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{{Short description|Finnish assault rifle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox weapon
|name = RK 62
|image = RK62.jpg
|image_size = 300
|caption = RK 62
|origin = Finland
|type = [[Assault rifle]]
<!-- Type selection -->
|is_ranged = Yes
<!-- Service history -->
|service = 1965–present
|used_by = [[Finnish Defence Forces]]<ref name="kvasekäsik">{{cite book |url=http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/07dcd3004cbfe4a19ff7bf71ede40db3/Kevytasekasikirja_netti.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |title=Kevytasekäsikirja |trans-title=Small Arms Manual |publisher=Finnish Defence Forces Training Development Centre |year=2004 |isbn=951-25-1526-1 |access-date=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129082249/http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/07dcd3004cbfe4a19ff7bf71ede40db3/Kevytasekasikirja_netti.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-date=29 November 2014 |language=fi}}</ref><ref name="kvasekäsik2019">{{cite book |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/documents/1948673/2258487/PEVIESTOS_Kevytasekäsikirja_2019.pdf |title=Kevytasekäsikirja 2019 |trans-title=Small Arms Manual 2019 |publisher=Finnish Army Command |year=2019 |isbn=978-951-25-3060-1 |access-date=17 October 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323133301/https://puolustusvoimat.fi/documents/1948673/2258487/PEVIESTOS_Kevytasek%C3%A4sikirja_2019.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2019 |language=fi}}</ref><br>For others, see ''[[#Users|Users]]''
|wars = [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]
<!-- Production history -->
|designer = Lauri Oksanen<br>[[Valmet]]
|design_date = 1962
|manufacturer = [[Valmet]], [[SAKO]]
|production_date = 1965–1994
|number = 350,000+
|variants = [[RK 95 TP]]
<!-- General specifications -->
|weight = {{Convert|3.5|kg|abbr=on}} empty (RK 62)<br />{{Convert|3.27|kg|abbr=on}} empty (RK 62 76)
|length = {{Convert|940|mm|abbr=on}} with fixed or extended stock / {{Convert|710|mm|abbr=on}} with stock folded
|part_length = {{Convert|418|mm|abbr=on}}
|width = 
|height = 
|diameter = 
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
|cartridge = [[7.62×39mm]] (main)<br />[[.222 Remington]]<br />[[.223 Remington]]/[[5.56×45mm NATO]]<br />[[.243 Winchester]]<br />[[.308 Winchester]]/[[7.62×51mm NATO]]<br />[[.30-06 Springfield]]<br />[[7.62×53mmR]] (prototype only)
|action = [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]
|rate = 700 rounds/min
|velocity = {{Convert|715|m/s|abbr=on}}
|range = {{Convert|300|m|abbr=on}}
|max_range = 
|feed = 30-round detachable [[AK-47|AK]] [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]
|sights = [[Express sights|Aperture]] rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip [[tritium]] night sight, forward hooded post, {{Convert|470|mm|abbr=on}} sight radius
}}

The '''RK 62''' (from [[Finnish language|Finnish]] {{Lang|fi|rynnäkkökivääri 62}}, 'assault rifle 62'), officially '''7.62 RK 62''' and commercially '''M62''', is an [[assault rifle]] manufactured by [[Valmet]] and [[SAKO|Sako]]. It is the [[Service rifle|standard issue]] infantry weapon of the [[Finnish Defence Forces]].

The RK 62 was designed in 1957–1962 by a Valmet engineer Lauri Oksanen<ref name="palokangas2">{{cite book|last=Palokangas|first=Markku|year=1991|title=Sotilaskäsiaseet Suomessa 1918-1988: Suomen maanpuolustuksen ja sotien kevyt kiväärikaliiperinen aseistus itsenäisyyden 70 vuoden aikana. 2. osa, Suomalaiset aseet|language=fi|publisher=Suomen asehistoriallinen seura|isbn=951-25-0518-5}}</ref> and is based on the Polish licensed version of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[AK-47]] design. The RK 62 uses the same [[7.62×39mm]] cartridge as the AK-47. Between 1965 and 1994 350,000 M62 rifles were produced jointly by Valmet and Sako. It is the basis of the [[IMI Galil]], an Israeli-made assault rifle with many similarities. The RK 62 has a three-pronged [[flash suppressor]], and a groove for a specially designed [[knife bayonet]], which can be used alone as a [[combat knife]].

