AK-12

The AK-12 is a Russian assault rifle chambered in 5.45x39mm, and designed by Kalashnikov Concern, making it the 5th generation of the Kalashnikov rifles itself. It went through several revisions to improve upon it's "defects" that were found on an older prototype derived from the AK-200. These old models were scrapped in favor of the improved AK-400, which became the finalized model of the AK-12 itself. It was developed in 2011, and is a variant of the AK-47 itself, and sort of regards the costs to meet the standard fully-automatic fire of the older prototype models, issued by the Russian army.

The rifle's first confirmed use in a battle was during the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, by some units of Russian Forces, alongside the AK-47, and other weapons, in which the Ukrainians have captured a few of them itself. It has been used by several countries, asides Russia, potentially used by other Post-Soviet states entirely as well.