This should not be that surprising since optics are scarce and hardly ever observed, and in practical regards the optics mounting rail has always been mainly for use with night vision devices on this type of rifle. This is common among almost all of the rifles we have found images of in service with Romanian mountain troops. This rifle is being used by a Romanian mountain troop, and obviously has no left side optics plate. This is one feature seldom seen in other pistol grips and a good way to tell if a particular pistol grip might be Romanian.Īlthough almost every Romanian semi-automatic AK-74 rifle imported into the US has the optics mounting rail, it is appearing that many (if not a majority) of the Romanian domestic military rifles do not have them. Speaking of pistol grips, the Romanian variant of the Russian AK-style pistol grip has inverted checkering, meaning it does not have tall points but rather they are indented inward. This material is also used on the bayonet handles and pistol grips. The upper hand guard of the military issue AIM-74 is also made from a matching bakelite material, unlike previous rifles. Most plastic material found on the newer AK-74 are of a dark red-orange, or bright orange. AKM's) used bakelite materials of dark brown, dark red-brown, or even a light wheat color. These nylon straps can be found on carrying cases, slings, bayonet attachments, and magazine pouches.Įarlier rifles (i.e. One is an early bright gold color while the later type is a darker green. There are at least two types/colors of the nylon type straps used on Romanian web gear items used with the AK-74. This finish is quickly worn off in the field. The rifle is equipped with the Romanian nylon type rifle sling, with black finished metal hardware. It is unfortunate that there is no optical device mounted.
The mounting rail is directly over the mounting base, without offset to center.
The side bracket/scope mount with top mounted dovetail (shown here) is finished in black and appears to be partially or completely made from aluminum. The Romanian standard issue AK-74 optics plate is a modified copy of the Soviet design for the second pattern AK-74, but it has been changed to fit the rivet pattern of the AKM rear trunnion. This particular rifle has the left side mounted optics rail, in addition to an unknown scope mount attachment. We are very fortunate to be able to use them on the web site. Along with the excellent top image on this page, they detail an AIMS-74 in the hands of Romanian troops operating near Camp Bond steel in Bond steel as part of KFOR. In fact, this page was motivated by (and heavily relies on) his contributions. Many of the images seen here have been provided by our contributor in Kosovo, S.
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