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

Valmet M62 (Rk 62) (older model) with wooden stock - 5.56x45mm

Valmet M62 (Rk 62) (modernized) with plastic handguard and tubular stock - 7.62x39mm. This version is the most commonly available/used version of the rifle.

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

Valmet M76 - 5.56x45mm. The Valmet M76 was also offered in 7.62x39mm

Valmet M76F with side folding tubular stock - 5.56x45mm

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
		Iraqi Army soldiers
		PMU militiamen

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
	Colin Cary	Woodbury soldier
	Robert Bae Harvey	Woodbury soldier	M76F; "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16)
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Christopher Riley	Martinez's camp survivor	"Dead Weight" (S4E07), "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)	2013

M71 pattern

Valmet M71

Valmet M71S with wooden furniture - 5.56x45mm

Valmet M71S with plastic handguard and wood stock - 5.56x45mm. The Valmet M71S was also offered in 7.62x39mm

Valmet M71S Sporter - 5.56x45mm

Valmet M71S with plastic handguard and resin stock - .223 Rem

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

M95 (RK 95 TP) - 7.62x39mm

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

Valmet M82 - 5.56x45mm

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
	Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	Damien

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