AO-38 assault rifle
The AO-38 is a 5.45×39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System (BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's. Its derivatives are the AK-107 and AEK-971.
References
- AO-38
- "Солдат удачи" номер 9 (72) 2000 Д.Ширяев "Кто изобрел автомат Калашникова"
See also
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| Brands | | Galil |
- ACE (assault rifle/carbine)
- AR (assault/battle rifle)
- ARM (machine gun)
- Galatz (sniper rifle)
- MAR (carbine)
- SAR (carbine)
- SR-99 (sniper rifle)
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- M70 (assault rifle)
- M72 (machine gun)
- M76 (sniper rifle)
- M77 (machine gun/battle rifle)
- M80 (assault rifle)
- M85 (carbine)
- M90 (assault rifle)
- M91 (sniper rifle)
- M92 (carbine)
- M21 (assault rifle/carbine)
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- M76 (assault rifle)
- M78 (machine gun)
- M82 (bullpup assault rifle)
- Rk 62 (assault rifle)
- Rk 95 Tp (assault rifle)
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