The Tantal is a selective fire, gas piston operated weapon that taps expanding exhaust gases off through a port in the barrel to a gas cylinder above the barrel.

When the AK74 became available to the Warsaw Pact, Poland chose to bypass it and develop the wz.88 Tantal - their own small-caliber AK.

Mar 29, 2013 · When the AK74 became available to the Warsaw Pact, Poland chose to bypass it and develop the wz.88 Tantal - their own small-caliber AK.

The Kbk Wz. 88 Tantal assault rifle is best described as a modified clone of the Soviet Kalashnikov AK-74 rifle. Some parts, such as bolt carriers or magazines are interchangeable between these two, and the general layout and functioning are the same, but there also are some notable differences.

Jul 16, 2021 · This new project, codenamed Tantal, was adopted as the wz.88 just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Production ran for only a couple years, with a total production of 30-50 thousand rifles.

Sep 14, 2018 · Looking back at the Polish Tantal wz.88, a highly capable AK-74 variant whose service life was cut short due to political realities at the end of the Cold War.

May 19, 2017 · Josh reviews the Atlantic Firearms Polish Tantal AK74 Rifle once in service with the Polish Army as the 5,45 mm karabinek wz. 1988 (kbk wz. 88).

The kbk wz. 88 (karabinek wzór 1988; lit. "model 1988 carbine"), codenamed Tantal ("Tantalum"), is a 5.45mm assault rifle designed and produced by Fabryka Broni Radom in Poland in the late 1980s.

May 15, 2018 · The Polish wz88, better known as the “Tantal” was Poland’s 5.45x39 counterpart to the Soviet AK74. It was developed “in-house” by the Poles as a small caliber alternative to licensing the Soviet design as the Bulgarians and East Germans did.

Nov 28, 2023 · Under Soviet rule during the Cold War, Poland produced, as usual, quality military weapons, sometimes of Soviet design, sometimes of national design and sometimes of “mixed” designs such as this wz.88 Tantal.