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AK-12 vs AKS-74U: 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
AKS-74U, rifle from Soviet Union

AKS-74U

Rifle, Soviet Union. In service since 1979

What gives it away

Very short AK carbine with a bell-shaped muzzle booster, a side-folding skeleton stock and the rear sight on a hinged top cover.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine and many former Soviet states

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