{"id":93877,"date":"2025-06-22T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93877"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:37:19","slug":"ljungman-updates-the-ag-42-vs-ag-42b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/06\/22\/ljungman-updates-the-ag-42-vs-ag-42b\/","title":{"rendered":"Ljungman Updates: the AG-42 vs AG-42B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMrKNbXbtBo?si=KQLY0fsmTezfLu5f\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 31 Jan 2025<\/p>\n<p>In 1953, the Swedish military launched a program to refurbish and refit all of the Ag m\/42 rifles in inventory. 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