O, How the Masses Love Glorious Helical Magazines for Defense of Motherland

In the past month, the “fearless and supreme leader” Kim Jong-un of North Korea, marshal of the Korean People’s Army (and voted sexiest man alive by The Korean Worker magazine two years in a row), was been photographed in public with his loyal and most trusted bodyguards—and they had some interesting hardware. Seen escorting the people’s joy, two camouflaged soldiers armed seemed to be armed with standard 5.45×39mm AK74 rifles. What was non-standard about said AKs however were the huge (loaf of bread) sized helical magazines attached in place of the common banana clip.

Were they real? Where did they come from? What are they? Do they work? Keep reading.
Read more in my column at GUNS.com

north korean underbarrel helical magazines

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  • Could be tshirt launchers ? For his loyal fans

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