AV-97 Assualt Rifle

Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka means automatic rifle in Russian. Used heavily by the Russian Union, it is a 7.62x39mm assault rifle, it is the staple of the Russian war machine. It is a very simple weapon to produce, and its internal workings and tight rifling help cause the rifle's high stopping power and semi-auto accuracy, but in full auto its difficult to control the recoil. It has a high rate of fire at 1000 rpm. It is frequently seen across the Contested Fields and on the Vistula Fortress Line. Due to the vast numbers of these rifles produced, it is not uncommon for it to be issued to entire divisions outside the Russian Union, notably the German-Polish Reich and the Scandinavian Union who both face constant invasions by the Russian Union. Their is a version of this weapon cambered for the 7.62x54mmR rifle round in use with the Streltsy Guards. The AV's unique front sight also doubles as the sights for a grenade launcher, mostly the GP-50. Introduced in 2014 to replace the Kalashnikov series of rifles, the AV-97 has seen widespread use thoughout the world. Designed by Colonel-General Vladislav Maximovich Yashin since 1997, the Russian military was quickly impressed by the weapon. In 2015, they used units armed with these new rifles to stage a coup, replacing the Russian Federation with the militant Russian Union. With the USA collapsing along with NATO, the Russian Union used this weakness to invade Europe. While the AV-97 was highly effective, allowing the Russian military to conquer most of eastern Poland, the Baltics, half the Ukraine, and most of Finland. Belarus was spared, having joined the Union a few months earlier. Eventually the Russians were driven back to their current border, but Europe was changed forever.
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Union Weaponry-[link]
AR-12-[link]
AV-97, original-[link] [link]
AV-99-[link]
AV-102 Redesigned- [link]
GP-50-[link]
AP-9-[link]
APP-9-[link]
RPYa-27-[link]
K34-[link]
AV Front Sight Code-[link]
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