AK-125.45 mm assault rifleSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / RussiaThe AK-12 is a Russian 5.45x39 mm assault rifle developed by Kalashnikov Concern as a modernized service weapon with improved ergonomics, accessory rails, optical-sight compatibility, and an adjustable folding stock. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as a Russian frontline small arm, while captured examples became visible in Ukrainian hands during the opening phase of the 2022 invasion.Tag archive
assault rifle Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged assault rifle.
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Infantry Weapons
Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.
AK-125.45 mm assault rifleSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / RussiaThe AK-12 is a Russian 5.45x39 mm assault rifle developed by Kalashnikov Concern as a modernized service weapon with improved ergonomics, accessory rails, optical-sight compatibility, and an adjustable folding stock. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as a Russian frontline small arm, while captured examples became visible in Ukrainian hands during the opening phase of the 2022 invasion.
Arsenal AR-M9 / AR-M9F5.56 x 45 mm Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifleSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Arsenal JSCo / BulgariaThe Arsenal AR-M9 and folding-stock AR-M9F are Bulgarian 5.56 x 45 mm Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifles built by Arsenal JSCo. Open-source arms researchers documented the rifles with UAE-trained pro-government Yemeni resistance fighters and a Sudanese coalition soldier during the Yemen Civil War, making the family a small-arms example of Gulf-backed coalition equipment flows.
AKM7.62x39mm assault rifleSide: Hamas / Russia / Ukraine / Islamic State / Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Izhmash / licensed manufacturers / Soviet Union / licensed producersThe AKM is the stamped-receiver modernization of the Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifle, chambered for 7.62x39mm and built around a long-stroke gas piston and rotating bolt. Its lower production burden, broad Warsaw Pact and licensed manufacture, and large legacy stocks keep it visible in modern conflicts, including the Israel-Hamas War, where AP reported Hamas fighters using AK-47 assault rifles in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attack and in the wider Kalashnikov rifle family.
IWI Tavor/X95 rifle familyBullpup assault rifle familySide: IsraelBuilt: Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) / IsraelThe IWI Tavor/X95 rifle family is Israel's compact bullpup service-rifle line, centered on the original Tavor and the modern Micro-Tavor X95. IWI designed the family to keep rifle-length 5.56 NATO handling in a shorter package, and the IDF has associated the X95 with infantry service and Gaza operations during the Israel-Hamas War.
AKMSFolding-stock 7.62x39mm assault rifleSide: RussiaBuilt: Izhmash / Soviet UnionThe AKMS is the under-folding-stock variant of the Soviet AKM assault rifle, retaining the AKM's stamped receiver, gas-operated selective-fire action, and 7.62x39mm chambering while giving airborne, vehicle-mounted, and compact-carry users a shorter folded profile. In the Russia-Ukraine War, ARES documented a specific AKMS seized by Ukrainian police from an alleged Russian saboteur, illustrating how older Kalashnikov-pattern rifles still appear alongside newer small arms.
AK-pattern assault rifleSelective-fire assault rifle familySide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Multiple state arsenals and commercial manufacturers / Soviet Union / Russia / China / multiple countriesAK-pattern assault rifles are Kalashnikov-family small arms derived from the Soviet AK-47 and later AKM pattern, usually chambered in 7.62 x 39 mm for the rifles documented in Yemen interdiction reporting. In the Yemen Civil War, official U.S. reporting has repeatedly tied AK-47 and Type 56-family rifle shipments to illicit maritime supply routes from Iran toward Houthi-aligned forces.