The [[RK 95 TP]] is a more modern, improved version of the RK 62. One of the most distinctive features of the Valmet rifles, including the M62 and all subsequent variations, is the open-ended, three prong flash suppressor with a bayonet lug on its lower side. In addition to the flash suppression, the end can quickly cut barbed wire by pushing the muzzle onto a strand of wire and firing a round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valmetweapons.com/|title=Valmet Home|work=valmetweapons|access-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823111203/http://www.valmetweapons.com/|archive-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref>

==History==
The development of a Finnish assault rifle in [[7.62×39mm]] Soviet intermediary cartridge began in the 1950s. Various foreign models were looked at, the Soviet AK-47 being the most important.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/!ut/p/c5/vZHLkqJAEEW_ZT7ArgSUx1KheCiUAoU8NoY6goAF2DQIfP0Y0REzq3HVYd7liZsnIhMl6Jnq2OfZ8Suvq-MNRSgRDwYvyuYaOGW7cVZgbW3YS_aOU3kBhSiC-cEvxsaayskrJnci08oidvxwbAxEwwKZQp7ihvjQjqTMwccADmYcOAq31128NO4WKcpfz13JK5sBrzlw31wU8AYTY84ZO3UOlq8FCg0kwQjEl_2tJ31z-M8sAcUokf71DY7Izz7d8YanA2zmiP7gNV67xDe6Fm90Se9zqT_7rzVK8hP7eJzZB3zICieLCreQBXEu88CjsI8HorbWA1thj6-X6eTGkU5H1aqz_G53Q1HUJQ3q6ZRG_JDdu5WZdkLfX4pJiB_Ac8x1VK0l7rgpu_st0wTWpphpdCh2GUsoAF1lekzGwGzPw174MitVcmZtN8sXze1Q1yS8Dfi86k84gt9Fxcg9VY2u0q4xGRS90Z2yEoM03zqzRL4tzSz7HIuqGWN73C3XfngdNhPzBD2kRWqf2efRexRlZFIfS_v8UO2zQxSMF3e95Rf4iIhZswtqWN9gz5yiv7ks_wDCQu3H/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pcid=6700a380491477539beffb30a8ea04e8 |title=Maavoimat > Perustietoa > Maavoimien kalustoa > Jalkaväki > Käsiaseet > Rynnäkkökivääri 7.62 RK 62 "Rynnäkkökivääri 7.62 RK 62 " |access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303054332/http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/!ut/p/c5/vZHLkqJAEEW_ZT7ArgSUx1KheCiUAoU8NoY6goAF2DQIfP0Y0REzq3HVYd7liZsnIhMl6Jnq2OfZ8Suvq-MNRSgRDwYvyuYaOGW7cVZgbW3YS_aOU3kBhSiC-cEvxsaayskrJnci08oidvxwbAxEwwKZQp7ihvjQjqTMwccADmYcOAq31128NO4WKcpfz13JK5sBrzlw31wU8AYTY84ZO3UOlq8FCg0kwQjEl_2tJ31z-M8sAcUokf71DY7Izz7d8YanA2zmiP7gNV67xDe6Fm90Se9zqT_7rzVK8hP7eJzZB3zICieLCreQBXEu88CjsI8HorbWA1thj6-X6eTGkU5H1aqz_G53Q1HUJQ3q6ZRG_JDdu5WZdkLfX4pJiB_Ac8x1VK0l7rgpu_st0wTWpphpdCh2GUsoAF1lekzGwGzPw174MitVcmZtN8sXze1Q1yS8Dfi86k84gt9Fxcg9VY2u0q4xGRS90Z2yEoM03zqzRL4tzSz7HIuqGWN73C3XfngdNhPzBD2kRWqf2efRexRlZFIfS_v8UO2zQxSMF3e95Rf4iIhZswtqWN9gz5yiv7ks_wDCQu3H/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pcid=6700a380491477539beffb30a8ea04e8 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The first version was called the '''RK 60'''.

The RK 62 was produced in 1960 at the Valmet factory in Tourula and was internally almost a copy of the AK-47. It featured a metallic buttstock, a plastic handguard and [[pistol]] grip but lacked the trigger guard (it was hoped that it would make firing this weapon easier in cold Finnish winter when soldiers wore warm mittens). The very first prototypes, closely modeled after Polish licence made AKs, had tinted [[birch]]wood stocks. After testing by the military, the RK 60 was slightly modified (trigger guard was reinstated) and adopted as the 7.62 RK 62.

