AO-35 assault rifle

AO-35
Type Assault rifle
Place of origin Soviet Union
Production history
Designer Aleksandr Shilin
Specifications
Cartridge 7.62×39mm or 5.45×39mm
Caliber 7.62 mm or 5.45 mm
Action Gas operated
Feed system 30-round detachable box magazine
Sights Iron sights

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.

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 would be adopted for this role some years later.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Small Arms Illustrated, 2010.
  2. ↑ На пути к Абакану (Russian)
  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 5-98655-006-4.

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