AJWA Arms Company of Darra Adam Khel

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As you may know, Darra Adam Khel is a town in Pakistan, which is known for domestic arms manufacturing. Information concerning the firearms made in this region is normally very scarce. However, there is a tendency of local shops to start using the internet as a tool for promotion. When doing a research for another article, I came across a facebook page of a Darra Adam Khel Company company called AJWA Arms Company.

Among many firearms posted on their page, there are several quite interesting ones which we’ll take a look at in this article.

The gun shown in the top image of this article is a Russian PPSh-41 with a stock adapter made to accept a pistol grip and a side folding stock borrowed from an AK rifle. AKs with such stocks have been made in Romania, Poland and East Germany. Another pistol grip is attached to the barrel jacket slots of the PPSh-41.

Below are more images from AJWA Arms Company Facebook page depicting some of their most interesting firearms (in no particular order).

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Many firearms seen in this region are built using parts from different other guns and sometimes even in a different caliber. For example, the far right rifle has a milled AK receiver, AKM/AK-74 style handguard and the shape and size of the magazine make me think this rifle is chambered either in a full-size rifle caliber or it is a shotgun.
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Another Darra AK chambered in a pistol caliber and featuring a top carry handle.
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This pistol has a red dot sight and a folding forward grip. The markings on the slide say “MADE IN CHINA. 4 GENERATION BY CHINA …”. The last word of the slide markings is illegible. Note also how similar their logo looks to a Glock logo.
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The same pistol shown from the reverse side.

We’ll keep following these companies and in case if they publish something interesting from the small arms perspective, we’ll report it to our readers.