AG-043 (АГ-043) was a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
compact fully automatic
assault rifle or
carbine
A carbine ( or ) is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
The smaller size and lighte ...
chambered for the
5.45×39mm round, developed in 1975. The weapon is a derivative of the earlier and similar
AO-31 which also is
Simonov's adaption of the
AK-47
The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms d ...
.
The AG-043 had folding stock; a version with fixed stock was given the designation AG-042. Both were designed by
Simonov after the
GRAU
The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the ...
launched
Project Modern
The AK-74 ( Russian: , 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. While primarily associated with the Soviet ...
intended to adopt a
carbine
A carbine ( or ) is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
The smaller size and lighte ...
capable of automatic fire, inspired by the US experience with
XM177 in Vietnam. The Soviet contest for this design was won by Kalashnikov's
AKS-74U
The AK-74 (Russian: , 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. While primarily associated with the Soviet ...
.
See also
*
List of Russian weaponry
*
List of assault rifles
An assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/ fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies. Some rifles lis ...
References
External links
* http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/strel/ogneoru/data/ic_nomenrussiastrelogneoru/65/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110928044749/http://legion.wplus.net/imgg.shtml?img=%2Fguide%2Farmy%2Fgu%2Fag043-1.gif
{{AK47 derivatives
5.45×39mm assault rifles
Kalashnikov derivatives
Trial and research firearms of the Soviet Union