Russian Military Has A New Deadly Assault Rifle: The AK-309

An AK-308 rifle is on display during the annual international military-technical forum "ARMY" in Moscow. Reuters

Mark Episkopos, National Interest: Meet Russia's New Deadly Assault Rifle: The AK-308

But Putin won't be placing any orders anytime soon.

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov Concern has unveiled their new AK-308 assault rifle at the “Army 2018” expo in Moscow.

At first glance, the AK-308 appears to be a rebrand of Kalashnikov’s AK-12 with some design elements from the AK-103. But its tame appearance belies what makes the AK-308 one of Kalashnikov’s most ambitious products in decades: it houses 7.62x51mm NATO rounds.

Since the Second World War, Kalashnikov has produced over twenty assault rifles. Of these, all but three have employed Soviet/Russian-made ammunition. The AK-101 and AK-102 with 5.56x45mm NATO rounds were Kalashnikov’s first foray into exporting a rifle with NATO-standard ammunition, but these made a small international splash.

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Update: The Russian maker of the AK-47 has a new assault rifle and may have a buyer in a close US ally (Business Insider)

WNU Editor: It may be new assault rile, but the Russian military is not buying.