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I already posted these pictures on the other site, but our DDR forum here needs some action.
Everything I know about AK bayonets, I learned from Martin Ivie's book, Kalashnikov Bayonets. I like the type classifications that Mr. Ivie uses, so I'll list those along with the DDR nomenclature next to it.
The DDR's bayonets mirror the evolution of Soviet bayonets, except that they never produced the late AK-74 "spearpoint" type.
AK-47 - DDR Modell 47
For East German milled receiver AK's, built under license from 1959 to 1965.
AKM (Type I) - DDR Modell 59
"Bakelite" grip, steel sheath with rubber insulator. Used for the stamped-receiver East German AK's from 1965 until 1979.
AKM (Type I "transitional") - DDR Modell 79
Steel sheath replaced with the plastic sheath used for all subsequent bayonets. Used from 1979 until "the end".
AKM (Type II) / Early AK-74 - DDR Modell AK74 (early version)
The bulbous plastic pommels of the earlier AKM bayonets had a tendency to crack under field conditions, so an improved design was introduced with a steel pommel capping the "Bakelite" grip. Designed for the East German version of the AK-74, first produced in 1985.
Late AKM / Early AK-74 - DDR Modell AK74 (late version)
Black plastic polyamide grip , not "Bakelite". Based on serial number data, these black bayonets supplanted the yellow-red ones for use on DDR AK-74's, but it's unclear exactly which year that occurred.
Thanks for looking. -Rich
Everything I know about AK bayonets, I learned from Martin Ivie's book, Kalashnikov Bayonets. I like the type classifications that Mr. Ivie uses, so I'll list those along with the DDR nomenclature next to it.
The DDR's bayonets mirror the evolution of Soviet bayonets, except that they never produced the late AK-74 "spearpoint" type.

AK-47 - DDR Modell 47
For East German milled receiver AK's, built under license from 1959 to 1965.

AKM (Type I) - DDR Modell 59
"Bakelite" grip, steel sheath with rubber insulator. Used for the stamped-receiver East German AK's from 1965 until 1979.

AKM (Type I "transitional") - DDR Modell 79
Steel sheath replaced with the plastic sheath used for all subsequent bayonets. Used from 1979 until "the end".

AKM (Type II) / Early AK-74 - DDR Modell AK74 (early version)
The bulbous plastic pommels of the earlier AKM bayonets had a tendency to crack under field conditions, so an improved design was introduced with a steel pommel capping the "Bakelite" grip. Designed for the East German version of the AK-74, first produced in 1985.

Late AKM / Early AK-74 - DDR Modell AK74 (late version)
Black plastic polyamide grip , not "Bakelite". Based on serial number data, these black bayonets supplanted the yellow-red ones for use on DDR AK-74's, but it's unclear exactly which year that occurred.

Thanks for looking. -Rich