AN-94 ABAKAN

This is the Nikonov AN-94 “Abakan” assault rifle. The only thing it has in common with AK-47 is a standard magazine chambered for 5.45×39 and some superficial similarities. And that’s all. The fire mode switch for the right-hand thumb, the off-centered and tilted magazine, the stock folding to the right, the complex diopter sight, the movable barrel, the oddly shaped recoil compensator – all these are revealed by more detailed consideration. But if you remove the top cover of the receiver… Some rollers and cables immediately grab your eye. You realize having disassembled this puzzle, you will not fit the whole thing together soon.

The AN-94 was developed as a more modern replacement for the Kalashnikov assault rifle, which shooting accuracy no longer met the requirements of the time.

And “Abakan” surpassed AK in accuracy, being able to basically put a bullet in a bullet when firing double shots due to the fact that it had time to fire a second bullet before the shooter got the recoil from the first shot.