War and Military Atlas

How Battles Were Fought
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Weapons System

AEK-971

Small Arms And Sidearms

The AEK-971 is a Russian selective fire assault rifle chambered in 5.45 by 39 millimeter, developed in 1978 by chief designer Stanislav Ivanovich Koksharov at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant and built around a balanced automatic recoil system meant to keep the weapon steady during fully automatic fire. In production since 1990 and in service since 1980, it is manufactured today by the Degtyarev Plant and has armed Russian military, law enforcement and Spetsnaz special forces units in the Second Chechen War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
5.56x45mm NATO 1
Caliber
7.62x39mm 1
Caliber
5.45x39mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Assault rifle 1
Introduced Year
1990 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Operated By

Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source MilitaryFactory.com: KMZ AEK-971

Used In

Second Chechen War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: AEK-971
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

Degtyarev plant

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: AEK-971
Kalashnikov Concern

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: AEK-971
Sources
1. Wikipedia: AEK-971
  • Infobox, Type
    Assault rifle
  • Infobox: service
    1980-present 2018-present (KORD rifle)
  • Infobox: cartridge
    5.45×39mm (AEK-971, AEK-971S, 6P67 KORD) 5.56×45mm NATO (AEK-972) 7.62×39mm (AEK-973, AEK-973S, 6P68 KORD)
  • Lead section
    The AEK-971 (Russian: Автомат единый Кокшарова 971, "Automatic (rifle), Universal, (of) Koksharov, 971) is a selective fire 5.45×39mm assault rifle that features a balanced automatic recoil system, developed at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ) by chief designer Stanislav Ivanovich Koksharov (Cyrilic: Станислав Иванович Кокшаров), also known as Sergey Koksharov, in the late 1970s and 1980s (currently manufactured by Degtyarev Plant).
  • Used In: Second Chechen War, Infobox: wars
    Second Chechen war 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
View the Source
2. Wikidata: AEK-971
Wikidata Q431634, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
AEK-971 (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q431634 (P729 service entry): 1990
Quote, Wikidata Q431634 (P729 service entry): 1990
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1990.
View the Source
MilitaryFactory.com: KMZ AEK-971
MilitaryFactory.comOperated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
Quote, Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
[ Russia; Soviet Union ]
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.