Was the IZH-XP-86 the precedent of the Feinwerkbau AW93?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:49 pm

I found this article on a Russian gun-related forum concerning the IZH-XP-86 which leads me to believe that it may be the precedent of the Feinwerkbau AW93.

Sadly, I do not speak Russian so I do not understand what that review says. Did someone manage to translate it to English?

jipe · Post by **jipe** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:00 am

There was already a topic with the same pictures on the forum a couple of years ago.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:23 pm

My apologies for repeating information. After a search, I found out some parts of that article that were used as reference before in this forum but I did not find a translation of that review nor an actual discussion of those guns, their evolution, etc.

After some more searching I found the pictures below. I sincerely hope they were not posted in this forum before.

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:09 am

Anonymous wrote:My apologies for repeating information. After a search, I found out some parts of that article that were used as reference before in this forum but I did not find a translation of that review nor an actual discussion of those guns, their evolution, etc.

This has been discussed many times in the past, I'm surprised if you cannot find anything on the comparison or the evolution.

Have you tried searching on "AW93 and Russian". Several of the resulting threads have further links.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:18 pm

I've been able to collect some information which I'm enclosing in the form of a flowchart:

I would appreciate corrections to any errors, omissions, or mistakes that I may have introduced.

Also I do not know what improvements where made after each new model. Same for the FWB AW93--I do not know the year it was first sold ['96?], years/improvements, AW93 Light, etc.