The efforts to fully replace the older Kalashnikov assault rifle began in 2018, but as seen in the Kremlin's ongoing war in Ukraine, it will likely take years for the transition to be completed.

The AK-12 represents the fifth-generation of the legendary Avtomat Kalashnikova assault rifle series. Although Russia ostensibly ceased to be a communist country with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet ...

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. The Kalashnikov gunsmith said it had designed two new shortened and small-size modifications of AK-12 assault rifle and will display them at IDEX 2025 show in Abu Dhabi ...

Widely adopted by Indian troops, the AK-47, sourced from countries like Russia ... the SIG Sauer 716 is a contemporary assault rifle firing the 7.62x51mm round, intended to replace the INSAS.

The AK-47 and its variants have been designed to be easy to manufacture, easy to fire and easy to maintain. An AR-15 is a ...

While Russia’s AK-12 rifle grabbed headlines when serial production was announced in April 2019, not all of Russia’s military and state security forces are getting the latest rifle. During the ...

"The assault rifle [AK-19 chambered for the NATO cartridge] is of great interest to various foreign customers," he said. The AK-19 assault rifle was created on the basis of the AK-12, approved for ...