AK47 &.62mm USSR 1974 onwards with folding metal butt
Assault rifles are primary offensive weapons of modern troops. Today's AR (Assault Rifles) usually have calibers ranging from to , magazine capacity of 20-30 or more rounds, selective full auto and single shot modes of fire, plus, in some models, 2 or 3 round burst mode. Effective range of fire is some 600 meters or so; effective rate of fire - up to 400-500 rounds per minute in full auto mode. Many assault rifles shown here are, in fact, parts of whole families of assault firearms (from short carbines to light machineguns - Steyr AUG is a good example). Almost all AR's may be equipped with bayonet, optical or Night Vision scope/sight and, some of them, with underbarrel grenade launcher or rifle grenade launcher (rifle grenades usually are put on the barrel and fired with a blank cartridge). Todays trends in AR design are wide usage of hardened plastics and lightweight alloys and built-in holographic (collimator) or optical scopes with magnitfication of 1X to 4-6X (usually 1X or ).
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Location: weapons Collection HQ Land Warfare Center Warminster BA12 0DJ
Photo credit: © andrew chittock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: &.62mm, 1974, ak47, ar, assault, austria, butt, carbine, folding, infantry, italy, metal, onwards, ri, rifle, ussr, weapon
