I know that one of the nicknames for the AKS-74u was окурок (okurok), which translates to "cigarette stub".ELB wrote:By the way, a pendantic nit:
"Krinkov" refers to a AK-pattern short-barreled rifle, not a pistol; the name came from a Soviet soldier who was captured with one during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. IIRC it was the first time a short-barreled version had been seen by the West, or at least made it into the popular press. Under US law, shortbarreled rifles have (rifle) stocks and barrels less than 16" long, among other characteristics.
The Soviets did not call it a Krinkov, a Krinkov was just some unluckly soldier. Officially it had a numerical designation, unofficially it had a Russian name whose translation is not permitted on this forum.
But a lot of Serbian M92s, Romanian Dracos, and similar AK-pattern pistols end up as "Krinkovs," so you are not too far off.
