Bulgaria: AK-74, AKS-74, AKS-74U used by the Bulgarian Armed Forces, produced locally. Phased out in the military favor of the older AK-47 and AKM rifles, presumably because of the wider availability of 7.62x39mm in Bulgaria.

Dec 24, 2021 · At its heart, the Krinkov is an AKS-74U — a Russian assault rifle that came to be in 1979. Shortly after the AK-74 saw adoption, a competition began to produce a very short and handy carbine that rode the line between a rifle and a submachine gun. The requirements were simple. First, it needed to weigh less than 4.85 pounds or 2.2 kilos.

The Kalashnikov AKS-74U compact assault rifle, colloquially known in the West as the “Krink” or “Krinkov” was officially adopted by the Soviet army in 1978 and mass-produced in the USSR and later Russia until 1993.

The AKS-74U fires the 5.45x39mm Soviet round from a 30 round detachable box magazine. The 45 round magazine of the RPK-74 light machine gun can be used as well. The AKS-74U is a select fire rifle with a cyclic rate of fire of 650 to 735 rpm.

Feb 12, 2016 · When I was in Russia almost 15 years ago, I had contact with some Russian special police units. One thing I quickly noticed was that you could tell how hardcore the police units were by whether they had 5.45x39mm AKS-74Us. The standard militia (police) weapon at that time was the Makarov PM.

May 23, 2014 · The goal of this guide is to combine the entire community's knowledge on Tula AKS-74U's into a single thread, in the spirit and style of Tantal's invaluable AK-74 guide.

Nov 1, 2016 · Running concurrent with the design and adoption of the new 5.45x39mm 7N6 round, the attempt to create a compact assault rifle was introduced under Project “Modern”.

Jun 25, 2009 · The AK-74M is basically a very late production AKS-74 with a number of notable improvements. It almost immediately replaced both the AK-74 and AKS-74 in the Russian procurement system once it was officially adopted by the military in 1991.

The AKS-74U, referred to by many as the "Krinkov", is a compact variant of the AK74. Its design began in the mid 1970's and was adopted in 1979 where it was issued to Russian paratroopers, Spetsnaz (special forces), artillery crews, pilots and vehicle crews.

Nov 11, 2016 · The AKS-74U is a specialized shortened version of the world’s most famous assault rifle. When the Soviets adopted the Kalashnikov 7.62 mm rifle, they abandoned their submachine guns, but in later years realized that they had been too hasty and needed a more compact weapon for occupants of vehicles.