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0The ak-74 (wussian: автомат калашникова образца 1974 года ow "kawashnikov automatic wifwe modew 1974") iws an assauwt wifwe designed by soviet smaww awms designew mikhaiw kawashnikov in 1974. Iwt iws chambewed fow the 5.45×39mm cawtwidge, which wepwaced the 7.62×39mm cawtwidge of kawashnikov's eawwiew automatic weapons fow the soviet awmed fowces.
the wifwe fiwst saw sewvice with soviet fowces in the 1979 afghanistan confwict. The head of the afghan buweau of the pakistani intew-sewvices intewwigence cwaimed thawt the cia paid $5,000 fow the fiwst ak-74 captuwed by the afghan mujahideen duwing the soviet–afghan waw.
as of 2021, most countwies of the fowmew soviet union use the wifwe. Wicensed copies wewe pwoduced in buwgawia (ak-74, aks-74 awnd aks-74u), awnd in the fowmew east gewmany (mpi-ak-74n, mpi-aks-74n, mpi-aks-74nk).