Rare Russian Small Arms - AN-94 & AEK-971

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

We were able to travel to Russia last summer and film all of this over a two week period. For obvious reasons that trip was probably a once in a lifetime trip. We will continue to release segments from that trip. Let me know if you guys have any questions.

[@ayebraine]

If you ever make it back, try the St.-Petersburg Artillery and Signal Corps Museum! Public access and probably the best open Russian small arms exposition (in addition to being THE national artillery&rocketry/missiles museum with insane collection, of course).

[@fuze3107]

YOU GUYS DID GREAT NEXT TIME TRY AND SHOW MORE PEOPLE GUNS LIKE AEK973(FIRES 7.62X 39) AK12 RPK203 OR AK107,8,9. AS ALWAYS GREAT VIDEOS BTW I DON'T REALL LIKE AN94 BECAUSE OF IT'S DESIGN I MEAN IT'S GOOD GUN BUT COMPARED TO AK OR AEK IT HAS TROCIOUS IRON SIGHT I HEARD.

[@tomasnovacek6347]

Gleb Martynov Další velké MÍNUS těch blbých sankcí..........

[@laszu7137]

Tomáš Nováček Už nejsem jedinečnej. :(

[@tomasnovacek6347]

laszu :-D Nápodobně :-DD

[@leadpersuasion]

Awesome guns, Larry! Thanks for giving us a look at these rare, Russian gems.

[@calebheney302]

That awkward moment when you see your apartment in a video

[@BuffaloKidGaming]

+Caleb Heney LOL! Really? Where do you live? :)

[@calebheney302]

Novosobirisk

[@BuffaloKidGaming]

:)

[@calebheney302]

no

[@MĖDSKii51st]

+Caleb Heney I wool track u down gustav

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

This was a tough trip to put together because of all the pieces of the puzzle - me and the crew had a great time but not sure we could pull it off again

[@КонстантинПодольский-р7ш]

Larry,this pre-production AEK 971 have a personal name "Автомат СА 006"(СА - Сбалансированная Автоматика - cannon balance action).You can see it right here: www.dogswar.ru/oryjeinaia-ekzotika/strelkovoe-oryjie/3728-avtomat-sa-006-ross.html

[@paolocadlum9403]

Hey Larry, I was wondering if you can test out the new A-545 rifle they're evaluating. Keep up the awesome work! love your shows!

[@jonmcclane7433]

Were the Russians good Hosts, Larry?

[@johngallagher9151]

I must say, the AN-94 is not exactly a battlefield worthy weapon because of the intricate parts, but what a mighty fine weapon. The AEK-971 however is the perfect sportsman/hunting rifle. And I would dare to say perfect for the battlefield in various barrel lengths so long as parts are readily available for replacements on broken parts.

[@soda_YEET]

Battlefield 3 veterans reunite!

[@Ares_gaming_117]

aek was also dominant in bf4, too dominant lol

[@MANGO-dk9cz]

Ffs. I was about to make that comment. xD

[@Dinastypr3dator]

Yikes one of my favorite guns in bf3 with the p90 , mp5k, m16a3 , ak74m , m416 , aug A3 , ump45 , g3a3 , sv98 m40a5 , m98b , spas12 ❤ this game was Amazing

[@APackOfNinjas]

The AN-94 was amazing in black ops 2! I was a god with that gun. I really miss that game. Lots of fun.

[@JimmyMorrison101]

thedrunkksoviet standing by:)

[@johnb.8622]

Moving the counterweight on the AEK is one of the most satisfying things I ever saw on KZbin

[@Ak-sl8cf]

Damn Soviet gun designer were so ahead of time...

[@thermionicemission6355]

Not just gun designers. The modern west has only just figured out the LED to the point of mass-manufacture, yet a russian inventor came up with the first LED in the world all the way back in 1927! Ironically, imo if this was invented in USA, there would be a much higher chance of more money being put into the LED project, and maybe the world would see LED lights some decades earlier.