In August 2015, the Finnish Defence Forces announced that they will gradually modernize existing RK 62 rifles. The old tubular butt and leather sling will be replaced with a telescopic stock and tactical sling. An option for mounting a top rail for telescopic sights and night vision devices will be added to all rifles; likewise, the barrel will get an attachment point for tactical lights and lasers. The upgraded model will be known as '''RK 62 M'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2015080520135773|access-date=6 August 2015|title=Suomalainen rynnäkkökivääri uudistuu radikaalisti - "superrynkyn" hankinnasta luovuttu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506000851/http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2015080520135773_uu.shtml|archive-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref>

==Design==
[[File:Rk62 disassembled.jpg|thumb|left|RK 62 field stripped]]

The RK 62 is considered a high quality AK-47 variant.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The biggest single improvement, apart from the metallurgical quality of the receiver and the overall quality of the barrel, are the sights: most AK variants have the rear sight mounted on top of the gas piston housing on top of the receiver. In the RK 62 the rear sight is mounted on the rear of the receiver cover with tritium illuminated night-sights. The sight radius is doubled enhancing the accuracy along with the hammer-forged match CM barrel. Aperture rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip tritium night sight, forward hooded post, 470&nbsp;mm sight radius.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/RK+62?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744:v0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&q=RK+62&sa=Search%23923 |title=Dictionary - Definition of RK 62 |website=www.websters-online-dictionary.org |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416032429/http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/RK+62?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744:v0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&q=RK+62&sa=Search%23923 |archive-date=16 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

This is apparent especially in its accuracy, as it can frequently achieve less than one [[minute of arc]].{{Citation needed|reason=sub MOA accuracy|date=April 2018}} The rifle uses a "peep" diopter sight, which is flipped over to reveal the open [[tritium]] enhanced rear night sight. The forward sight also has a mode for night operation. The gas tube is dove tailed into the front trunnion, and is a single-diameter tube, unlike the AK/AKM tube, which has a star-shaped cross-section to guide the piston while allowing gasses to vent behind it. The gas piston has a cog shaped ring on the stem, behind the piston head. The ring's diameter matches the tube diameter, and it acts as the guide within the gas tube, the notches on the ring allowing excess gasses to be vented behind the piston head/guide. This system reduces the number of parts, and simplifies manufacturing as well as assembly/disassembly. This design made its way into the IMI Galil. A port in the shoulder pad allows storing items (e.g. the cleaning kit) in the tubular buttstock.

All RK variants are designed to withstand the extreme environmental conditions of [[Northern Europe]].

