ROSOBORONEXPORT - LAND FORCES WEAPONS

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5.56mm AK101 and AK102

ASSAULT RIFLES

INFANTRY WEAPONS

Assault Rifles

Mission

automatic fire. A selector lever, which is also a safety catch, blocks the trigger and sear when activated. An open-type sighting system includes a foresight and an adjustable sector type sight. A complete set of the assault rifle includes luminous heads, mounted on the fore and back sights. Also, the AK101 assault rifle can mount the GP-25 (GP-30) grenade launcher, which improves its combat capabilities drastically. The rifles are fed from a two-row 30-round curved box magazine. The assault rifles have a standard attachment point for various optical or optronic sights and a folding plastic butt, as well as an upgraded muzzle brake/compensator and an ergonomic plastic forestock. They also feature a more robust lid of the barrel chamber. New materials and special lacquering and bonderite of assault rifles’ metal parts ensure long service life of the weapons even in adverse weather. AK101 and AK102 can fire all types of 5.56x45mm rounds. The AK101-1 version features a simpler design of the trigger mechanism, which provides single fire only, while the AK-102-1 derivative has the trigger mechanism, allowing both single and automatic fire plus threeround burst capability.

The AK101 and AK102 Kalashnikov assault rifles have been designed for export use with the associated 5.56x45mm NATO rounds. The AK101’s barrel is 415mm-long, while that of AK102 is 314mm-long. Both assault rifles retained the best of Kalashnikov weapons characteristics.

General description AK101 and AK102 are of standard design. The assault rifles are gas-operated, with the barrel blocked by a rotating breech. A cocktype trigger mechanism ensures single and

Basic specifications Cartridge Muzzle velocity, m/s Effective range of fire, m Weight, kg: empty loaded Length, mm Barrel length, mm Groove spacing Magazine capacity, rds Rate of fire, rds/min

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AK101 5.56x45 910 1,000

AK102 5.56x45 850 500

3.6 3.2 4.0 3.6 943/704 824/586 (butt folded) (butt folded) 415 314 178 178 30 30 up to 40 (single shots) up to 100 (short bursts) 600 (cyclic)

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