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Science & Technology

New AK-12 for the Russian Armed Forces

2025-05-17

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:

[ColonelCassad] The Kalashnikov Concern presented to journalists for the first time the AK-12K and AK-12SK, developed taking into account the experience of the SVO

Kalashnikov Concern presented the AK-12 shortened (AK-12K) and AK-12 compact (AK-12SK) assault rifles to federal media journalists for the first time. Sergey Urzhumtsev, Chief Designer of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, presented the products as part of the training workshop "School of a Gunsmith Journalist" at the Kalashnikov Shooting Center in the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Russian Armed Forces "Patriot"

The latest 5.45mm AK-12K and AK-12SK assault rifles were developed for the 5.45x39mm cartridge and are intended to destroy enemy manpower. They have improved technical, ergonomic and operational characteristics that meet the requirements of modern combat.

When firing from them, in particular, 5.45mm cartridges with a regular 7N6 bullet, 5.45mm cartridges with a 7N10 high-penetration bullet, as well as 5.45mm cartridges with 7T3 and 7T3M tracer bullets are used.

The capacity of the AK-12K and AK-12SK magazines is 30 rounds.

The machine guns are equipped with a low-noise shooting device (PMS) weighing no more than 0.8 kg.

In addition to the new machine guns, they showed all sorts of different shooting - machine guns, sniper rifles, machine guns + body kit + personal protective equipment + equipment.

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