How an AKS-74U works

In 1973, a design competition (codenamed “Modern“—Модерн) was started for the adoption of a carbine. In 1977 the GRAU decided to adopt Kalashnikov’s model, which was largely a shortened AKS-74, because it was no worse than the competition in terms of performance, and promised significant production cost savings by utilizing existing equipment for the AK-74 line. A final round of large scale testing with Kalashinkov’s model was performed by airborne divisions in the Transcaucasian Military District in March 1977. The AKS-74U (“U“—Russian: укороченный; Ukorochenniy, or “shortened“) was officially adopted in 1979, and given the official, but seldom used GRAU designation 6P26. In 1993 production stopped. #AKS-74U AKS-74U: full disassembly & assembly Don’t try to recreate what you see in this video, as this is gameplay. This video was created using the game World of Guns: