Aks74u

The Aks74u is one of the weapons players can get by using the flare on top of the Mall in Keithmman, Forest.

Overview In 1973, a design competition (codenamed "Modern"—Модерн) was started for the adoption of a fully automatic carbine for the Soviet Military.

In 1977, the GRAU decided to adopt Kalashnikov's model, which was largely a shortened AKS-74, because its performance was no worse than the competition, and promised significant production cost savings by utilizing existing equipment for the AK-74 line. A final round of large scale testing with Kalashnikov's model was performed by airborne divisions in the Transcaucasian Military District in March 1977. The AKS-74U ("U"—Russian: укороченный; Ukorochenniy, or "shortened") was officially adopted in 1979, and given the official, but seldom used GRAU designation 6P26. In 1993 production stopped within Russia although licensed copies are still manufactured by former soviet nation.

The AKS-74U bridges the tactical deployment gap between a submachine gun and an assault rifle. It was intended for use mainly with special forces, airborne infantry, rear-echelon support units, helicopter and armored vehicle crews. It has been augmented and replaced by various submachine guns, and the less compact AK-105 carbine in Russian military service. It is commonly used by law enforcement; for example, each urban police foot patrol is issued at least one.

In-game
The Aks74u can be looted from the supply drop that arrives after players use the flare on the mall, being a carbine of the AK-74, its damage is on-par for rifles, dealing 30 damage on the torso and limbs and 60 on headshots, being somewhat average for a fully automatic weapon.

The weapon has an ammo capacity of 150 rounds, with 30 rounds already in the player's magazine and 120 more in reserve, with a reload time of approximately 3 seconds. The gun uses Rifle ammo which is common to find and abundant in some areas.

Dying will remove this weapon from the player's inventory. Players will need to loot it again to be able to use it again. Strategies The AKs74u is comparable to it's western rivals, the M4A1 and the M4SOPMOD, having lower recoil compared to the AKM and AK-103, being a reliable and well-rounded rifle that can easily deal with most enemies with headshots, being a 2-hsk to most enemies and against higher health enemies and bosses, it can spray down high health enemies thanks to its low spread and relatively high RPM. Known Bugs
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Trivia
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