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By Joost Oliemans and Stijn Mitzer
Several new developments in North Korean armaments can be witnessed
amongst the recent flow of propaganda released by Pyongyang after Kim
Jong Un's ascension to power. One such development is what appears to
be a new magazine model for the North Korean copy of the AK-74, the Type
88. This new magazine uses a staggered helix design, which allows for a
high number of 5.45 x 39 mm cartridges to be carried without the
notable increases in size and unwieldiness that characterise many other
high capacity magazines.