Category Archives: Assault Rifles

The basic version of the weapon complex designated «Groza» developed by V.N. Telish and Yu.V. Lebedev at the TsKIB SOO in 1993 represent the «firearm-grenade launcher complex or «assaull weapon». In order to facilitate the production, this weapon com¬plex was based on the AKS-74U assault rifle and GP-25 «Koster» grenade launcher which were already manufactured … Continue reading

This assault machine gun-grenade launcher complex is derived from the A-91 7.62mm assault machine gun modification and rearranged according to the -bull pup-configuration (with magazine arrangement behind a control grip and elevation of the stock on the level of an axis’s bore). The bar¬rel length as well as the cartridge are similar to those of … Continue reading

The SR5 and SP.6 (9×39) cartridges with heavy subsonic low recoil impulse and low ricochel-prone bullets (this facilitates the use ot a silencer) proved to be the most useful for shortened assault rifles. The 9A-91 short¬ened assault rifle was chambered for these bullets at the KB Instrument Design Bureau by a team of developers headed … Continue reading

In the development the AEK-971 assault rifle at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ) by the team of designers headed by S.I. Koksharov was used the so-called «bal-anced automatic configuration». The moving parts were segregated in two halves, that is a bolt carrier and a cradle connected with each other via toothed racks and a gear. … Continue reading

In the development the AEK-971 assault rifle at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ) by the team of designers headed by S.I. Koksharov was used the so-called «bal-anced automatic configuration». The moving parts were segregated in two halves, that is a bolt carrier and a cradle connected with each other via toothed racks and a gear. … Continue reading

The continued employment of the Kalashnikov assault rifles and preference of their users to have an opportunity for their choice tell its own tale. The revealed shortcomings of foreign-made assault rifles that were widely used in the 1990s conflicts had inspired the hope for increased export capabilities of modern¬ized Kalashnikov versions.

The shortened small caliber assault was being created in the framework contest on the project «Modern». In the year 1979 the AKS-74U («Kalashnikov folded shortened submachine gun Mod. 1974, under the code name 6P26, leading designer S.N. Furman») was adopted for service. The shortened barrel by 206.5 mm forced to shift a gas chamber rearward, … Continue reading

The 7.62 mm modernised Kalashnikov assault rifle (AKM, Index 6P1) was adopted for service in April 1959. The AKM is a gas operated weapon. The sealing of a barrel bore is obtained by rotation of the bolt around its longitudinal axis via two locking lugs. During unlocking occurs a pre¬liminary turn and touch of a … Continue reading