Subdivisions of the Eastern Military District will be rearmed with a new AK-12 assault rifle

The Ministry of Defense has decided to re-equip the units of the Eastern Military District with a new AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifle. This was reported by the press service of the military department.

According to the report, large consignments of new assault rifles will be delivered to the district within the framework of the state defense order this year. The first receipts are expected in the summer.

The first new AK-12s will enter service with the reconnaissance and motorized rifle units of the combined arms army of the Air Defense Forces deployed in the Amur Region, the Jewish Autonomy and the Khabarovsk Territory.

The AK-12 assault rifle has three firing modes: single shots, automatic fire, burst with a cutoff of two shots. On weapon a removable muzzle brake-compensator is installed, it is possible to install a low-noise and flameless firing device. The buttstock is foldable, adjustable in length, there is a Picatinny rail on the receiver. A 40-mm grenade launcher is installed on the machine.

The Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle was adopted by the main branches of the armed forces of the combined-arms formations of the Ground Forces, the Airborne Forces and the navy in 2018. In the AK-12 troops, the 5,45-mm caliber will mainly replace the AK-74M. The assault rifle was developed as part of the Ratnik program and is included in it as one of the elements of a promising complex for equipping fighters of the RF Armed Forces.

Brief specifications AK-12:

Caliber: mm 5.45x39
Weapon length in combat position: 880-940 mm
Length with folded butt: 690 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Weight with empty magazine: 3.5 kg
Rate of Shooting: 700 rounds per minute
Store capacity: 30 cartridges

Comments

[dSK]

And where is the AK-74M - in metal or in the Donbas?

[Maz]

Better an AK-12 than having nothing but an AK-74. Besides, picatinny is a good thing. The recoil is again less. The sighting line is almost twice as large. The weight is the same, with obvious advantages. The barrel withstands more for shooting, grooves and ventilation are present, shops with marks and windows. Folding "orthopedic" stock. And you can teach it quickly, the same AK only povyezhivatestey, more precisely, more conveniently and more comfortably. Native "KDVO" - VVO will come in handy just right. Good luck. Amen.

[Jolly Roger]

Oh, how, a whole ode to the machine came from you. Time will tell how Katya Strizhenova speaks. Let's see how he will show himself in service in the troops.

[loki565]

And if you play around with recoil buffers, then the rate of fire can be increased, but this is not for everyone)))

[Luty]

I would like to believe that the quality of the product will not disappoint. And if they save on steels and workers' qualifications, then it's too early to rejoice.

[Flooding]

Quote: Luty

And if they save on steels and workers' qualifications, then it's too early to rejoice

why all of a sudden?
so far there have been no complaints about the quality of Kalash

[Luty]

In retail, for the second year already, the mass of SHP and MMG AK 12 guess where they came from. Are the people accustomed to the new or the marriage is realized?

[Flooding]

Quote: Luty

In retail, for the second year already, the mass of SHP and MMG AK 12 guess where they came from. Are the people accustomed to the new or the marriage is realized?

not good at fortune-telling

[paul3390]

so far there have been no complaints about the quality of Kalash

I don’t know how the AK is, but it’s impossible to look at some Saigas of their own production without shuddering .. And they say the same people do on the same lines ... The main table is aiming bars and flies .. Either they plant crookedly, then they generally manage to barrel squeeze .. I saw a specimen, which did not have enough fly hound to take out the front sight .. Side strips again. Some poor fellows even had to look for an inclined crown. Well, the classics - they will not learn how to remove chamfers normally in the chamber .. Until you do it yourself - as much as the shavings fly when feeding .. And you can cut your finger if you put it into the chamber. I'm not talking about the rest of the little things ..

They say that all the bullshit began when effective managers decided to cut costs by slaughtering the number of OTK control points.

[Ingenegr]

Already received, and more than once. It's just that in our current realities, these complaints are put with the device.

[Incvizitor]

It would be nice if these slats were removable.

[paul3390]

All these newfangled forend with pribludy is certainly good, but if you drop it into the mud, then you get bogged down then pick it out of all the slots and holes .. It's easier to remove the forend and rinse it. Checked.

[Aag]

Quote: Maz

Better an AK-12 than having nothing but an AK-74. Besides, picatinny is a good thing. The recoil is again less. The sighting line is almost twice as large. The weight is the same, with obvious advantages. The barrel withstands more for shooting, grooves and ventilation are present, shops with marks and windows. Folding "orthopedic" stock. And you can teach it quickly, the same AK only povyezhivatestey, more precisely, more conveniently and more comfortably. Native "KDVO" - VVO will come in handy just right. Good luck. Amen.

