How a AK-74n Works
25Wikipedia: The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974) is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974. While primarily associated with the Soviet Union, it has been used by multiple states throughout the 20th century and onwards. It is chambered for the 5.45×39mm cartridge, which replaced the 7.62×39mm cartridge of Kalashnikov's earlier automatic weapons for the Soviet armed forces.
The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces in the Afghanistan conflict from 1979 onwards.[9] The head of the Afghan bureau of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the intelligence agency of Pakistan, claimed that America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paid $5,000 for the first AK-74 captured by the Afghan mujahideen during the Afghan-Soviet War.
As of 2021, most countries of the former Soviet Union use the rifle. Licensed copies were produced in Bulgaria (AK-74, AKS-74 and AKS-74U), and in the former East Germany (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, MPi-AKS-74NK).
Type Assault rifle
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1974–present[1]
1991–present (AK-74M)
Used by See Users
Wars
Soviet–Afghan War
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Sri Lankan Civil War
Gulf War
Georgian Civil War[2]
Transnistria War
Tajikistani Civil War
East Prigorodny Conflict
The Troubles[3]
Burundian Civil War
First Chechen War
Batken Conflict
Second Chechen War
2001 Afghanistan War
Iraq War[4]
Russo-Georgian War
2011 Libyan Civil War
War in Donbas
Syrian Civil War
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Production history
Designer Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed
AK-74: 1974
AK-74M: 1991
Manufacturer Kalashnikov Concern
(formerly Izhmash)
Produced
AK-74: 1974–1991
AK-74M: 1991–present
No. built 5,000,000+[5]
Variants See Variants
Specifications
Mass
AK-74: 3.07 kg (6.8 lb)
AKS-74: 2.97 kg (6.5 lb)
AK-74M: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb)[6]
without magazine
30-round magazine: 0.23 kg (0.51 lb)
6H5 bayonet: 0.32 kg (0.71 lb)
Length
AK-74: 943 mm (37.1 in)
AKS-74 (stock extended): 943 mm (37.1 in)
AKS-74 (stock folded): 690 mm (27.2 in)
AK-74M (stock extended): 943 mm (37.1 in)
AK-74M (stock folded): 700 mm (27.6 in)
Barrel length 415 mm (16.3 in)
Width AK-74M: 70 mm (2.8 in)
Height AK-74M: 195 mm (7.7 in)
Cartridge 5.45×39mm
Action Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire
Cyclic: 600–650 rounds/min[7]
Practical:
Automatic: 100 rounds/min[8]
Semi-auto: 40 rounds/min[8]
Muzzle velocity 880–900 m/s (2,887–2,953 ft/s)[8][7]
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)[8]
Maximum firing range 3,150 m (3,440 yd)
Feed system 30-round AK-74, 45-round RPK-74 detachable box magazine or 60-round casket magazine
Sights Adjustable iron sights, front post and rear notch on a scaled tangent
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