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AK-12 vs AK-74M: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

AK-12, rifle from Russia

AK-12

Rifle, Russia. In service since 2018

What gives it away

AK profile in black polymer, with a full-length top rail on a hinged dust cover and a telescoping stock.

Used by

Russia

Photo: Виталий Кузьмин ( http://vitalykuzmin.net/ ), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
AK-74M, rifle from Soviet Union

AK-74M

Rifle, Soviet Union. In service since 1991

What gives it away

Long curved magazine, cylindrical two-chamber muzzle brake, side-folding polymer stock and the rear sight just in front of the dust cover.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine and many others

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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