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AMP-69

type of assault rifle

The AMP-69 (Hungarian: Automata Módosított Puskagránátos [Gépkarabély] 1969; Automatic Modified Grenade Launcher [assault rifle] 1969) is a selective-fire gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle that was manufactured by Fegyver- és Gépgyár.

== Design == While the AMP-69 was modelled after the Kalashnikov rifle, it was specially created to use blank cartridges to launch rifle grenades. The grenade types were armour piercing (PGK-69), anti-personnel/fragmentation (PGR-69), or tear gas.

== Users == Hungarian People's Republic Hungarian People's Army

== See also == AK-63 AMD-65 List of assault rifles

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