{"id":96877,"date":"2025-12-16T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=96877"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:28:21","slug":"swedish-paratrooper-prototype-ak-fm-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/12\/16\/swedish-paratrooper-prototype-ak-fm-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Paratrooper Prototype: AK Fm\/57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zplQTuttnCE?si=L4cJpLQgeJ32Jm8P\" 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 30 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>As Sweden was looking to adopt a new self-loading infantry rifle in the 1950s, one of the contenders was a modernized version of the Ljungman. 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