[@mariuscatalin5982]

@@thermionicemission6355 well to be fair the romans figured out that any empire that wants succes needs a wellfunded military and a meritocracy but even today this is not an all around thing

[@thermionicemission6355]

@@mariuscatalin5982 Success in terms of power, but in terms of human moral and scientific advancement those things keep us back, but it's a pretty complex topic, the thing I mentioned was more hinting that capitalism in cases of things that are deemed "not impressive/useful" by the governmental body can still be progressed because of people's personal interest, aka there's a market for it, but at the same time all these inventions coming out of USSR were invented because of the money & power invested in education over there probably, so it's a double-edged sword which side of the spectrum you take, which is why in the middle sounds more rational tbh.

[@mariuscatalin5982]

@@thermionicemission6355 ussr had some good ideas ,but it was simply a failed project made to enrich russia and no one else,russia TO THIS DAY suffers because of that

[@Alcatraz252]

Awesome @VickersTacticalInc, it's great that you can show us those pieces of great engineering and some of the rarest, yet interesting pieces of Russian Military.

[@skyhop]

Thank you for bringing this to us! Excellent video.

[@timesplitter88]

Wow, learned something new today. Thank you Mr. Vickers!

[@matthewbesson5367]

That AN-94 was my heater in Bad Company 2 when I was playing that game. I sucked at the game so putting two rounds on top of one another was helpful. I used a 4X optic. Loved that thing in that game.

[@VPortho]

Man I loved that game! I remember AN-94 was a beast, almost overpowered. It was great in later BFs as well, at least with proper accessories....

[@Annokh]

The first game (that I know) which used AN-94 was Stalker (from 2006, I think?). It pissed me off that devs apparently didn't even care what was the gun about. In that game its 2-round burst was firing with the same tempo as full auto. Oh well.

[@KnifeCursed]

Awesome video. I loved seeing the action of that AEK-971.

[@AdamAdamHDL]

Keeps the videos short, sweet and informative. One of the best firearm channels yet

[@madkvideo]

This is awesome! This channel needs to be more popular!

[@AdamBorseti]

Thank you so much for this Larry! I've been trying to see the internal mechanism of the AN-94 for a long time! To have it explained like this is great! Thanks!

[@cattledog901]

Dude you have a badass editing and production team. The vids look fucking gorgeous!

[@AdamBorseti]

Even if the AN-94 doesn't get two rounds through the same hole, the whole point of the hyper-burst function was to increase hit probability. It stands to reason that 2 rounds are going to increase your chances of hitting a target.

[@mickwrath4425]

Awesome look at these 2 Larry! Thanks.

[@Trevlee74]

This is great. Could you possibly show more range time with the rifles? Don't be afraid to go over the infamous 5min mark. A lot of people are more than willing to watch 15min videos.

[@mr.b3132]

Vintage Vickers! God bless you larry im still watchin in 2021!!

[@z28kindaguy]

Love these Russian videos. Thanks for posting.

[@azlanameer4912]

Awesome video. Rare of rarest. Salute to your courage Sir!

[@koedstorm]

Awesome vid larry! ive never got to see one of those in a vid before. Would love longer and more detailed episodes with this kind of stuff.

[@crystalrock18]

Well done Larry, cool stuff!

[@warlock3897]

It's a real shame that there aren't more young people involved in firearms engineering these days. Those of us that are interested in this field have limited resources for learning and mainly have to rely on self-education. I hope that by the time I'm 40 or 45 I will have enough knowledge, experience, and machine tools to make my own creations.

[@yaroslavtkl5513]

Не нашел ни одного русского комента, поэтому буду первым) Спасибо выпуск!

[@spaceghost9447]

Привет)

[@koskela1944]

Привет брат!

[@Stomper67]

While those two pieces were innovative, it just goes to show that the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) method is still ultimately superior when it comes to field combat equipment.

