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An anti-Communist civilian fighter runs with an AK during a street-fight in Bucharest, Romania. 1989.
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A lot of them don't seem to have it for some reason. Don't know if it's made like that or if they just break and end up getting removed or what but I've seen a few cases where police have confiscated guns off people and a lot of the time they never seem to have the covers on.
I did wonder if perhaps it's a different version of the gun. I know there's like 9,000 different variants made across different decades so possibly they decided it isn't worth the extra weight or manufacturing cost.
The rifle in the picture is almost certainly a PM md. 65. I assure you they were made with dust covers. I have never seen a variation of a factory produced AK made without a dust cover.
A more likely, although still somewhat silly explanation is that sometimes AK dust covers can be tricky to get back on for someone inexperienced with them. Somebody may just give up in frustration and leave it off after disassembling and attempting to reassemble it.