The AO-38 is a 5.45×39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System (BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's. Its derivatives are the AK-107 and AEK-971.

The second USS Winooski (AO-38) was a Kennebec-class oiler in the United States Navy. Winooski was laid down as Calusa on 23 April 1941 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Bethlehem Steel Company under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 144); launched on 12 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Laurence B. Levi; taken over by the Navy on 5 ...

AO-38 may refer to: USS Winooski (AO-38), United States Navy oiler which saw service during World War II; AO-38 assault rifle, a Russian firearm

The AO-38 is a Soviet prototype assault rifle developed in the 1960s from the AKM platform. The weapon was to use the balanced automatic recoil system (BARS) to improve stability. The weapon would not be adopted, but the concept of BARS would be implemented in future firearms such as the AK-107.

AO-38是由Peter Andreevich Tkachev设计的5.45×39mm突击步枪和AK衍生程序，首先使用平衡的自动后坐力系统（BAR）来提高稳定性，以比AK-74的稳定性更高。 它的导数是AK-107和AEK-971 。

The AO-38 is a 5.45×39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System (BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's.

The AO-38 is a 5.45x39mm assault rifle and AK derivative first to use the BARS system to improve stability, giving better accuracy over AK-74 rifles. It led to the creation of the AL-7 and the AEK-971, which further led to the creation of the AK-107.

2021年11月19日 · Tkachev submitted his AO-38 assault rifle of similar design for a competition to develop a new low-pulse automatic weapon. The principle - balanced automatics - ensured effective dampening of impulses from the gas engine and moving parts of the automatic rifle in the rear and forward positions.

Automatics Recoil System，BARS）的回轉式閉鎖槍機系統，這種技術改良了傳統的長行程活塞傳動，並最早由 AO-38 （英语： AO-38 _ assault _ rifle ）使用。所謂的「平衡自動反衝系統」是指AEK-971的導氣裝置擁有兩組導氣活塞，當子彈發射後火藥氣體會經由導氣孔進入兩組活

2024年8月31日 · A0-38 - 5.45x39 - The AO-38 was designed by Peter Andreevich in 1965 and was the first rifle to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System (BARS). The AO-38 lead to the development of the AL-7 and AEK-971, which then lead to the creation of the AK-107.