[@Wehra96]

RCStomper wouldnt it be better if it was keep it stupidly simple

[@Stomper67]

No, that would be dumb. ;-P

[@codypanek]

MORE I NEED MORE!!! Seriously cool to see you cover these two weapons. Hope there is more from Russia, they've got all kinds of stuff I've only heard about and never seen besides video games

[@scheisstag]

4:07 Larry got it wrong about the An 94, to put it simple. This gun does not shoot two bullets before the recoil is felt, because of a counterweight, but because the barrel with all the moving parts together travels backwards inside the frame. And in the short time frame before the whole package reaches the end of the gun and the recoil is felt, two shots are already out of the muzzle and cant get influenced by the rising muzzle any more. You can tell, that this is an accurate description, because the gun is not recoil free, which it would be with a counterweight. There is indeed a recoil, but felt after two shots. Pretty much the same principle like in the G 11. The forward moving part is not a counterweight but simply there to feed the second round. You cant do that simply with the bolt, like in all other assault rifles, since the position of the magazine is fix and the other parts are travelling backwards inside the frame. So the position of the cartridge relative to the chamber is different for each of the two shots, since the chamber still moves backwards after the first reload. And the "elevator", that transports the rounds from the magazine towards the moving bolt/chamber group is what Larry mistook for the counterweight.

[@viking_II]

Both are innovative concepts that should be studied by western main factories. Ah, and Instantly Subscribed!

[@clayc1287]

You guys should really be awarded or recognized somehow... This Russia trip was incredible.

[@Muscovy7]

AN-94 won the competition against the AEK-971 in all categories, reliability, accuracy, function, precision, and ease of use. The AN-94 is easy to maintain with a bit of training and needs only a single key found in the buttstock to take it apart and put back together, just as easy as the AK. The AEK-971 is a wonderful gun and the AK-12 is basically an AEK-971 with modularity. But the only reason the AN-94 isn't the main Russian battle rifle is due to cost of manufacture, they could easily afford it now but that ship has unfortunately sailed :/

[@старшийсержант-л7ш]

Jeah thats true but they making new Weapons the Ak 12 is going aginst a modernized aek in 2015 and the will chosse wich rifle is better to use with the Ratnik system

[@Muscovy7]

Alexander Lerke Indeed, they are going to likely increase the size of standard munitions in Ratnik 2 to about 12.7 mm and compensate the weight troops have to carry by involving inert exoskeletons designed by ExoAtlet. :D

[@0hn0haha]

Alexander Lerke They just announced they're going to use a mixture of both; the AK-12 is a tad less accurate, and the AEK is a bit slower to make/a tad more expensive. Probably about a 50/50 split?

[@0hn0haha]

Alexander Lerke Oh, and they are still gonna have they occasional AK-74M and AK-103 mixed in, just not in mass new production.

[@старшийсержант-л7ш]

Acctualy the AK 12 is a little bit more controllable especialy in 3 round burstmode

[@rickydarrison668]

I’ve witnessed the power of these weapons during my time in call of duty

[@FUNKER420]

Only true veterans experienced these on battlefield 3.

[@valtteri6911]

call of duty... try an94 in battlefield 3

[@ChuckMothaEfenNorris]

Give us more ! Great video.

[@nguyenminhchau5110]

Can you make a field strip video of those 2 guns? This unique balance action make a lot of people curious about. Especially me.

[@JinKee]

It's mindblowing that a delta guy stood in moscow and handled these weapons.

[@Zqud]

now look at him

[@موسى_7]

I love the two round hyperburst of the nikonova!

[@JohnnyUtah71]

Fascinating. Great video thanks for the great explanation of how these firearms work. Never have I seen anything like either of those!

[@m.j.mahoney8905]

Excellent! Thanks Mr Vickers, I hope there's more videos about weird Russian guns in the pipeline.

[@CrazyHorse151]

The thing that people get wrong here: You feel one recoil but that recoil will contain the energy of both shots minus a bit maybe. The trick is to delay the first recoil until the second round has left the barrel.

[@hughstewart3244]

Interesting rifles with really interesting designes. It's a pity they can't now be owned in the states.

[@Mikey6048]

A pulley and steel cable inside a shoulder fired rifle. I would have never guessed that.

[@ZeroEscape2074]

my two favorite gun in the world!

[@Abry-mv8xw]

Hey larry can you link the intro music you put in? The russian one.

[@jameschrisdavis]

I love me some AKS. Thanks for these videos!!!!!!

