The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is an Iraqi semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, made from a modified version of the Zastava M76 sniper rifle. The Tabuk Rifle was manufactured at the Al-Qadissiya Establishments in Iraq [7][8][9] using machinery sold to Iraq by Zastava Arms of Yugoslavia when Saddam Hussein was president.

All Iraqi AKs were named “Tabuk,” after the ancient battle from Islamic history. Early Tabuks are exact copies of the Yugo M70B1, which itself has a lot of interesting features. The easiest thing to notice is the three vent holes on the handguard instead of two that the normal AK would have.

2020年12月7日 · Tabuk was the name given to the whole family of domestically-produced Iraqi Kalashnikovs, which harbor a lot more mysteries than one might expect. The basic pattern was licensed from Yugoslavia, and Iraqi production was set up with Yugoslavian technical support.

2020年12月7日 · Unique to Iraq is the Tabuk "sniper" model, a 7.62x39mm rifle with a long barrel, distinctive cutout stock, and either PSO or Zrak scope (based on a pattern tested by Yugoslavia but never...

2010年1月14日 · Although Iraq manufactured its own variants of the Avtomat Kalashnikov rifle, AKs from every nation can be found in that country. Many Iraqi arms are named after ancient battles, and Iraqi...

2023年5月30日 · Iraq famously bought and built its own AKs, and one interesting variant of the Iraq rifle was something called the Tabuk which had a history tied directly to Saddam Hussein. …

2020年12月8日 · In reality, the Iraqi army was filled with surplus AKs more than domestic built examples and the Tabuk variants were essentially just Yugo’s. The most interesting variant, in my personal opinion, is the “Sniper” or “Designated Marksman” variant where they essentially slapped an RPK barrel and sight, flashhider, and a 4x AK side mount ...

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2020年2月15日 · For a while, I worked in Iraq as an armorer and inspected and repaired dozens if not hundreds of Iraqi-made AKs. In this article, I talk about my personal experiences and observations about Iraqi guns and history.

2020年12月7日 · Unique to Iraq is the Tabuk “sniper” model, a 7.62x39mm rifle with a long barrel, distinctive cutout stock, and either PSO or Zrak scope (based on a pattern tested by Yugoslavia but never adopted). The Tabuk was never the main armament of the Iraqi military.