AS Val

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The AS Val (Avtomat Special’nyj Val Russian: Автомат Специальный Вал or Special Automatic Rifle code name: Shaft) is a Soviet designed assault rifle featuring an integrated suppressor.It was developed during the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Machine Building) and is used by Russian Spetsnaz special forces and the MVD FSB and select units of the Russian Army.

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length (km)

0.875

weight (kg)

2500.0

origin

Soviet Union

type

Assault rifle

used in war

Second Chechen War, First Chechen War, Russo-Georgian war