| The AN-94 is now standard issue to the Russian army. It replaced the AK74, which was standard issue from 1974 to 1994. The AK-74 replaced the AK-47 as standard begining in 1974.
The AN-94 fires the Russian standard 5.45X39 MM cartridge, the same as the AK74.
The first AN-94s were issued to special units in 1994, but the transition process is still not complete. Many units are still issued the AK-74. The AK-47 still issued to reserve units. The SKS is now relegated to ceremonial use by honor guards, etc. Just as we have done with our M-1 Garand.
While I have no personal experience with tre AN-94, many people that I trust consider it the finest assault rifle in the world today.
Time and the battlefield will tell.
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The soldier\'s pack is not so heavy a burden as the prisoner\'s chains--Eisenhower
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