AO-38 assault rifle
The AO-38 is a 5.45x39mm 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"
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PSL · Kalashnikov sniper rifle
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Bizon · Gepard sub-machine gun
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ACE (assault rifles) · 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) · M85 (carbine) · M90 (assault rifle) · M91 (sniper rifle) · M92 (carbine) · M21 (assault rifle)
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M76 (assault rifle) · M78 (machine gun) · M82 (assault rifle) · Rk 62 (assault rifle) · Rk 95 Tp (assault rifle)
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