Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl Country Poland Type Assault rifle Manufacturer FBL Introduction 1996 Specifications Weight 3.35 kg (7.39 lb) Length 943 mm (37.1 in) stock extended / 742 mm (29.2 in) stock folded Barrel length 457 mm (18 in) Cartridge 5.56x45mm NATO Action Gas operated, rotating bolt Rate of fire 700 rounds/min Muzzle velocity 920 m/s (3,018 ft/s) Effective range 100 to 1,000 m sight adjustments Maximum range 600 m Feed system 30-round box magazine Sights Rear sight notch on a sliding tangent, front post

The kbs wz. 1996 Beryl is a Polish 5.56 mm assault rifle, designed and produced by the £ucznik Arms Factory in the city of Radom. The rifle is to replace the various 7.62 mm and 5.45 mm Kalashnikov variants used in the Polish Armed Forces.

Development work on a new service rifle (both a standard and carbine variant) adapted to use the intermediate 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge had been undertaken in 1995, however a functioning 5.56 mm rifle and carbine variant had already been available in Radom since 1991, known as the wz. 1991 (a rechambered wz. 1988 Tantal rifle). The new weapon’s specifications were approved in February 1995 and in December the same year, a prototype production batch consisting of 11 Beryl rifles was produced. In 1997 the weapon had been successfully evaluated and adopted into service as the 5,56 mm karabinek szturmowy wz. 1996 (\"assault carbine model 1996\").