Notes: The Beryl is a modernized version of the Tantal that fires 5.56mm NATO ammunition instead of 5.45mm Kalashnikov. The top of the receiver has a sight rail that can mount any NATO or Pact optics. The folding stocks are stronger than those used on the Tantal or Onyx, made from twin steel struts shaped in roughly the same shape as a standard stock, and equipped with rubber buttplate. Most of the rest of the rifle is made from stamped steel, except for polymer parts such as the pistol grip and handguard. The other furniture such as the handguard is made from gray polymer. The Beryl can mount either the GP-25 or Pallad grenade launchers, or use the M-203PI or TGS, as well as use Polish rifle grenades or Western bullet-trap grenades. They can use most Western and Eastern optics and accessories, being equipped with a Polish modification of the MIL-STD-1913 rail, atop the receiver. Flip-up iron sights at the rear and a hooded front post sight are also available. The Beryl was originally designed for export, but was later adopted by Polish forces when Poland joined NATO.

The kbs version is the standard assault rifle; the kbk is a short-barreled carbine. The kbk is more commonly referred to as the Mini-Beryl. It uses a barrel only slightly more than half the length of the kbs, tipped with an abbreviated (and some say, rather ineffective) flash suppressor. The optics mounting rail on the receiver is shorter than that of the kbs, but closer in design to the MIL-STD-1913 rail and therefore able to use a wider variety of optics and accessories.

Twilight 2000 Notes: These Polish assault rifles were originally produced for export, but during the Twilight War were used by Polish special operations forces for use behind the enemy lines, in order to use captured NATO ammunition. Nonetheless, the Beryl is a rather rare weapon in the Twilight 2000 world.

Merc 2000 Notes: Though the Beryl was produced for export and bought by unnamed parties, it is nowhere as common as the Tantal.

Notes: This is the basically the Polish version of the Russian AKS-74U. The differences include a more-efficient muzzle brake, the addition of a 3-round burst mechanism, and an extended rear sight base that can be used to attach Eastern or Western optics. The folding butt is also of a different design, borrowed from the folding stock of East German variants of the AKMS. Among Polish troops, the Onyx is starting to fall into disuse, superseded by the Mini-Beryl.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This was a fairly common sight among Polish troops, particularly higher-ranking NCOs and lower-ranking officers. In addition, special ops troops and bodyguard details like the Onyx.

Merc 2000 Notes: This weapon proved popular to both Polish troops and on the export market. The Onyx was surprisingly common in the hands of terrorists in the Middle East, particularly those in Palestine, despite Polish protests that they had never sold the Onyx anywhere near the Middle East.

Notes: This is a locally-produced version of the Russian AKM and AKMS assault rifles. They are basically the same as the standard AKM and AKMS, but the Radom version can also mount the Polish Pallad grenade launcher, the Radom version can mount both Eastern-Bloc and Western optics, the handguard and stock (of the fixed-butt version) are made from plastic, and the folding-stock version uses a different style of stock. The Radom AKM and AKMS were used by Polish forces until the Poles replaced it with the AK-74.

Twilight 2000 Notes: There were still a fair amount of these rifles in the hands of the Polish Army at the start of the Twilight War, and most of the ones that were in storage were passed out to units raised later in the war and local militia units. Radom AKMs and AKMSs in the Twilight 2000 world do not have the ability to use Western optics.

Merc 2000 Notes: Most of these weapons were sold, both legally and illegally, around the world after 2000.