AK-74

In the early 1970s the Soviet weapons-designer Mikhail Kalashnikov developed the AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года or "Kalashnikov automatic rifle model 1974") as an assault rifle to replace the earlier AKM (itself a refined version of the AK-47). It uses a smaller 5.45×39mm cartridge, replacing the 7.62×39mm chambering of earlier Kalashnikov-pattern weapons.
Category:Weapons
Category:Assault Rifles