The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года or Kalashnikov automatic rifle model 1974) is an assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union as the replacement for the earlier AKM (itself a refined version of the AK-47). It uses a smaller intermediate cartridge the 5.45×39mm replacing the 7.62×39mm chambering of earlier Kalashnikov-pattern weapons.The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the 1979 Afghanistan conflict.
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length (km)
0.943
weight (kg)
3300.0
origin
Russia, Soviet Union
type
Assault rifle
used in war
Asia, Middle East, Second Chechen War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Soviet war in Afghanistan, First Chechen War, Georgian Civil War, Russo-Georgian war, Nagorno-Karabakh War
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