caption            = The AK-63
| origin             = [[Hungarian People's Republic]]
| type               = [[Assault rifle]]
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<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1977–present
| used_by            = See [[#Users|Users]]
| wars               = [[Iran–Iraq War]]<br>[[Lebanese Civil War]]<br>[[Sri Lankan Civil War]]<br>[[Somalian Civil War]]<br>[[Gulf War]]<br>[[Yugoslav Wars]]<br>[[Iraq War]]<br>[[Syrian Civil War]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://silahreport.com/2018/08/07/small-arms-captured-by-saa-during-operation-basalt/|title = Small Arms Captured by SAA During Operation BASALT|date = 7 August 2018))</ref><br>[[Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1453862017ENGLISH.PDF|title = Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units))</ref>
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| design_date        = 1977
| manufacturer       = [[Fegyver- és Gépgyár]]<ref>[http://www.sunblest.net/gun/AKM63.htm Kalashnikov AKM-63 Machine Carbine.] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822140846/http://www.sunblest.net/gun/AKM63.htm |date=August 22, 2008 )) Retrieved on August 25, 2008.</ref>
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| variants           = See [[#Variants|Variants]]
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| cartridge          = [[7.62×39mm]]
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The '''AK-63''' (also known in Hungarian military service as the '''AMM''') is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] variant of the [[AKM]] assault rifle manufactured by the [[Fegyver- és Gépgyár]] (FÉG) state arms plant in [[Hungary]]. It is currently used by the [[Hungarian Ground Forces]] as its [[service rifle|standard infantry weapon]], and by most other branches of the [[Military of Hungary|Hungarian Defence Forces]].

In Hungarian service, the AK-63 replaced the [[AMD-65]], which is nearly identical but features a modified heat shield and a vertical forward hand grip under the barrel. Although the [[AMD-65]] had been the Hungarian service rifle since 1965, it was more expensive to build, and the forward grips had a reputation for being easily damaged in the field. In the late-1970s, the Hungarian Defense Ministry requested that FÉG manufacture a cheaper rifle based on the more traditional Soviet AKM design. By the end of 1977, the AK-63 was adopted by the Hungarian People's Army (beginning with the Ground Forces). In 1978, FÉG added a folding stock AKMS version of the AK-63 to their catalogue; thereafter, the fixed-stock AK-63 became known as the AK-63F (Wooden Stock) and the folding-stock version was designated AK-63D (Descent).

In Hungarian service, the AK-63&nbsp;F and D are designated as the AMM and AMMS, respectively.

==Features==
The AK-63&nbsp;F and D (AMM and AMMS) are both nearly identical externally to the USSR-manufactured AKM and AKMS. The main difference is that the AK-63 series retains the distinctive-looking straight pistol grip of the AKM-63. The forward hand grip of the AK-63 also lacks the palm swells which characterize the Soviet AKM (and most AKM copies made in many other countries). It's also missing the stepped lightening cut on the bolt carrier and retains the relief ports on the gas tube. The wood on the AK-63, like that of the AKM-63, has a bright, laminated blond finish.

==Export users==
((Unreferenced section|date=March 2020))
During the Cold War and afterwards, the AK-63 series was widely exported to a number of nations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America.

[[Iraq]] under [[Saddam Hussein]] was the first major export customer to receive the AK-63, which it began importing in large numbers in 1979 to equip its armed forces. These rifles made their combat debut in the hands of Iraqi soldiers during the [[Iran–Iraq War]] in 1980–1988. During the war, the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Iranian Revolutionary Guards]] and many of the local militias which participated in the fighting were also armed with AK-63s; these were most likely acquired by capturing them from the Iraqis (since Iran mostly purchased AKs from China and North Korea, and received some Soviet weapons from [[Libya]] and [[Syria]]). The AK-63 was used by Iraqi forces again during the [[Gulf War]] in 1990–91, and later turned up in Kurdish and Shi'ite hands during the insurrections in Iraq throughout the 1990s.

