THE AKS-74U 4.85MM ASSAULT RIFLE

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06904632
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2019-01649
• Publication Date: April 6, 1989

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-16411SIELpBJ: THE AKS-74U 4.85MM ASSAULT RIFLE
Identifiers:
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Dates:
Date Published: 06-Apr-1989 08:16:00
Date Received: 06-Apr-1989 08:16:00
Coverage:
Region: COUNTRY: USSR
Publisher:
#1
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: CIA
#2
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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Warnings: ICHNLE) WARNING: INFORMATION R ORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
ENTIA L--WNINEL DIST- 06 APRIL 1989
COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: THE AKS-74U 4.85MM ASSAULT RIFLE
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS C 0
SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS LIMITED
INFORMATION ON THE AKS-74U 4.85MM ASSAULT RIFLE
SERIAL:
PASS:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT CLASS CONFIDENTIA L--WNINTEL
DIST: 06 APRIL 1989
COUNTRY: USSR
SUBJ: THE AKS-74U 4.85MM ASSAULT RIFLE
DOI:
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SUMMARY: THIS REPO FT CONTAINS LIMITED INFORMATION ON THE AKS-74U
4 85MM ASSAULT RIFLE
TEXT: 1.
WERE ISSUED AKS-74 5.45MM ASSAULT RIFLES.
PERSONNEL WERE INSTRUCTED TO TURN IN THESE WEAPONS
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2. THE NEW ASSAULT RIFLES WERE DESIGNATED (b)(1)
A-74!. THE LETTER "U" (FOR UKOROROCHENNYY - SHORTENED) INDICATED (b)(3)
THAT THE AKS-74U HAD A SHORTER BARREL THAN THE (b)(1)
AKS-74. IT ALSO HAD A FOLDING STOCK AND CONVENTIONAL IRON SIGHTS. (b)(3)
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AKS-74U AND THE AKS-74, HOWEVER, WAS
THE AKS-74U WAS CHAMBERED FOR A NEW 4.85MM CARTRIDGE, THE ROUND FOR
WHICH WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THAT OF THE 5.45MM CARTRIDGE.
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3 FIRED THE AKS-74U
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RANGES OF 100 OR 200
COMPARABLE TO THAT OF
THE AKS-74U COULD
METERS.
AKS-74
PROVIDE
NOT
ACQ
DISSEM.
THE ACCURACY SEEMED
5.45MM. THE PERSONNEL
ACCURATE AIMED FIRE
FIRE AT THIS RANGE.
TO BE ROUGHLY
WERE TOLD THAT
TO A RANGE OF 500
METERS BUT THE UNIT DID
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INVOLVED.
OFFICER.
OF OVERALL DOCUMENT.>
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ALL PORTIONS CARRY
WARNING: REPORT CLASS CONF
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS
DECL: OADR BY RECORDED REPORTING
CLASSIFICATION AND CONTROLS
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Collection: CC
Creator:
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: CIA
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Description: (C//NF) None
Language: eng
Precedence: R
Source:
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