The rifle was proposed as the general issue assault rifle for the Russian Army, but as of late September 2013, the Russian Defense Ministry chose not to adopt the AK-12 for military use.

What that means is that the stock of the weapon can be folded to either side of the weapon or the stock can be extended out or shortened for better control. The AK-12 stock is telescoping, in-line with the barrel for better recoil control. The AK-12 uses the same gas-operated long-stroke piston system of previous Kalashnikov based rifles, but this new Kalashnikov rifle has some new designs that make it vastly different from the other rifles in the family.įor starters, the light version of the rifle can swap calibers by a quick change of the barrel, you can change from the 5.45x39mm caliber to the 7.62x39mm caliber and the 5.56x45mm caliber.Įrgonomically the AK-12 is also different from previous designs.

The AK-12, formerly the AK-200, is the latest Russian assault rifle derived of the infamous Kalashnikov AK-47.

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