AKS-74

designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov

Assault riflesSoviet UnionIn service since 1974

AKS-74 — Photo: Сергей Сандалов (sAg-) (https://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/396/1987340.html) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · background removed

Key specs

Origin: Soviet Union
Caliber: 5.45×39mm
Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire: 650 rds/min
Muzzle velocity: 880 m/s
Effective range: 500 m
Maximum range: 3,150 m
Magazine: 30 rounds
Weight (empty): 3.07 kg
Length: 943 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Manufacturer: Izhmash
Designer: Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed: 1974
Production start: 1974
Units produced: 5,000,000

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Ammunition

5.45×39mmRifle · Soviet Union · 1974

Compatible gear

No optics or accessories are linked to this weapon yet.

Users & conflicts

Conflicts

Soviet–Afghan War Yugoslav Wars First Chechen War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War Second Karabakh War

Variants

AK-741974AKS-741974

Sources