MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72

East German MPi-KM-72 with fixed stock - 7.62x39mm. This was the transitional MPi-KM-72 that still used the wooden lower hand grip from the MPi-KM. These were common from 1965-1972. The Side folding stock was not widely distributed until 1973.

East German MPi-KM-72 with plastic stock - 7.62x39mm

The MPi-KM/MPi-KMS-72 are East German license-manufactured versions of the AKM/AKMS. Early versions of the rifles had wooden furniture, but later models have distinctive stippled brown buttstocks and pistol grips. The MPi-KMS also has a side folding single strut "coat hanger" stock, a feature which is shared with the Romanian AIMS rifle. After the German reunification, all variants of the MPi were removed from service, with most rifles being sold as surplus to the militaries of such countries as Finland and Turkey.

Note: The chance of seeing a 100% original East German MPi-K series of rifle in a movie or television show is extremely unlikely. Most of the "East German" AKs that are seen in visual media are regular AKMs using East German Parts kits.

East German MPi-KMS-72 with sling and side-folding stock - 7.62x39mm

Movies

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Iraqi police officer	The Hurt Locker		2008
	Afghan mujaheddin	Lord of War		2005
	Rwandan soldiers	Hotel Rwanda		2004
	Thug	Extreme Ops		2002
	Corrupt Chinese General's men	Lethal Weapon 4		1998
Mel Gibson	Detective Martin Riggs	Lethal Weapon 4		1998

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
	Terrorist	GSG-9	Folding Stock	2008