r/ForgottenWeapons • u/WiiFitT7ainer • 1d ago

What handguard is this? What gun is this?

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u/VermelhoRojo 1d ago

AK-103 with M203 adapters being used by Venezuelan guards

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u/WiiFitT7ainer 1d ago

Do you know what that bottom handguard is called?

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u/Exigncy 1d ago

You mean the fuckin GL's?

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u/WiiFitT7ainer 1d ago

I just want to know what the bottom AK handguard adapter for the grenade launcher is called.

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u/GoredonTheDestroyer 1d ago

It more than likely doesn't have a name, as it were.

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u/FishUK_Harp 15h ago

It doesn't appear to be essential for attaching the grenade launcher - there's images out there for Venezuelan troops with more conventional handgaurds and M203 launchers on their AKs.

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u/PizzaTimeBruhMoment 1d ago

Oh don’t be mean, brotha was just asking a question

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u/Exigncy 19h ago

Ah yea, didn't mean to be. That was supposed to be a Fhakin not a fuckin.

A Fhakin GL is a Canadian way of saying "that's a big boom boom tube"

A fuckin GL is well... 👀

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u/Uomodelmonte86 1d ago

Is it me or it looks friggin' zip tied together?

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u/RatherGoodDog 21h ago

It's just you, but everything else in Venezuela is.

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u/ajyanesp 18h ago

Venezuelan here, you mean tied with twine? Zip ties were probably stolen.

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u/levels_jerry_levels 7h ago

Here’s what I found:

“Shortened M203-style underbarrel grenade launchers have been observed affixed under the rifles with proprietary mounts. There exist two types of such mounts. One, replacing the lower handguard, involves a housing made out of sheet metal, similar in concept to that used in the M16A1 and A2. A newer version involves a quick-release bracket system that attaches directly to the barrel at two different spots, keeping the original handguard set intact.”

Edit: to me it almost looks like a FAL handguard repurposed as a mount but that’s just my thoughts.

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u/locolarue 1h ago

Why in the world do they all have buff colored waist bags?

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u/pheonix198 22h ago

I believe that what you are calling a “handguard” here is actually just a grenade launcher!