page_title: AK-74
hierarchical_section_title: AK-74
caption_attribution_description: English: Ak74m from rus
context_page_description: The AK-74 is a Russian made assault rifle. The letters AK stand for Avtomat Kalashnikova, which is Russian for Mikhail Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle. The AK-74 is a later version of the AK-47 that has a few new features. The most important of these is that it fires a smaller cartridge, the 5.45x39.5mm Soviet.
context_section_description: The AK-74 is a Russian made assault rifle. The letters AK stand for Avtomat Kalashnikova, which is Russian for  Mikhail Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle. The AK-74 is a later version of the AK-47 that has a few new features.  The most important of these is that it fires a smaller cartridge, the 5.45x39.5mm Soviet.
caption: The current AK-74
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