Type 58 assault rifle (NVA) of North Vietnam forces between 1964 and 1975. It was used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the militia Basij of Iran against the Army and the Republican Guard of Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War (1980–88). In Nicaragua the Sandinista Popular Army used Type 58 weapons against the Contras in the Sandinista Revolution (1980–90). Type 58 assault rifle The Type 58 is an assault rifle made in North Korea derived from the Soviet AK-47 designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It uses a 7.62×39mm cartridge. It is the longest version of the rifle at 890 mm, while the AK-47
AK-22 not be confused with the weapon commonly sold in America as the Armscor AK22 Sidefolder, which is a sporter, rimfire AK-47 semi-automatic version manufactured in the Philippines as the MAK-22F and sold with a side-folding stock. The two weapons are extremely different both cosmetically and internally. Besides reference to commercial .22 rimfire models of the AK rifle, the terms AK22 and AK-22 are also used to refer to illicit underground manufactured .22 rimfire weapons designed to mimick the appearance of the AK rifle, such as the weapons used in the July 2016 Dhaka attack. AK-22 An AK-22 "Trainer" is a