==Variants==
===Military===
[[File:Valmet M58.jpg|thumb|m/58]]
[[File:7,62 RK 60.JPG|thumb|RK 60, first variant]]
[[File:7,62 RK 60 bayonet.JPG|thumb|RK 60, second variant with bayonet]]
* '''m/58''' – the very first prototype with which Valmet beat the Sako prototype in the competition for designing a locally produced Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. The prototype had a wooden stock, pistol grip and handguard instead of the iconic tubular stock and plastic pistol grip and handguard.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
* '''RK 60''' – the first factory production prototype.<ref name="palokangas2"/> The first variant included a hinged trigger guard and no muzzle device, second variant had an open trigger guard and an experimental muzzle brake, which was later on changed to the well-known three-pronged flash suppressor.
[[File:7,62 RK 62.JPG|thumb|RK 62 PT]]
* '''RK 62 PT''' – the initial production type rifles, with the PT suffix added after the main RK 62 production run started.<ref name="palokangas2"/> These lacked the tritium illuminated night sights and had a buttstock and rear and front sight similar to the RK 60.<ref name="palokangas2"/> Most have since been converted to RK 62 standard, the remaining have been phased out of service.
[[File:RK62.jpg|thumb|RK 62 with later version plastic furniture and Galil-type roll pin fastened buttstock]]
* '''RK 62''' – the main production runs since the mid 1960s. These have the new style sights with tritium illuminated night sights, strengthened buttstock, and a new style gas port. Earlier runs featured the older type plastic furniture, while the production since the early 1970s has the new style plastic furniture, which has been retrofitted to the earlier rifles as well if the parts were in need of maintenance.<ref name="palokangas2"/> Later production runs have the rear of the receiver simplified and the buttstock tube attachment system was changed to the same roll pin system as in the Israeli Galil. The versions with the later style plastic hardware weight a total of 3.5&nbsp;kg. When rifles in circulation return to the FDF armories they have holes drilled to them for attaching a rail for optical sights, adding '''VV''' to the end of the name.
** [[File:7,62 RK 62 TP.JPG|thumb|RK 62 TP]] '''RK 62 TP''' – a folding stock version, from the later batches of the RK 62, with a Galil-type buttstock attaching system and hinge. The hinge of the folding stock makes the rifle slightly longer than the standard RK 62 when the buttstock is extended.
** '''RK 62 95 TP''' – a folding stock version of the [[Finnish Border Guard]], which features the folding stock and selector switch from the [[RK 95 TP]], as well as a rail for optics.<ref>[http://tietokannat.mil.fi/salpa07/news.php?action=show_article&article_id=18&language=fi_FI&page_id=3 Salpa 07-yhtymäharjoitus - Uutiset ja artikkelit<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425161135/http://tietokannat.mil.fi/salpa07/news.php?action=show_article&article_id=18&language=fi_FI&page_id=3 |date=25 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raja.fi/rvl/rmvk/home.nsf/pages/398CC622FE4C0EFFC2257348002ABA53|title=Kuvia ja videoita|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013055727/http://www.raja.fi/rvl/rmvk/home.nsf/pages/398CC622FE4C0EFFC2257348002ABA53|archive-date=October 13, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>
** [[File:RK62M1.jpg|thumb|RK 62 M1]] '''RK 62 M1''' – an FDF baseline modernisation of the existing RK 62 rifles with a telescoping stock and mounting rails for optical sights and tactical lights as well as a new, improved selector switch.<ref name="RK62MR">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/07/25/finnish-rk62m-sako-valmet-rifle-a-closer-look-at-long-anticipated-upgrade/ |author=Vladimir Onokoy |website=The Firearm Blog |title = Finnish RK62M Sako/Valmet Rifle - A Closer Look at Long Anticipated Upgrade -|date = 25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404102052/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/07/25/finnish-rk62m-sako-valmet-rifle-a-closer-look-at-long-anticipated-upgrade/|archive-date=April 4, 2023| url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[File:RK76M2.png|thumb|RK 62 M2]] '''RK 62 M2''' – a more extensive modernisation over the RK 62 M1, with a new front handguard with [[M-LOK]] rail interface, and a new Ase Utra BoreLock flash hider which can mount a silencer or a [[rebar]] cutter.<ref name="RK62MR"/><ref name="introduction">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/05/01/finlands-new-updated-rk62-m3/ |title = Finland Introduces New Updated RK62M -|date = May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413085259/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/05/01/finlands-new-updated-rk62-m3/|archive-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref>
** [[File:RK62M3 Rifle.jpg|thumb|RK 62 M3]] '''RK 62 M3''' – RK 62 M2 with OD Green Cerakote surface treatment.<ref name="RK62MR"/><ref name="introduction"/>
** '''RK 62 kromattu''' – a fully functional chrome plated version of the late RK 62 production variant for FDF conscript band displays.
** '''M/74''' – an FDF HQ Infantry Weapons Technical Department [[RPK]]-style prototype ''ratsuväen konekivääri'' ('Cavalry LMG'). Had a different sight layout with a [[KvKK 62]] sight on top of the gas tube and front sight at the front end of the barrel, a conical flash suppressor, bipod and modified buttstock and handguard. Developed separately from the Valmet M78.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
** ''unnamed short prototype'' – an AKS-74u -inspired folding stock carbine prototype variant by the HQ Infantry Weapons Technical Department.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
[[File:RK 62 76.jpg|thumb|RK 62 76]]
* '''RK 62 76''' – stamped steel receiver version, which resembles the RK 62 with newer style plastic furniture, but features a lighter weight receiver. The total weight of the RK 62 76 is 3.27&nbsp;kg. Unlike between AK-47 and AKM, the internal parts are fully interchangeable between RK 62 and RK 62 76, the only difference being the receiver.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
** '''RK 62 76 TP'''- stamped steel receiver version with an early type folding stock.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
** '''M/82''' – a bullpup prototype assault rifle using the RK 62 76 receiver.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
* '''[[RK 71]]''' – a stamped steel receiver rifle, which has a different sight layout from the RK 62: rear sight is an open notch with distance adjustment welded on the gas tube and front sight is at the front end of the barrel, behind the flash suppressor. The internal parts of the receiver aren't fully compatible with the RK 62 or RK 62 76.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
** '''[[RK 71#Variants|RK 71 TP]]''' – folding stock version of the RK 71 with an AKS-47 type folding stock.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
** '''TAK''' – Valmet sniper rifle prototype for FDF, based on the RK 71, chambered in [[7.62×53mmR]] and fed from 20-round [[Lahti-Saloranta M/26]] magazines.<ref name="palokangas2"/>
[[File:RK95.jpg|thumb|RK 95 TP]]
* '''RK 90''' – a Sako prototype for the FDF incorporating many features from the Galil.
* '''RK 92''' – a Sako prototype for the FDF, returning from the RK 90 to conventional Kalashnikov-type decisions in many aspects.
* '''[[RK 95 TP]]''' – newer Sako production derivative of the RK 62 with several features inspired by the Galil and other assault rifles.

