AK-74

Russian military firearm

The AK-74 is a Soviet assault rifle introduced in 1974 as a successor to the AK-47, chambered for the smaller 5.45×39mm cartridge.

It became the standard infantry weapon of the Soviet military and remains widely used by Russian and former Soviet-bloc forces.

The design retains the AK-47's legendary reliability while offering reduced recoil and improved accuracy.

Soviet

Kalashnikov

Russian automatic rifle

Chechnya · conscript · export

components

receiver

One who accepts transmission

selector · safety · trigger · handguard · chamber

military

infantry

Ground combat troops

battalion · firefight · engagement · tactical · camouflage · sling · patrol · ambush · conscript · doctrine

ballistics

trajectory

Path of moving object

penetration · caliber · accuracy · projectile · zeroing

variants

AK-12

Russian modern infantry weapon

Bulgarian · Romanian · Polish

Opposites
weapon origin/allegiance

AK-74M16

U.S. military rifle

AR-15 · M4 carbine

kalashnikov lineage

AK-74AK-47

Soviet automatic rifle

battle rifle · AK-12

violence vs. peace

AK-74olive branch

Symbol of reconciliation

peace treaty · plowshare · white flag · disarmament · dove

Family

AK-47

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG-13