Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The export name for this variant is the AIMS-74. [2] History ... This rifle also has a rarely seen short-barrel version, PM md. 94 (model 94 submachine gun), where ...
PM md. 63/65 (AKM/AKMS), PM md. 80, PM md. 90, collectively exported under the umbrella name AIM or AIMS; PA md. 86 (AK-74), exported as the AIMS-74; PM md. 90 short barrel, PA md. 86 short barrel, exported as the AIMR; PSL (designated marksman rifle; other names PSL-54C, Romak III, FPK and SSG-97) Sudan MAZ [18] (based on the Type 56) Turkey
The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (AIM, AIMS), Model 63, 65, 90 assault rifles; Pușcă Automată model 1986 (AIMS-74), Model 86 automatic rifle; Music
The 5.45×39mm cartridge is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge.It was introduced into service in 1974 by the Soviet Union for use with the new AK-74.The 5.45×39mm gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62×39mm cartridge in Soviet and Warsaw Pact service as the primary military service rifle cartridge.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
AK-47 barrel and its distinctive gas block with a horizontal row of gas relief ports. The rifle received a barrel with a chrome-lined bore and four right-hand grooves at a 240 mm (1 in 9.45 in) or 31.5 calibers rifling twist rate. The gas block contains a gas channel that is installed at a slanted angle with the bore axis.
LAPD officers fired launchers in 74 separate incidents last year, Tuesday's report said. But critics say referring to them as "less lethal" is a misnomer because the weapons have the potential to ...