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AK-74

Type Assault rifle
Place of origin Soviet Union
Russia

Cartridge 5.45×39mm
Action Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire Cyclic: 650 (rd/min)[5]
Practical:
Automatic: 100 (rd/min)[6]
Semi-auto: 40 (rd/min)[6]
Muzzle velocity 880–900 m/s (2,887–2,953 ft/s) (AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M)[6][5]
735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) (AKS-74U)
Effective firing range 500 m (550 yd) ((AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M point target)
800 m (870 yd) ((AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M area target)[6]
400 m (440 yd) (AKS-74U)[7]
Maximum firing range 3,150 m (3,440 yd)
In service 1974–present[1]
Used by See Users
Wars Soviet war in Afghanistan
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Georgian Civil War
First Chechen war
Second Chechen War
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
2008 South Ossetia war
Syrian Civil War [2]
War in Donbass
Various other conflicts in Asia and the Middle East