"... Better an AK-12 than having nothing but an AK-74."
Some kind of incomprehensible statement ...
As for me, in a number of subdivisions, services, and AKM it is not that it will "come off", but it will be preferable ... A transparent store is also possible there ...))
About the barrel resource ... For myself personally ... I would prefer a very used AKM.

[Jolly Roger]

Quote: AAG

For myself personally ... I would prefer a heavily used AKM.

You are not alone - the time-tested and reliable is better than the incomprehensible new.

[Aag]

Quote: Jolly Roger

Quote: AAG

For myself personally ... I would prefer a heavily used AKM.

You are not alone - the time-tested is better than the incomprehensible new.

By the way, it seems like here, on VO, there was an article on AK-12. From the design of the designers to the actual production, little has come ... Accordingly, it seems like a good idea was screwed up.
I hope the shooters will catch up and chew ...
On my own behalf, I can only say that it was not possible to shoot with AKM lower than "good."

[Zaurbek]

The receiver, it seems, began to mill again

[Aag]

Quote: Zaurbek

The receiver, it seems, began to mill again

Thank you for comfort ..
It seems like one of the main complaints when simplifying production was ...
... But the AKM with a stamped serious machine was remembered by many))) ...

[Zaurbek]

Then there were no 5 coordinate CNC machines ..... the stamp is simpler, but worse. Galil and Finns left the milled box right away.

[Novichek]

I completely agree with AKM, the best steel was produced in the 70s, and only then ..,.

[YOUR]

Why a transparent store?
If in order to visually check how many cartridges are left, then it's not even funny. During the battle, only time will be to see how many cartridges I still have left there.
The most effective method is to equip the 3rd or 4th tracer. Saw the tracer is gone, it's time for a new store.

[Aag]

Quote: YOUR

Why a transparent store?
If in order to visually check how many cartridges are left, then it's not even funny. During the battle, only time will be to see how many cartridges I still have left there.
The most effective method is to equip the 3rd or 4th tracer. Saw the tracer is gone, it's time for a new store.

Most of the submachine guns in the Armed Forces have not seen battles, especially the intensity of which you write about, and there are plenty of situations when you need to check the number of cartridges.
With tracers, too, not everything is simple ... Not always there, not always needed (sometimes harmful, fire hazardous, unmasking the arrow) ... shooting ...

[abrakadabre]

The recoil is again less.

Hmm ... How is the return lower? The cartridge is the same, plus or minus weight is the same (taking into account the plastic / metal magazine). Newton's laws seem to be still valid. So what's the trick?

[YOUR]

Quote: Maz

The sighting line is almost twice as large.

Yes more, but where did you see it almost twice?
Sighting AK-74M - 379 mm
Sighting line length AK-12 - 414 mm
35 mm larger

[AVA77]

Even in Honduras. Money is not superfluous.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

I hope they will find buyers for the old weapons. Maybe he will go to Afghanistan. There, too, people want to shoot ... at American "friends".

[dgonni]

There the mountains love 7.62!
And I give him preference. Although less accurate and necessary skill. But that's the caliber. And these little things are about nothing.

[Zaurbek]

It's not a problem . The patron is the same. It's just that new ones will start releasing them. The old ones are to be realized.

[Aag]

Quote: AVA77

Even in Honduras. Money is not superfluous.

And what are we going to do with prestige?
Do not let us find the times when they will say: "We must take China, this is not a Russian pod-ka" ...

[Konnick]

The prime cost of AKM in the 70s was 35 rubles. I wonder how much this one sells.

[figwam]

Quote from dsk

Where is the AK-74M - in metal or in Donbas

Weapons will be stored in warehouses for decades, in case of war.

[Blackgrifon]

Quote from dsk

And where is the AK-74M - in metal or in the Donbas?

Upgrade. The program is, like, "Body kit". After rearmament - to mobile warehouses.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Blackgrifon

Where is the AK-74M

To distribute to those who wish .... I would take it!

[Blackgrifon]

Automatic weapons for ordinary people? No, no, not worth it. Short-barreled, etc. I still understand, but a personal machine gun ...

[filalex79]

5,45 shitty caliber!

[timeout]

Quote: filalex79

5,45 shitty caliber!

And why is he bad? Please clarify.

