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AK-9, the Glossary

The AK-9 is a Russian 9×39mm compact rifle.^[1]

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9×39mm firearms
Assault rifles of Russia
Izhevsk machine-building plant products
Silenced firearms

AK-100 (rifle family)

The AK-100 family is a series of Kalashnikov rifles, based upon the AK-74M, intended for export sales. AK-9 and aK-100 (rifle family) are assault rifles of Russia and Kalashnikov derivatives.

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AK-104

The AK-104 is a carbine variant of the AK-103. AK-9 and aK-104 are assault rifles of Russia, Kalashnikov derivatives and military equipment introduced in the 2000s.

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The AK-12, "Avtomat Kalashnikova, 2012" (GRAU index 6P70) is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm designed and manufactured by the Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash), making it the fifth generation of Kalashnikov rifles. AK-9 and aK-12 are assault rifles of Russia and Kalashnikov derivatives.

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AK-74

The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM. AK-9 and aK-74 are assault rifles of Russia and Kalashnikov derivatives.

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AS Val and VSS Vintorez

The AS Val "Shaft" (Russian: АС «Вал»; Автома́т Специа́льный, romanized: Avtomát Spetsiálny "Val", lit. 'Special Automatic') and VSS Vintorez "Thread Cutter" (Russian: ВСС «Винторе́з» Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, romanized: Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya "Vintorez", lit. AK-9 and aS Val and VSS Vintorez are 9×39mm firearms, assault rifles of Russia and silenced firearms.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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Bolt (firearms)

Bolt from a Karabiner 98k bolt-action rifle. Note the curved handle on the side for manual operation AR-15 bolt carriers AK-74 bolt and firing pin K31 bolt disassembled Slide locked back on a Desert Eagle pistol, showing the gas-operated rotating bolt mechanism A bolt is the part of a repeating, breechloading firearm that blocks the rear opening (breech) of the barrel chamber while the propellant burns, and moves back and forward to facilitate loading/unloading of cartridges from the magazine.

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Brisbane Times

Brisbane Times is an online newspaper for Brisbane and Queensland, Australia.

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Bulletproof vest

A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or a bullet-resistant vest, is an item of body armour that helps absorb the impact and reduce or stop penetration to the torso by firearm-fired projectiles and fragmentation from explosions.

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Carbine

A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length.

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Cartridge (firearms)

A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting.

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Counterterrorism

Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.

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Dovetail rail

A dovetail rail or dovetail mount can refer to several types of sliding rail system found on firearms, primarily for mounting telescopic sights.

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Gas-operated reloading

Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms.

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Iron sights

Iron sights are a system of physical alignment markers (usually made of metallic material) used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons (such as a firearms, airguns, crossbows, and bows (mainly found on recurve bows and compound bows), or less commonly as a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes.

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Kalashnikov Concern

JSC Kalashnikov Concern, known until 2013 as the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, is a Russian defense manufacturing concern and joint-stock company headquartered in the city of Izhevsk in the Republic of Udmurtia as well as the capital city of Moscow.

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Krasnaya Zvezda

Krasnaya Zvezda (Кра́сная звезда́, literally "Red Star") is the official newspaper of the Soviet and later Russian Ministry of Defence.

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Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine).

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Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (p; 10 November 191923 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer.

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Picatinny rail

The 1913 rail (MIL-STD-1913 rail), also known as the Picatinny rail (1913 Picatinny rail etc.) is an American rail integration system designed by Richard Swan that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Receiver (firearms)

In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving") components such as the barrel, stock, trigger mechanism and iron/optical sights.

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Rifle

A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.

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Rotating bolt

Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Silencer (firearms)

A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from the muzzle.

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Special forces

Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.

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Special operations

Special operations or special ops are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are typically conducted by small groups of highly trained personnel, emphasizing sufficiency, stealth, speed, and tactical coordination, commonly known as special forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-9

Also known as AK9.

AK-9, the Glossary

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See also

9×39mm firearms

Assault rifles of Russia

Izhevsk machine-building plant products

Silenced firearms

References