Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "RK95: Finland's Ultimate AK" video.

  1. Finnish Defence Forces (Finland does not officially have army) has a bit boring style. The RK95 is literally short for "Rynnäkkökivääri 1995" or Assault Rifle 1995. Nearly all the other equipment follows equally functional naming standard. When I was doing my conscript service, we still had to use RK62 76. It was a pretty accurate rifle but due it's age, the accuracy of each specific gun depended on its history. Some conscripts mishandled the guns and the accuracy of the rifle was permanently damaged. As part of the basic training, all conscripts are trained to tear down the gun to pieces and build the gun again blindfolded outdoors – I don't remember the time limit for sure but I think it was 30 seconds. I was a bit unlucky and the outside temperature was -30 °C so it was a bit painful because some parts of the process cannot be done with thick gloves. And I honestly no longer remember the serial number of my gun even though we had to remember it during the service. In the end, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) did't ever switch to RK95 but used RK 62 M1 or M2 or M3 which is a refurbished and modified version of RK62.
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