AO-35_assault_rifle

AO-35 assault rifle

AO-35 assault rifle

Soviet assault rifle

The AO-35 is a prototype assault rifle of Soviet origin.[1][2] The weapon is an AK-47 derivative using a laminated wood stock to decrease its weight.

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A 5.45×39mm version existed; it entered the 1968 trials for the new 5.45×39mm assault rifle, but it was rejected; ultimately the AK-74 was adopted for this role some years later.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Small Arms Illustrated, 2010.[full citation needed]
  2. [2]
    На пути к Абакану accessed 27 June 2017. (in Russian)
  3. [3]
    Monetchikov, Sergei (2005). История русского автомата [The History of Russian Assault Rifle] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps. pp. 138–141. ISBN 978-5-98655-006-0.

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