{"id":3525,"date":"2012-02-16T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/02\/16\/5th-gen-ak\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:40","slug":"5th-gen-ak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3525","title":{"rendered":"The 5th Gen AK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16245,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/rt.com\\\/news\\\/ak-12-kalashnikov-rifle-253&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rt.com\\\/news\\\/ak-12-kalashnikov-rifle-253&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16246,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thefirearmblog.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/16\\\/izhmash-5th-gen-ak-12-photos-and-video&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thefirearmblog.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/02\\\/16\\\/izhmash-5th-gen-ak-12-photos-and-video&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/ak-12-kalashnikov-rifle-253\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia Today has a story<\/a> and a video on the new 5th generation AK which is called the AK-12. The first thing I noticed immediately is that it has a much longer sight radius than the earlier versions.<\/p>\n<p>From the Russia Today story:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The Kalashnikov makers claim its has better range, increased fire dispersion, better ergonomics, usability and a potential for configuration changes.<\/p>\n<p>The new weapon is as reliable as the AK-74, the Izmash factory CEO Maksim Kuzyuk says, but the dynamic characteristics differ significantly. It considerably increases the accuracy of shooting. The rifle is capable of firing in three modes: single shot, three shots and automatic fire mode.<\/p>\n<p>Also, AK-12 is capable of using magazines of various types and capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The basic feature of the new rifle is its modularity. It will serve as a basic platform for designing of over 20 modifications of small-arms weapons of various purpose and calibre.<\/p>\n<p>AK-12\u2019s composition allows operating it single-handedly, and can be converted for left or right handed use.  <br \/>\nThe rifle can accommodate night vision and Holo-sights, target indicator, or a light grenade launcher.<\/p>\n<p>The AK-12 is undergoing firing tests in extreme conditions which should be completed by the end of the year. The Russian Ministry of Interior has already agreed to test the AK-12 in its special police units after official certification of the weapon.<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/izhmash-5th-gen-ak-12-photos-and-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve at The Firearm Blog<\/a> has some more comments on this new AK.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia Today has a story and a video on the new 5th generation AK which is called the AK-12.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3119],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ak-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7710,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions\/7710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}