Valmet Assault Rifle Series

The Finnish firearms manufacturer Valmet built assault rifles, in co-operation with Sako, based in part on the Kalashnikov action in the early 1960s, and continued to manufacture them up until 1994. Valmet later merged into Sako (in the late 1980s), and the some of their designs are currently being manufactured.
The Valmet Assault rifle series can be seen in the following:
=M62 pattern=
==Valmet M62==
The original Valmet AK-derived rifle was the milled receiver Model 62 which was offered in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm NATO for export. The model M62 (known as Rk 62 in Finland) was adopted by the Finnish Defence Forces, and still serves as the standard infantry weapon of the Finnish Army.
The M62 has an unusual T-shaped tubular buttstock, compared to other Kalashinkov pattern rifles. The gas block and front sight design is very similar to the Israeli Galil rifle, as the Galil was designed based on the Valmet.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Telefon 	 	MVD agents 	modernized	1977
Vares: Private Eye	Juha Veijonen	Jussi Vares	 	2004
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
World War III 	 	Soviet paratroopers	substituting for the AK-47 	1982
Ultimate Force	Tony Curran	Sgt. Pete Twamley 	Fitted with M76 furniture and unknown sights 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force	Joe Sims 	Vic 	Chrome plated and fitted with M76 furniture and unknown sights	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force	 	Gangster 	Chrome plated and fitted with M76 furniture 	2002 - 2006
===Anime===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Notation	Date
Jormungand	 	Finnish UN peacekeepers	 	2012
===Video Games===
Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Survarium 	 	 	 	2013
==Valmet M76==
The M76 was the Model 62 with a stamped receiver, more conventional buttstock and foregrip assembly. Later, Valmet produced the M76F which was an M76 that had a side folding version of the original M62 buttstock.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Survivors 	Robin Williams	Donald Quinelle 	Valmet M76F 	1983
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)	 	Terrorists 	Valmet M76F 	1985
Bulletproof 	 	Henchmen 	Valmet M71 	1988
Bad Boys II 	 	Haitian thugs 	Valmet M76F 	2003
Gomorrah 	 	 	Valmet M76F, seen in weapons cache	2008
The Mechanic 	Jason Statham 	Bishop 	Valmet M76F 	2011
Mosul 	 	ISIS terrorists 	Valmet M76 	2019
Mosul 	 	Iraqi Army soldiers	Valmet M76 	2019
Mosul 	 	PMU militiamen 	Valmet M76 	2019
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Airwolf 	 	Limbabwe soldier 	"And They Are Us" (S1E10), Valmet M76F 	1984
Chuck 	 	Stavros Demitrios' henchman	"Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami" (S1E09)	2007
The Walking Dead - Season 3	Mitchell Gunter 	Woodbury soldier 	"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3	Colin Cary 	Woodbury soldier 	"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3	Robert Bae Harvey	Woodbury soldier 	M76F; "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Christopher Riley	Martinez's camp survivor 	"Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08) 	2013
=M71 pattern=
==Valmet M71==
The M71S was a stamped receiver offering that more closely resembled the original AK-47 design and was developed for customers who wanted a rifle that looked like an AK-47 (since at the time many customers couldn't get a military or civilian version at all). The M71S was built between 1971-1977 and was offered in 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm NATO.
The Valmet M78 is derived from the M71S design.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 	 	Mongolian Nomad 	Valmet M71S w/ wood handguard	1976
The Exterminator 	 	Vietcong 	Valmet M71S 	1980
Stripes 	 	Red Army soldiers 	Valmet M71S 	1981
The Dogs of War 	 	Central American soldiers	Valmet M71S 	1981
Under Fire 	 	Chadian rebels 	Valmet M71S 	1983
Firefox 	 	Red Army soldiers 	Valmet M71S 	1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair	 	THRUSH agents 	 	1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair	Geoffrey Lewis	Janus 	 	1983
The Ruffian 	 	The robber in white robe 	M71P / resin stock 	1983
Romancing the Stone 	 	Ira and Zolo's soldiers 	Valmet M71S 	1985
Extreme Prejudice 	 	Mexican cartel gunmen 	M71P / resin stock 	1987
Bulletproof 	L.Q. Jones 	CSM O'Rourke 	M71P / resin stock 	1988
Bulletproof 	 	Henchmen 	M71P / resin stock 	1988
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Magnum P.I. 	 	Pirates 	"Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii" (S1E01) 	1980
Magnum P.I. 	 	North Vietnamese Army 	"Did You See the Sunrise, Pt.1" (S3E01) 	1982
The A-Team 	 	Thug 	"The Only Church In Town" (S2E3), Valmet M71P 	1983
MacGyver (1985 TV Series)	 	Central Asian soldiers	"Pilot" (S1E01), Valmet M71P orange colored 	1985
MacGyver (1985 TV Series)	Richard Dean Anderson	MacGyver 	"Pilot" (S1E01), Valmet M71P orange colored, turns into AKM due to a continuity gaffe	1985
=M95 pattern=
==M95==
450px|thumb|right|M95 (RK 95 TP) - 7.62x39mm
450px|thumb|right|M95 (RK 95 TP) - 5.56x45mm NATO
The RK 95 TP (known commercially as M95) is an upgraded variant of the M62, designed and manufactured by Sako. It has a folding stock, and can be fitted with suppressors. It was adopted into service by the Finnish Army, although in relatively small numbers, and it is still used by Finnish Special Forces. An export variant in 5.56mm was also produced in extremely limited numbers.
===Television===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note 	Date
Secret Invasion	 	Finnish border agent	"Harvest" (S1E05)	2023
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Alliance of Valiant Arms 	As the "SAKO RK.95"	 	 	2007
Firearms: Source 	Sako 95 	 	 	2010
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	RK95 	 	 	2016
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery 	 	 	Sako M95 7.62mm	2018
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
Upotte!! 	Sako 	5.56mm variant	2012
Suisei no Gargantia	Sailors, Pirates	 	2013
=Bullpup=
==Valmet M82==
thumb|right|400px|Valmet M82A - 5.56x45mm
Bullpup Valmet assault rifle with the internal mechanism from M76.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Scarface 	 	 	Hanging next to Tony's H&K HK33 in the gun case. 	1983
The Terminator 	Michael Biehn 	Kyle Reese	M82A with no magazine & Sci-fi computerized digital scope	1984
Original Gangstas	Dru Down 	Kayo 	M82 	1996
Original Gangstas	Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	Damien 	M82 	1996
===Television===
Show Title	Actor	Character / Episode	Note 	Air Date
V.I.P. 	 	Assassin 	(S01E02) "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead"	1998
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation	Release Date
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield	M82 	w/ variety of accessories	 	2004
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 	"Resistance ASR"	 	 	2019
=See Also=
Category:Gun
Category:Rifle
Category:Assault Rifle
Category:Bullpup