The AO-38 is a 5.45x39mm assault rifle and AK derivative designed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev and

An AO-38
first to use the Balanced Automatic Recoil System(BARS) to improve stability giving better accuracy over AK-74's. It s derivatives are the AK-107 and AEK-971
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- AO-38
- "Солдат удачи" номер 9 (72) 2000 Д.Ширяев "Кто изобрел автомат Калашникова"