AN-94 and AEK-971 Assault Rifle Made Russian

AN-94 Assault Rifle

The AN-94 Nikonov assault rifle is a newgeneration recoil-operated weapon. A unique design delays the recoil force affecting an operator after firing, thus ensuring high grouping of fire with short bursts. In automatic mode, first two rounds are fired at 1,800 rds/min. The trigger mechanism allows single fire, two-round bursts fire, and full automatic fire. A selector lever is placed on the left above the handle, while a safety catch is inside the trigger guard.

A folding butt makes operation convenient. A sighting system is of open type featuring luminous heads, mounted on the fore and back sights, to facilitate fire at night. There is also a standard attachment for various optical and optronic sights. AN-94 can fire all kinds of 5.45x39mm rounds. Feed is from a 30-round magazine organic to the AK74 assault rifle. Installation of the GP-25 or GP-30 grenade launchers is optional.

AEK-971 5.45mm Assault Rifle

The AEK-971 assault rifle has unique design with balanced automatics which eliminated gases blowback and impact of moving parts in the front and in the rear positions. It is much easier to keep the weapon on the line of sight and grouping of shots is better when firing bursts. AEK-971 is much superior to all existing assault rifles, as far as accuracy of long burst fire is concerned. A trigger mechanism allows single fire, three-round bursts fire, and full automatic fire. A folding butt makes operation convenient. A sighting system is of open type featuring luminous heads, mounted on the fore and back sights, to facilitate fire at night. There is also a standard attachment for various optical and optronic sights.

The AEK-971 assault rifle can fire all kinds of 5.45x39mm rounds. Feed is from a 30-round magazine. Installation of the GP-25 or GP-30 grenade launchers is optional.

AEK-971 5.45mm Assault Rifle Basic specifications
Calibre, mm 5.45
Weight without magazine and bayonet, kg 3.46
Muzzle velocity, m/s 900
Rate of fire, rds/min 1,800 and 600
Length, mm:
butt folded 728
butt extended 943
Magazine capacity, rds 30
Max range, m 1,000
Modes of fire single, 3-round burst, automatic