===Export (Military/LE)===
* '''Valmet M62''' – RK 62. Exported for the [[Qatar Armed Forces]].
* '''Valmet M72''' – a chrome plated variant of the RK 71 for the Royal Guard of the [[Qatar Armed Forces]] in [[7.62×39mm]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
* '''Valmet M76''' – RK 62 76. Exported for the [[Indonesian Sea and Coast Guard]] in [[.222 Remington]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Blitz |first=Sgt |date=6 October 2023 |title=Finnish RK 62 / M76 rifles in use by Estonian Peacekeepers & Indonesian Coast Guards |url=https://x.com/SgtBlitz_fi/status/1710240534143340922 |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=X, formerly Twitter}}</ref>
* '''[[RK 95 TP|Sako M95]]''' – a proposed export variant of the RK 95 TP, in [[5.56×45mm NATO]] and 7.62×39.

===Civilian===
* '''Valmet M62/S''' – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 62 with early type plastic hardware, some models had also wooden buttstock. Produced only in [[7.62×39mm]].
* '''[[RK 71#Variants|Valmet M71/S]]''' – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 71. Features all wooden, plastic and tubular stock versions, with both plastic and wooden front handguards.
* '''Valmet M76''' (stamped) – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 62 76, produced in [[.222 Remington]], [[.223 Remington]]/[[5.56×45mm NATO]] and 7.62×39.
** '''Valmet M76W''' – a wooden stock version
** '''Valmet M76F''' – a folding stock version
** '''Valmet M76P''' – a plastic stock version
* '''Valmet M76''' (milled) – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 62, produced in [[.243 Winchester]], 7.62×39 and [[.308 Winchester]].
* '''Valmet M78''' (stamped) – an export variant of the RK 62 76 with a strengthened front trunnion, heavier barrel and sight layout of the RK 71, which led to external resemblance to the Soviet [[RPK]]. Developed separately from the FDF M/74 prototype; experiences from the FDF/Valmet TAK prototype were used in the development of the M78, which led to the decision to strengthen the front trunnion. Produced in .223 Rem/5.56 NATO, 7.62×39 and .308 Win. This weapon is also notorious among Canadian gun owners, as when Canada banned the AK, and any variant, the Valmet M78 was one of the only rifles that were specifically excluded.
** '''Valmet M78/83s''' – a modified DMR variant of the M78, in which the stock and pistol grip are replaced by a thumbhole grip and a scope mount with a Mauser Mark X Electro-Point 4×40 scope.
* '''Valmet M78''' (milled) – a milled (RK 62) receiver variant of the stamped M78.
* '''[[Valmet M82]]''' – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the M82 bullpup assault rifle. Produced in .223 Rem/5.56 NATO.
* '''Valmet M83''' – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the late-production RK 62.
* '''Valmet Petra/Hunter M/83''' – a civilian semi-automatic hunting rifle using the RK 62 action. Sold in Finland as the Valmet Petra M/83 and outside Finland as the Valmet Hunter M83. Produced in .223 Rem/5.56 NATO, .243 Win, .308 Win and [[.30-06 Springfield]]. In Finland there are also series of a bullpup aftermarket modification chambered in [[9.3×62mm]].
** '''Valmet Petra/Hunter M/88''' – modified version of the Valmet Petra, with a push safety replacing the Kalashnikov-type selector lever, and a different sight layout (front sight at the front end of the barrel).
* '''[[RK 95 TP|Sako M92 S]]''' – a civilian semi-automatic variant of the RK 95 TP. Most have a fixed stock in place of the folding stock.

