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AK-74

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assault rifles

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8 kg), and the AK-74 version, following later trends in the West, switched to a 5.45-mm cartridge.
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history of AK-47

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…AKM was replaced by the AK-74, which adapted the basic Kalashnikov design to a smaller 5.45-mm round with a higher muzzle velocity of 900 metres per second. A later version of the AK-74, the AK-74M, was the main infantry weapon of the Russian army into the 21st century.
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