The AK-63 was also exported to the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista]] government in [[Nicaragua]], which used them to fight the [[Contras]] in the 1980s. Significant numbers of AK-63s were also sent to the [[Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front|FMLN]] in nearby [[El Salvador]] starting in late 1984 or 1985. One estimate suggested that about 11,000 AK-63 rifles may have been sent to the region over a five-year period. Since the end of the Cold War, the AK-63 has also turned up regularly in the hands of militants in [[Somalia]] and [[Zambia]], and was also purchased by [[Croatia]]n forces for use during the [[Croatian War of Independence]]. Photographic evidence shows that the AK-63 is one of the primary rifles in use by the Kurdish [[YPG]]/[[Women's Protection Units|YPJ]] and [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]] forces in Syria and Iraq.

In 1985, a semi-automatic version of the AK-63 was exported to the United States for civilian consumption. Imported by Kassnar (of Harrisburg, PA), which sold it as the SA-85M, it was only available in its "pre-ban" form for a few years before the 1989 assault weapons importation ban. Since only about 7,000 pre-ban SA-85Ms were imported prior to 1989, it is now considered a collector's item amongst firearms enthusiasts and commands high prices (often $1,500 or higher). The post-ban version of the SA-85M, featuring a thumbhole stock, was discontinued after only a few years of importation. However, in recent years, several companies in the United States have built clones of these rifles from Hungarian parts kits on American-made receivers.

==Variants==
* '''AK-63F''' ('''AMM''' in Hungarian service): The basic fixed-stock copy of the Soviet AKM.
* '''AK-63D''' ('''AMMS''' in Hungarian service): An AKMS copy with an under-folding steel stock.
* '''AK-63MF''': Modernised AK-63D with telescopic stock and MIL-STD-1913 Swan rail.
* '''SA-85M''': A semi-automatic-only version intended for civilian sales in the United States; imported by Kassnar in both pre- and post-ban versions.
* '''SA-2000S:''' Federal Assault Weapons ban-era version with single stack magazine. Exclusively for the US market.

===AK-63MF===
7700 pieces of the AK-63 have been modernised in the [[Hungarian Armed Forces]] and received the designation AK-63MF.

The modernisation included [[Swan rail]]s, new handgrips, underbarrel grenade launcher, new sights, flashlights etc.
* CAA CBS+ACP telescopic [[Stock (firearms)|stock]]
* [[Brügger & Thomet]] BT-21428 gas block
* Side mount (unknown type)
* [[Heckler & Koch]] [[M320 Grenade Launcher Module]]
* [[Aimpoint CompM2]] sight (B&T BT-21741 QD ring 30&nbsp;mm ultrahigh heavy type)
* [[Aimpoint AB|Aimpont 3× magnification]] sight (B&T BT-211115 Flip-side QD base mount, B&T BT-211113 Flip-side QD ring)
* [[Insight Technology]] [[AN/PEQ-2]] Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light (TPIAL) [[List of laser applications|laser sight]]
* CAA BP Grip with bipod
* CAA AG47 handgrip

==Users==<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->

* ((flag|Hungary)): Main service rifle of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Intended to be replaced by the [[CZ BREN 2]].<ref>((cite web |title=Hungary to Produce CZ Weapons Under License - |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/04/10/hungary-to-produce-cz-weapons-under-license/ |website=The Firearm Blog |access-date=24 June 2020 |date=10 April 2018))</ref>
* ((flag|Iraq))<ref>((cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon |title=The AK-47: Kalashnikov-series assault rifles |date=24 May 2011 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qK9Nn-2xocUC |isbn=978-1-84908-835-0 |page=49 ))((Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>
* ((flag|Somalia))<ref>((cite web|title=AKM 63 Assault Rifle : Somalia|website=awm.gov.au|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C268252|publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]))</ref>
===Non-State Users===<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->
* ((flag|Islamic State))<ref>((Cite journal|date=December 2017|title=WEAPONS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE|url=http://www.conflictarm.com/download-file/?report_id=2568&file_id=2574|journal=Conflict Armament Research))</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>

File:AK 63.jpg|Weapons captured by U.S. forces during the Gulf War on display at 45th Infantry Museum
File:Kurdish PKK guerilla.jpg|Kurdish PKK fighter holding an AK-63
File:Hungarian soldier (2).jpg|Hungarian soldier with an AK-63
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of assault rifles]]

==References==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180720/http://sci.tech-archive.net/Archive/sci.military.moderated/2005-01/0005.html Weapons of the FMLN-Part Two: The Logistics of an Insurgency By Lawrence J. Whelan]

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