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AO-38
Type	Assault rifle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	P.A. Tkachev
Designed	1965
Manufacturer	TsNIITochMash
Specifications
Cartridge	5.45x39mm
Action	Gas
Feed system	30 round box magazine
Sights	Iron

The AO-38 is a 5.45x39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System(BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's. Its derivatives are the AK-107 and AEK-971.

References

• AO-38
• "Солдат удачи" номер 9 (72) 2000 Д.Ширяев "Кто изобрел автомат Калашникова"

See also

• AEK-971
• AN-94
• AK-107
• AL-7

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