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| Kalashnikov to Supply Modernized AK-15 Assault Rifle to Army by End of Year |
| 2025-08-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On August 10, the Kalashnikov Concern presented a line of modernized AK-15 assault rifles at the shooting range of the Patriot Park near Moscow. The company plans to begin delivering them to the Russian army in the second half of 2025. This was reported by a Regnum News Agency correspondent. Samples of the latest assault rifles were demonstrated by the enterprise's chief designer for small arms, Sergei Urzhumtsev. He explained that the AK-15 was developed together with the AK-12, but differs in caliber - 7.62 mm, not 5.45 mm. This model was not modernized, since there was no request for it from the Russian Defense Ministry. But in 2025, the situation changed and an order was placed. "Therefore, the enterprise made all the changes to the design of the AK-15 assault rifle that were made to the basic model in 5.45 caliber AK-12. And in this form, it has already passed all cycles of factory and military testing. And we believe that this is already the final version of this assault rifle, which will be supplied to the troops and offered to foreign customers," the chief designer said. The design features of the AK-15 are completely consistent with the AK-12. A shortened and compact version of the AK-15, similar to the 5.45 mm caliber modifications, with identical tactical and technical characteristics, have also been developed. In addition, the concern has created a variant for the 7.62 mm cartridge based on the latest RPL-20 machine gun. This variant has already received approval from the Russian Defense Ministry. It is planned that deliveries of this type of weapon to the troops will begin in 2026. The RPL-20 machine gun was presented to the public in May. It is the first belt-fed machine gun created by the Kalashnikov concern. The placement of the cartridge box at the bottom allows for the installation of a Picatinny rail on the weapon, designed for mounting a sight and other accessories. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 AKs made by private companies are great weapons. By Russia nowdays.... not so much. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-08-11 09:31 |
| #2 ^^ I love my AK! |
| Posted by: badanov 2025-08-11 07:01 |
| #1 And it will be made as shoddy as the AK-12 was. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-08-11 00:53 |