1959 – “6X3” AKM Type I adopted Russia

Early and later Russian ‘AKM Type I’ Bayonets

Early Russian AKM Type I on the left in these pics

Wire Cutting Lug is ‘flat’ on the older scabbard (left), and ‘curved’ on the later versions (right)

Stop for the rubber insulator is absent on the early scabbards (left)

Different hanger attachment points on various versions of the scabbard

Cool Russian letters on the Insulator