Rifles

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Name Image Country of origin Variant Caliber Details
Carbines
AKS-74U[1]     Soviet Union 5.45×39mm Standard issue assault carbine.[2]
Kel-Tec SUB-2000     United States 9×19mm Parabellum [3]
AR-15–style rifle     United States MSR-15s[4]
P1[5]
5.56×45mm NATO [6]
M4 carbine     United States M4A1 5.56×45mm NATO Used by special forces.[7]
Assault rifles
AKM[1]     Soviet Union 7.62×39mm Used by National Guard and Territorial Defense units.[8][9]
AKMS     Soviet Union
  Poland
AKMS
Kbk AKMS[10]
7.62×39mm Limited use.[11]
AK-74[1]     Soviet Union 5.45×39mm Standard issue assault rifle.[12]
AKS-74     Soviet Union 5.45×39mm Used by paratroopers.[13]
IPI Malyuk     Ukraine 7.62×39mm
5.45×39mm
5.56×45mm NATO
Bullpup Kalashnikov style rifle. Primarily used by special forces.[14]
  1. ^ a b c Jones & Ness 2010, p. 917.
  2. ^ Galeotti 2019, p. 48.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AmericanRifleman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Savage Arms Rifles in Ukraine". The Armourers Bench. 17 April 2022. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ Moss, Matthew (11 March 2022). "Adams Arms Shipping Carbines To Ukraine". The Firearm Blog. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ^ McLaren-Kennedy, Peter (5 April 2022). "Americans companies send Ukraine thousands of AR-15s". Euro Weekly News. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Vast Arsenal of Ukrainian Special Forces: Guns From All Around the World". Defense Express. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  8. ^ Ferguson & Jenzen-Jones 2014, pp. 30−31.
  9. ^ Galeotti 2019, p. 53.
  10. ^ "The Kielbasa Connection: Polish Military Aid To Ukraine". Oryx. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. ^ Ferguson & Jenzen-Jones 2014, p. 24.
  12. ^ Galeotti 2019, p. 47.
  13. ^ Galeotti 2019, p. 8.
  14. ^ Trevithick, Joseph (11 March 2022). "Ukraine's Indigenous "Malyuk" Bullpup Rifle Is The Weapon Of Choice For Its Special Operators". The War Zone. Retrieved 1 June 2024.