The AO-27 was a

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assault rifle, chambered for the 7.62 mm fin-stabilized flechette

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round. The flechette itself had a body diameter of 3 mm. The overall length of the round was 63 mm, and the flechette 55 mm. The weight of the round was 10.5

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s, with 2.4 grams the weight of the flechette.

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Flechette firearms Kalashnikov derivatives Assault rifles of the Soviet Union Trial and research firearms of the Soviet Union {{Rifle-stub

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