PHOTO FILE: AK74M3 Modernization Kit Ratnik

M3 is not an official designation for this Kalashnikov. In the run-up to the introduction of the new Ratnik system in the Russian army, the modernization of long weapons was also considered - and initially the economical option was chosen, as is the case with almost every army. The basic idea was to pimp the standard AK74M weapon with a modernization kit. This was intended to connect the weapon more closely to the modularity of Western weapons: rails, a better grip, and a folding stock with an interchangeable sliding stock. The internal workings of the AK74M were not changed in the process.

Here is the complete kit.

From the other side.

Two different foregrips, left in a waffle pattern, right smooth, but with a slot for a switch.

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HERE is the video of the AK modernization kit.

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