[@G3cwb]

great series

[@glsracer]

Looking forward to more videos

[@ArmyK9]

The 2-shot burst is amazing. It's like a bump-firing mechanism built into the rifle.

[@ijsaenz]

Good stuff

[@saifamu1989]

They are very fun to shoot

[@orcaluv]

awesome stuff

[@chrisdouglas4427]

Awesome vid L.A.V. would love to see a Vid on the IWI Travor and FERFRANS SOAR. Wanted to know your opinion on them. Thanks.

[@Lightning206]

it's understandable why the russians rejected the an-94, they're looking for a reliable gun and probably that's why they went with the aek-971 instead

[@theme7363]

they ditched the aek, an 94 is used by special forces to some extent because its complex and expensive

[@Yurishch]

Amazing video, tons of thanks! One thing though: Vick, you referred to AN-94 "Abakan" as an extremely rare gun; however, as far as I know, it is not that rare -- it's currently in production and was adopted by Russian military, mainly for spec-ops units, and by MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) for SWAT-like and other special units. Of course, it's not as numerous as AK, but I wouldn't classify it as an extremely rare gun... Interestingly enough, it may become rare relatively soon due to the fact that there are some doubts regarding its future.

[@Manhattan_project.420]

Yurishch he said it was pre production prototype he was showing..its rare

[@WhiskyBeard]

Kinda unfortunate that the Russian army never adopted the AEK-971, but I can see why. A. It was probably rather expensive due to the extra mechanism that had to be installed into the gun, making it slightly more difficult to field strip as well. And B., In an assault rifle platform, rate of fire is kind of negligible. It takes one bullet to incapacitate a target, and a high rate of fire, no matter how controllable the gun is, chews through ammo. 650 rpm in an AK-74 or AK-100 series rifle is perfect.

[@CBREngines]

An94/aek971 are some of the coolest aks ever. I would like to see the aek 971 vs an94 vs ak 107. Which one is gonna be more reliable.... I feel the only thing these 3 guns have... is probably the weak points on these guns. But which is more reliable....

[@Hannibalkakihara]

How does LAV even get this access?! Like how does this even work? Who does he talk to? What determines if they can go check it out or not? Im sure it takes Putin’s blessing to get there but this is amazing

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

International respect from around the world for my military service and my reputation in the firearms industry- that’s what opens up doors like this

[@Hannibalkakihara]

Vickers Tactical translation: “I am a legend”

[@shadowfox3392]

Is the AEK-971 being used in the Russian military 2016 or did they fully go for the A-545 rifle?

[@Dante8731]

The old AEK-971 is still in use, but no longer produced since 2006.

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790]

AN-94 + AEK-971 = Highly accurate, Highly stable, Hard hitting Juggernaut gun.

[@MrMd5555]

awesome inside look at rare comblock weapon technology advancement!! if I could hit like 100x I would. does anyone know of more videos like this one?

[@fourtyfourmag]

an 94 is fuking sick i wish i could own one!

[@bobleeswagger8676]

AN-94 could be using that mechanism as bump fire that causes a 2 burst.

[@tomifo]

By the way that is not AEK-971, but it is actually Konstantinov SAA-06

[@kannan159]

Can't find it on internet

[@binhoang8430]

Could someone tell me the name of the intro song? Tks

[@ShawarmaFarmer]

What other gems are down there ?

[@Oni_2k]

I got 10k confirm kill with aek971 back in battlefield 4 🥴 amazing riffle 🥴

[@dmetzger24]

I spy a ppsh lol one of my favorite guns of all time

[@W.Stryker]

AN-94 would be a prize in my collection. But I will never get one

[@skinisdelicious3365]

So the Aek and ak107 utilize the same engineering concept? If someone could explain the differences that would be great.

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

Same concept different execution

[@yass5889]

I can't really see because of the filters, but still a great vid

[@ewd31989]

Whats the name of the instrumental in the beginning

[@Dev-xc6rg]

I need to know that intro song

[@Shadowboost]

Do any western designs try to implement concepts of recoil reduction like this?

[@5000NATE]

I don't know where to find these kind of rifles I've looked them up some of them are banned and it kind of makes me sad that I'll never hold one of those weapons I have two Vapor

[@ncalimendo]

what's the music in the opening?