===Derivatives===
* '''[[IMI Galil]]''' – Israeli assault rifle family which were made with the assistance of and on machinery bought from Valmet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.guns.ru/assault/fi/valmet-sako-rk62--76--95-e.html|title=Modern Firearms|date=27 October 2010|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.students.tut.fi/~varria/ASEET.htm | title=Konetuliaseet ja automaattipistoolit | access-date=2007-09-02 | author=Antti Värri | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106005241/http://www.students.tut.fi/~varria/ASEET.htm | archive-date=6 November 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> "In fact, the first Galils were manufactured using Valmet Rk 62 receivers."<ref> [https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/12/28/galil-ace-iwi-brings-the-ak-into-the-modern-era/ Galil ACE: IWI Brings the AK Into the Modern Era.] by Jeremiah Knupp. December 28, 2017 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230517173343/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/12/28/galil-ace-iwi-brings-the-ak-into-the-modern-era/ Archive])</ref>
** '''[[Vektor R4]]''' – South African licensed variants of the Galil.
** '''Bernardelli VB''' – Italian licensed variants of the Galil.
** '''[[FFV 890]]''' – Swedish licensed variants of the Galil, most notably the FFV 890C which was a competitor in the [[Swedish Armed Forces]] assault rifle trials in the 1980s but lost against [[FN FNC]]. Valmet bought the licence to the FFV 890 and it was used in the development of some aspects in the RK 90, RK 92 and RK 95 models.
** '''[[APS-95]]''' - Croatian licensed variant of the Galil.
** '''[[IWI ACE]]''' – Israeli new generation assault rifle family based on the original Galil. Licence produced also in Chile, Colombia, Ukraine and Vietnam.
*** '''[[STV rifle]]''' - Vietnamese assault rifle family based on the Galil ACE.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:RK-62 Assault rifle magazine with bullets.jpg|Loaded RK 62/95 magazine
File:RK 62 MILES 2002.JPG|RK 62 rear sight
File:Maneesi univormunäyttely 27 kokelas 1960-luku rynnäkkökivääri.JPG|A mannequin of a Finnish reserve officer candidate from the 1960s with an RK 62
File:Varusmiessoittokunta Kokonaisturvallisuus 2015 01.JPG|FDF Conscript Band soldiers handling chrome plated RK 62 rifles
File:7,62_RK_62M_Kokonaisturvallisuus_2015_02.JPG|A Finnish soldier with an RK 62M
</gallery>

== Users ==
[[File:RK 62 Users.png|thumb|A map with nations who use the RK 62 in blue]]<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->

* {{flag|Finland}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://maavoimat.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/modernisoidut-rynnakkokivaarit-kayttoon-joukko-osastoissa |title = Modernised assault rifle versions to be fielded in brigade-level units - Article - the Finnish Army|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417230222/https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/modernisoidut-rynnakkokivaarit-kayttoon-joukko-osastoissa|archive-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>
* {{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Libya}}<ref name ='SAS 26'>{{cite book|title=Web Trafficking: Analysing the Online Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Libya|first1=N.R.|last1= Jenzen-Jones |first2=Ian |last2=McCollum|date=April 2017|series= Working Paper No. 26|editor=Small Arms Survey|editor-link=Small Arms Survey|pages=82–83|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516085143/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2017}}</ref>
* {{flag|Qatar}}<ref name ='SAS 26' />

==See also==
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*[[Valmet M82]]
*[[RK 95 TP]]
*[[IMI Galil]]
*[[Madsen LAR]]

==References==
* {{cite book| author = Salo, Pauli| title = Rynnäkkökivääri 7,62x39. (Assault Rifle 7.62x39)| url = | year = 2007| edition =2nd | isbn = 978-952-92-1328-3 }}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Valmet M62}}
* [http://maavoimat.fi/rk62 Finnish Defence Forces: RK 62] {{In lang|fi}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062149/http://maavoimat.fi/rk62 |date=6 October 2017 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230417194656/http://guns.connect.fi/gow/M95.html Gunwriters' M95 Assault Rifle]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230413085301/http://www.sturmgewehr.com/bhinton/Valmet/ Buddy Hinton Valmet Photos]

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