[mvg]

The whole world is trying to move from 5.56 to 6.5, with us, as usual: The best, the Enemy of the good. The bulletproof vest drives.

[Zaurbek]

It's not an easy thing .... to change the caliber. And within the framework of NATO too ..... cartridge 6.5 in the USSR worked out. In the USA they want to replace both 5.56 x45 and 7.62x51 ...

[Bagatur]

6.8x43 replaces 5.56x45 in the USA. Then, whether NATO allies want it or not ...

[Nestor Vlakhovski]

This whole world is bad us tries, single special forces are switching to alternative cartridges, and combined arms armies continue to purchase and develop weapons for a standard cartridge. The vest protects ~ 15-20% of the frontal area of ​​the body, but even if it hits the armor plate, the armor-plating injury will be noticeable.

[Zaurbek]

The funny thing is that these modern 7.62x39, 5.45x39 and 7.62x51, 5.56x45 at one time ousted a bunch of different calibers all over the world and a bunch of small arms systems. Now the task is simpler - there is a single AK or AR-15 and you need to change the caliber ...

[Nestor Vlakhovski]

there is a single AK or AR-15 and it is necessary to change the caliber.

who needs? At the existing technological level, replacement of a cartridge is an overflow from empty to empty. Increase the mass of the bullet - the recoil momentum will greatly increase.
Increase the caliber - the ballistics will fall. Increase the bullet speed - again an increase in recoil, cartridge and weapon dimensions.
If you change Kalash with ARs, then for a weapon under some kind of cylindrical cartridge with a detonation propellant.

[Zaurbek]

Well, it's not for me to judge .... but the minds of the world are beating. Probably, they rely on something.

[bunta]

Quote: Luty

I would like to believe that the quality of the product will not disappoint. And if they save on steels and workers' qualifications, then it's too early to rejoice.

Yeah already:

From TG channel "Sladkov +"

[bunta]

From the same place, from TG "Sladkov +"

[bunta]

Surprisingly, in spite of the assurances of the "experts" about the inevitable pro..boy stub, it stands still.

[Azimuth]

Quote: Maz

Better an AK-12 than having nothing but an AK-74. Besides, picatinny is a good thing. The recoil is again less. The sighting line is almost twice as large. The weight is the same, with obvious advantages. The barrel withstands more for shooting, grooves and ventilation are present, shops with marks and windows. Folding "orthopedic" stock. And you can teach it quickly, the same AK only povyezhivatestey, more precisely, more conveniently and more comfortably. Native "KDVO" - VVO will come in handy just right. Good luck. Amen.

This UTIL machine is still at the development stage. The heads of those sawmakers from the Kalashnikov Group and the Moscow region would have to be taken off
We did it, trained it, got our hands on it, trained the young and go ahead - bring out the worthy, modern into the series. And instead of that, a slight upgrade of the level of the tapped AMATEURS from the Hansa or wherever there are super arrows, anika warriors with white tickets.
This could not be accepted into service, could be considered as a transitional model and nothing more.

[Azimuth]

Quote: Zaurbek

It's not an easy thing .... to change the caliber. And within the framework of NATO too ..... cartridge 6.5 in the USSR worked out. In the USA they want to replace both 5.56 x45 and 7.62x51 ...

Serbs are moving to Grendel, what is our problem? ...
Moreover, it is on our sleeve from 7,62x39 and is already being produced here.

[Zaurbek]

How many machines do Serbs need in pieces? And how much in the Russian Federation and how much is in reserve with the old calibers of 7,62 and 5,45 mm?

[Alf]

Interesting system of grip with the left hand in the photo ... Still holding the barrel.

[Azimuth]

Quote: Zaurbek

How many machines do Serbs need in pieces? And how much in the Russian Federation and how much is in reserve with the old calibers of 7,62 and 5,45 mm?

Well, if you talk like that, then maybe it was not worth removing the three-line from service, but PPSh with PPS? ...
Can you imagine the annual consumption of cartridges of current calibers in the troops? Plus supplies zabugor to comrades in mind ...

The replacement is ongoing and this is not a problem.

[Basarev]

What is left of that really breakthrough machine from the time of the first mentions in it? Now the AK-12 is nothing more than a cosmetic kit for the finally technically outdated AK-74M. The country needs a completely new assault rifle, perhaps even outside the Kalashnikov system. And yes, the question of accuracy must be resolved. To this day we lag behind the laggards.