The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM.

2022年3月15日 · The AKSU-74 represents a submachine gun derivative of the full-sized AKS assault rifle. Both feed the 5.45x39.5mm Soviet intermediate rifle cartridge cartridge but the AKSU-74 is a shortened version of the full-length assault form with an overall compact design - made handier for airborne troopers, special forces and vehicle crews appreciating ...

The AKMSU (Russian: АКМСУ) [a] is the name attributed to a compact carbine derived from the Soviet AKM, chambered in 7.62×39mm. The carbine was commonly thought to be a Soviet prototype weapon, but evidence suggests that the carbine was not actually of Soviet origin, and was instead a custom-made weapon misattributed as a Soviet weapon.

2016年11月1日 · Running concurrent with the design and adoption of the new 5.45x39mm 7N6 round, the attempt to create a compact assault rifle was introduced under Project “Modern”.

2021年12月24日 · At its heart, the Krinkov is an AKS-74U — a Russian assault rifle that came to be in 1979. Shortly after the AK-74 saw adoption, a competition began to produce a very short and handy carbine that rode the line between a rifle and a submachine gun. The requirements were simple. First, it needed to weigh less than 4.85 pounds or 2.2 kilos.

2016年2月12日 · To start things off, the development of the AKS74U almost ran concurrent with development of the AK74 service rifle, and the concept for an extremely compact submachine gun firing an intermediate cartridge was actually put into place before the 5.45x39mm round ever came into the picture.

The AKS-74U is a compact assault rifle of Soviet origin. It was developed in the mid to late 1970's for use by vehicle crews, but is also popular with law enforcement units and special forces. The U stands for "Ukorochenniy", which is Russian for "shortened". Especially in the USA the AKS-74U is better known as the Krinkov.

2016年4月27日 · A Russian small arms designer by the name of Peter Andreevich Tkachev developed an Uzi like compact assault rifle, based around the round that the 5.45 was based on, the 5.6x39mm cartridge. The compact assault rifle had a …

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In 1979, a shortened carbine variant of the AKS-74 was adopted into service with the Soviet Army: the AKS-74U (U—Ukorochenniy, lit. Shortened), which in terms of tactical deployment, bridges the gap between a submachine gun and an assault rifle. It …