Type Assault rifle Designed 1965 Cartridge 5.45×39mm | Place of origin Soviet Union Manufacturer TsNIITochMash | |
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Designer Peter Andreevich Tkachev | ||
The AO-38 is a 5.45×39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System (BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's. Its derivatives are the AK-107 and AEK-971.
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