- AK-9
AK-9 is the latest model of the popular
Kalashnikov rifle series. Publicly introduced in August 2007, it is a variant of theAKS-74U chambered for the9 x 39 mm subsonic cartridge.In 2006, Russian authorities wanted the
Izhmash factory to design a rifle with Kalashnikov properties, but suitable to be used inspecial operations . Factory manager Vladimir Grodetsky stated that the rifle was for special forces for anti-terrorist operations. Alexei Dragunov, one of the designers of AK-9, says "It shoots virtually without a sound and it can go through a bullet-proof vest". AK-9 is also lighter than earlier Kalashnikov models.The AK-9 appears to be a competitor to the
AS Val and9A-91 , which have already seen Russian military and police service. In the early 1990s,KBP Instrument Design Bureau 's subsidiary, TSKIB SOO developed an unsuppressed AKS-74U variant in 9 x 39 mm : theOC-11 Tiss . Series production of the Tiss was never started.External links
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AS Val
*OTs-14 Groza
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