[@YeralyBukeikhanov]

Классные пушки

[@Snakebloke]

So...Much...ДА!!!

[@eezye4592]

An-94 is awesome on Warzone lol no JAMS there

[@playerbadmax]

nice

[@cosmicyoke]

why is there no recoil spring?

[@rako5865]

0:42 Is that a Grossfuss sturmgewehr?

[@Sithlordxxxx]

Stg44

[@rako5865]

@@Sithlordxxxx No, down to the left. The top one is an MKb 42(w).

[@rizkyfajarfarhansyah3847]

Isn't it the Aek-971 system similar as ak-107?

[@Sithlordxxxx]

Yes, both rifles use "balanced" operating system but AK-107 was started in production during the '90s.

[@waywardson8360]

That missing link rifle from Walther was beautiful! That's worth remaking.

[@andrewgates9333]

Why couldn't he measure dispersion?

[@victorh7675]

This is the most gangster shit.

[@definitelyarussianpaidtrol1406]

1800rpm... Half the speed of your average minigun.. Fucking hell. When the gun was being developed the issue was cost. Sure Russia could afford it now, especially since it outclasses the AEK-545 even in the RPM department, that opportunity flew off and the AK-12 is the new main rifle. AN-94 was perfect ; accurate, two fire modes, one which is a guaranteed two shot even on a moving target due to RPM, and a mediocre 600RPM full auto. Clean iron-sights, moderately lightweight, optimized for modern gear such as optics, stock, receiver and foregrips (skeleton frame etc). This looks like it could've replaced the AKM and the AK74.

[@inokaye7418]

Russia Engenering century ahead of Americans . Simplesity - Reliability - top notch " Unlimitedng Engenering capacity " America can only dream if alone All Engenering produced after the " Grate War " was all build with other forign Nation's assistance and Educated Emigrants and jobs seeker's . But will take all credits to themselves and will Bragg and Bragg about Americans know how's , it's unmatched quality , And Americans innovation enginuty . But can't invent a reliable small and big gun barrel for long sustainable firing and depends on others Nation's production's .

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

What ?

[@YERAFirearms]

Can they produce the counter balancing rifle in semi-auto? This is the rifle from Mr. Degtyarev plant zid.ru/eng/products/47/detail/227 image: zid.ru/upload/iblock/85b/AEK-971_1_700x500.png

[@sterlingarcher6079]

So, either the Russians are kicking our butts with small arms technology, or the USA has some really high speed stuff that we are keeping under wraps. Also, I want one of each of those rifles. Time to get the form 1 ready. Lol.

[@hooliganjvp]

Intro song please

[@Ben-222]

Cool but at least I have diamond camo for my an

[@threeoeightwadcutter2820]

heard about but never seen. Thanks! Is it true: You will train in Swizerland next year?

[@andreynadyssev8684]

Battlefield 4 got those guns =)

[@azharwohabally3732]

Yea

[@salvyballacc]

Is legal to carry either of these in America?

[@Kav.]

no, but you'd never find them in the USA.

[@andreynadyssev8684]

In battlefield 4 game, í Those guns are made acuratly same,

[@sergheigramovici7611]

...махнем не глядя... ...от нашего стола-вашему столу...

[@DVXDemetrivs]

че ты несешь????

[@1crimm]

LAV 2016

[@mahilo3550]

What about the new AK-12? Isn't the Russian army suppose to be switching to that now?

[@tarkin56]

It was passed over by the Russian army last September.

[@kristinarain9098]

Fires.. First shot .. Second before bolt carrier gr8.. HOW?! Who designed that ? Rick Sanchez from Rick & Morty in some parallel universe????? I literally dont get how its cycling so fast after the first shot that it puts the 2nd in battery and fires before ots finished with the initial cycle on the bcg??? (Fuck I'm confused. I know I butchered it!) wtf this was OBVIOUSLY made especially for Imperial Assassins by Adeptus Mechanicus in the dark war stricken universe of the 41st millennium and it was STOLEN by Rick with the help of the portal gun and sold to Russia for booze and poon.