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AK-74
Single sourceAK-74 AK-74M (stock extended)
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AK-74 | M60 machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle[source] | General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1974–present 1991–present (AK-74M)[source] | 1960–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users[source] |
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AK-74 AK-74M (stock folded)
Single sourceAK-74 AKS-74 (stock extended)
Single sourceAK-74 AKS-74 (stock folded)
Single sourceAK-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)[source]
Length
Single source1,105 mm (43.5 in)[source]
AK-74M
Single sourceAK-74M: 70 mm (2.8 in)[source]
AK-74M
Single sourceAK-74M: 195 mm (7.7 in)[source]
6H5 bayonet
Single sourceAK-74
Single sourceAK-74M
Single sourceAKS-74
Single sourcewithout magazine 30-round magazine
Single sourceAK-74: 3.07 kg (6.8 lb) AKS-74: 2.97 kg (6.5 lb) AK-74M: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) without magazine 30-round magazine: 0.23 kg (0.51 lb) 6H5 bayonet: 0.32 kg (0.71 lb)[source]
Mass
Single source10.5 kg (23.15 lb)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M area target
Single sourceEffective; AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M point target
Single source500 m (550 yd) (AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M point target) 800 m (870 yd) (AK-74, AKS-74, AK-74M area target)[source]
3,150 m (3,440 yd)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceEffective; Effective firing range
Single sourceCaliber
Single source7.62 mm (0.308 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978–present) Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Yugoslav Wars Croatian War of Independence Georgian Civil War Transnistria War Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Tajikistani Civil War East Prigorodny Conflict The Troubles Burundian Civil War First Chechen War Batken Conflict Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Insurgency in the North Caucasus First Libyan Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Syrian Civil War War in Iraq Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border conflict 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh[source] | Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Dominican Civil War Cambodian Civil War Moro conflict The Troubles Lebanese Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Salvadoran Civil War Operation Urgent Fury Operation Just Cause Persian Gulf War Operation Gothic Serpent War in Afghanistan Iraq War Cambodian–Thai border stand-off Colombian armed conflict Insurgency in the Philippines Bougainville conflict Myanmar conflict various others[source] |
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| Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov[source] | — |
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| Designed | AK-74: 1974 AK-74M: 1991[source] | 1952–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash)[source] | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance[source] |
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| Produced | AK-74: 1974–1991 AK-74M: 1991–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
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| No. built | 5,000,000+[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.45×39mm[source] | 7.62×51mm NATO[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , long-stroke piston , closed rotating bolt[source] | Gas-operated , short-stroke gas piston, opened rotating bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 30-round AK-74 and 45-round RPK-74 detachable box magazine , 60-round casket magazine and 96-round RPK-16 drum magazines[source] | Disintegrating belt with M13 Links[source] |
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| Sights | Adjustable iron sights , front post and rear notch on a scaled tangent[source] | Iron sights[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$6,000 (M60E3)[source] |
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