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The AKS-74U ("U"—Russian: укороченный; Ukorochenniy, or "shortened") was officially adopted in 1979, and given the official, but seldom used GRAU designation 6P26. [57] Production stopped in 1993. [58] The AKS-74U bridges the tactical deployment gap between a submachine gun and an assault rifle.
The Zastava M85 is an AK-pattern rifle incorporating design elements of the Soviet AKS-74U carbine, but chambered for the Western 5.56×45mm round. It is gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, and offers selective fire capability. It can be distinguished from traditional members of the AK family by its unique polymer pistol grip, 5.56x45mm ...
The 5.45 mm subkarabinek wz. 1989 Onyks (polish for: subcarbine wz. 1989 Onyx) is a lightweight Polish short variant of the 5.45 mm wz. 1988 Tantal assault rifle, also based on the AKS-74U. Work on the weapon began in 1989 at the Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy state research institute in the city of Radom. The weapon's technical specifications ...
Kalashnikov rifles (Russian: Автоматы Калашникова), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Suppressed assault rifle Limited use by special forces. [16] AK-74M: 5.45×39mm Russia: Assault rifle Standard issue rifle. [16] AK-74M UUK: 5.45×39mm Russia: Assault rifle Upgrade kit for the AK-74M, consisting of a new safety, dust cover and furniture featuring improved ergonomics and rails. [17] AK-12: 5.45×39mm Russia: Assault rifle
AK-74 rifle Kalashnikov rifle family: AK-47, AK-74 and AK-12 (left) as well as rare OTs-14, AN-94, and AEK-971 The AK-74 assault rifle was a Soviet answer to the U.S. M16. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] The Soviet military realized that the M16 had better range and accuracy over the AKM, and that its lighter cartridge allowed soldiers to carry more ...
[18] [19] India signed a contract in August 2021 to directly import 70,000 AK-203 rifles from Russia. [20] [21] Russia and India on December 6, 2021, finally signed a contract on the delivery of over 600,000 7.62mm AK-203 assault rifles that will be produced on India's soil to the republic's Defense Ministry. [22]