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AO 31

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Type
  
Assault rifle

Designer
  
Sergei Simonov

Place of origin
  
Soviet Union

Designed
  
1962–1965

AO-31

Variants
  
AO-31 (7.62×39mm) AO-31-5 (5.45×39mm) AO-31-6 (7.62×39mm) AO-31-7 (caseless)

Cartridge
  
5.45×39mm, 7.62×39mm, Caseless

The AO-31 was a Soviet fully automatic assault rifle chambered for the 5.45×39mm and 7.62×39mm rounds, developed from 1962 to 1964. The weapon is Simonov's adaption of the AK-47 as a result of its reliability.

AO-31-7

AO-31-7 was a caseless variant of the AO-31 assault rifle.

References

AO-31 Wikipedia