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[[File:AK-12 final.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-12 - 5.45x39mm. This is the production version, unveiled in 2017 and adopted for service in 2018. It is almost identical to the 2016 model, save for a different color scheme; some versions of the 2016 model also had a different front sight.]] | [[File:AK-12 final.jpg|thumb|right|400px|AK-12 - 5.45x39mm. This is the production version, unveiled in 2017 and adopted for service in 2018. It is almost identical to the 2016 model, save for a different color scheme; some versions of the 2016 model also had a different front sight.]] | ||
[[File:AK-12 2012.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Prototype AK-12 - 5.45x39mm. This is the 2012 model, and the one most commonly found in video games. | [[File:AK-12 2012.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Prototype AK-12 - 5.45x39mm. This is the 2012 model, and the one most commonly found in video games. It is almost identical to the earlier version seen below, with the main differences being the ПР-1-3-АВ selector (as opposed to П-О-З-А), the left-side folding stock and the different pistol grip.]] | ||
[[File:Ak-12.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Prototype AK-12 - 5.45x39mm]] | [[File:Ak-12.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Prototype AK-12 - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
[[File:AK-200.jpg|400px|thumb|right|AK-200 prototype with ACOG scope, folding iron sights, side-folding skeletonized stock, and weaponlight foregrip - 5.45x39mm]] | [[File:AK-200.jpg|400px|thumb|right|AK-200 prototype with ACOG scope, folding iron sights, side-folding skeletonized stock, and weaponlight foregrip - 5.45x39mm]] | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 13 April 2020
The AK-12 is the latest entry in the legendary Kalashnikov series of rifles. It was developed to replace the AK-74M and the AK-100 series of rifles that was field tested in 2011. While praised by then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Russian Defense Ministry chose not to adopt the AK-12 due to millions of AK-74 rifles still in stockpile. However this changed in 2015, and in 2017 the AK-12 was being trialed for introduction into the Russian military, competing against the A-545 with the intent of eventually phasing out the AK-74M. Finally, the AK-12 and the AK-15 mentioned below entered Russian service in 2018.
Initially, the AK-12 didn't have a designation for the different calibers (unlike the previous AKs, particularly the 100-series), but in 2016 the version chambered in 7.62x39mm received its own designation, AK-15, while the standard AK-12 maintains the use of the 5.45x39mm cartridge. In the early prototype stages (until Jan 2012), the AK-12 was known as AK-200 and it looked more like an AK-74M/101/103 fitted with rails. Note that the "AK-200" name is now being used on a different AK series intended as an improvement over the 100-series, and that the SR-1 balanced-action sporting rifle based on the AK-107 was also named "AK-15" during its development.
The AK-12 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
AK-12
Specifications
(2011 - Present)
- Type: Assault Rifle (AK-12, AK-15), Carbine (AK-12K, AK-15K). Prototypes were proposed to feature easily changeable modular parts that can configure the weapon to multiple different roles. Whether or not these alternate-role prototypes were made is unconfirmed.
- Calibers:
- Current versions (2016 onwards): 5.45x39mm (AK-12), 7.62x39mm M43 (AK-15)
- Proposed alternate calibers, prototyping unconfirmed: 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO, 12 gauge (AK-12/76 shotgun)
- Weight: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)
- Length: 34.6 in (88 cm), 37 in (94 cm) (27.2 in (69 cm) with stock folded)
- Barrel length: 16.3 in (41.5 cm)
- Capacity:
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/2-Round Burst/Full-Auto (earlier prototypes had a 3-round burst option instead of 2)
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation 7 | AK-12 | 2014 prototype, chambered in 7.62x39mm, added in 2016 update | 2006 | |
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | AK200 AK-12 |
With EOTech red dot sight or ACOG scope | AK-200 prototype and AK-12 2012 prototype, added in patches | 2007 |
| Cross Fire | AK-12 | 2012 prototype, added in post-release update | 2007 | |
| Combat Arms | AK-12 | 2012 prototype. Added via "Operation: Motherland" content update in 2013 | 2008 | |
| Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | AK-200 | With Tapco folding stock. Can be fitted with various optional accessories | AK-200 prototype, chambered in 7.62x39mm | 2012 |
| Warface | AK-12 | Final production model; added via update in 2019 | 2012 | |
| Battlefield 4 | AK-12 | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype. Also available in carbine (AK-12U), light machine gun (RPK-12), shotgun (AK-12/76) and designated marksman rifle (SVK-12) versions | 2013 |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | AK-12 | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype | 2013 |
| Counter-Strike Online 2 | 2012 prototype, chambered in 7.62x39mm, added in 2014 update | 2013 | ||
| Contract Wars | AK-12 | Foregrip, red dot sight, 50-round extended magazine | 2012 prototype | 2014 |
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | AK12 | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype | 2014 |
| Survarium | AK-12 | 2012 prototype, chambered in 6.5x39mm Grendel | 2014 | |
| Time Crisis 5 | Aimpoint red dot, laser sight, flash light, vertical foregrip and M4 type collapsible stock | 2012 prototype; unusable | 2015 | |
| Killing Floor 2 | Kobra red dot sight and a vertical foregrip | 2012 prototype | 2015 | |
| Rainbow Six: Siege | Wrap around pistol grip, various optional accessories | 2012 prototype | 2015 | |
| ArmA III | AK-12 | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype, chambered in 7.62x39mm, added in 2016 Apex DLC | 2013 |
| RPK-12 | Mockups of 2012 prototypes, chambered in 7.62x39mm, added in 2019 Contact DLC | |||
| "AKU-12" | ||||
| Payday 2 | "AK17" | Various optional accessories | 2016 model, added with the "Gage Russian Weapon Pack" DLC in 2017 | 2013 |
| Ghost Recon: Wildlands | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype | 2017 | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | AK 12 | 2012 prototype; cut from the game | 2017 | |
| Black Squad | "AK12 GL" | Kobra sight, GP-30 and AN-PEQ/15 | 2012 prototype | 2017 |
| Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare | 2012 prototype | 2018 | ||
| Ironsight | AK-12 | Various optional accessories | 2012 prototype | 2018 |
| World War 3 | AK-15 | 2014 AK-12 prototype, chambered in 7.62x39mm | 2018 | |
| Ring of Elysium | "AK-15" | 5.45x39mm AK-12, final production model; added via update | 2018 | |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 2012 prototype | 2019 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts | "MKA-12" | 2012 prototype | 2019 | |
| CrossFire X | Airsoft replica of the 2015 prototype | 2020 |
RPK-16
Specifications
(2016 - Present)
- Type: Light Machine Gun
- Caliber: 5.45x39mm
- Weight: 9.9 lbs (4.5 kg)
- Length:
- With short barrel: 35.4 in (90 cm) (25.6 in (65 cm) with stock folded)
- With long barrel: 42.5 in (108 cm) (32.7 in (83 cm) with stock folded)
- Barrel length: 14.6 in (37 cm), 19.7 in (50 cm)
- Capacity: 95-round drum magazine, 30 and 45-round box magazines, AK-74 type magazines
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escape from Tarkov | RPK-16 5.45x39 light machine gun | 15 and 22" barrel, 5.45x39 muzzle devices, any AK pistol grip, buffer stock and AK-74 mag, Zenit RP-1 | Added in v0.11.0.2448 patch | 2018 |