Krinkov

[GalilxG3]

thats awkward. Krinkov is 5.45mm and Kalashnikovs use 7.62mm

[csmybuttt]

@GalilxG3 No. I'm not entirely sure about the origin of the term 'Krinkov', but the Avtomat Kalashnikovs (AKs) use both rounds.

[Goodspittin]

No camera can ever do justice to how loud a Krinkov is.

[rubberwoody]

ill tell ya what it is, a fire hazard

[BimotaBoy27]

Look at the curved mag. that is a 7.62 not a 5.45.

[echris6]

That one appears to be the bulgarian 5.45x39, yes. It also comes in 7.62x39.

[daonejorge]

@echris6 its very clearly a 7.62 model. look at the mag

[GalilxG3]

Isn't it 5.45x39mm?

[daonejorge]

@GalilxG3 no

[mblackestheartm]

M92 Yugoslavian Krinkov -

If anyone is wondering.

[ozziemo27]

AMERICA! with a class 3 license of course =)

[pijelon]

can anyone tell me how the name "krinkov" was born??? what does it mean???

[lupara13]

Apparently it was made up by the Mujahideen during the Afghanistan war.  Of course that's from Urban Dictionary so take that with a bucket of salt...

[jestice75]

I'm guessing the Arabs or Afghanis didn't make up a Russian name(kriknov) for the weapon. Unless Krinkov means "path to Allah" in arabic. My guess is that Krinov is the guy that came up with the idea to cut down the barrel and gas cylander of Kalashnikov's weapon.

[CoreitoTheGreat]

It's a name that we made up here in America. It doesn't mean anything, someone somewhere just called an AKS-74U a "krinkov" one day and the name stuck. Now Americans call any short barreled AK a krinkov. There is no such designation in Russia. They occasionally call the AKS-74U the "AKR". Other names that they use for this gun are "Ksyukha" and "Okurok", which means "cigarette stub" in Russian.

[ak47guru]

the aksu and the aks74u were actually nicknamed "Krinkov" by the Afghan rebels known as the Mujahideen during the Russian Afghan war..so if you didnt know where the word krinkov came from...now you know

[CoreitoTheGreat]

Thank you! I did not know that.

[Kurby1400]

I read that some gun magazine writer came up with the nickname.

[milktoastmatty]

@pijelon I always heard it was Russian for cigarette stub, hinting the rifle's shortened features.

[dukenukemthreed]

@pijelon

I believe its a misnomer, probably wrongly labeled by some com bloc country,

[YOWHATTHEHELLUP71]

@pijelon afghan nickname, russian's call it suchka (little bitch)

[Fatal1ty69]

whered you get this thing at?

[Catronos]

The AKs-74u can be chambered for either 5.45x39 or 7.62x39.

The one the guy is most likely the 7.62 since the 5.45 is rarer in the states.

[macronaria]

7.62mm chambered type (like in the vid) is astually called the AKS-74S

[CoreitoTheGreat]

Russia never made a short barreled AK in 7.63x39mm. Any gun you see that looks like an AKS-74U that is NOT chambered in 5.45x39 was manufactured by a country other that Russia, or was assembled from part kits bought separately by the owner.

[zapisy]

Krinkov is modern AKSU for Specnaz special forces and it's really 5,45x39mm

[TGorski08]

That's not a 5.45 from what I can tell. Look at how curved the magazine is.

[rusTORK]

It's AKSU-74. 5.45x39 mm

[austxbmx]

yeah that's definitely not 5.45

[akbuilder]

thans a nice krink, looks like a bulgy. i got a bulgy krink kit im gunna builk up soon

[Ratzaroony]

Yeah, they're SBRs.

[akkid89]

Are Krinks legally considered Short Barreled Rifles?