Editing AK-74 (section)

==Users==
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[[File:AK-74 Users.png|thumb|439x439px|A map with AK-74 users in blue and former users in red]]
*{{flagcountry|Afghanistan}} Nicknamed the "Kalakov".<ref name="Krinkov: The definite origin">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/01/18/krinkov-the-definite-origin/ |title=Krinkov: The definite origin |website=The Firearm Blog |date=2016-01-18 |access-date=2016-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205043907/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/01/18/krinkov-the-definite-origin/ |archive-date=2016-12-05 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Richard D. |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |edition=35th |location=[[Coulsdon]], UK |publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]] |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref>
* {{flag|Angola}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Armenia}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Azerbaijan}}:<ref name="jones2009"/> AK-74M manufactured under license by the [[Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=151080 |title=Azerbaijan starts serial production of AK-74M assault rifles basing on Russian license |first=Rashad |last=Suleymanov |date=7 July 2011 |website=Azeri Press Agency |access-date=2011-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823115115/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=151080 |archive-date=2011-08-23 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/07/12/Azerbaijan-begins-AK-74M-production/UPI-47161310488428/ |title=Azerbaijan begins AK-74M production |website=United Press International |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=2013-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712214556/http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/07/12/Azerbaijan-begins-AK-74M-production/UPI-47161310488428/ |archive-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan starts production of Kalashnikovs |url=http://news.az/articles/politics/40014 |website=News.az |date=7 July 2011 |access-date=2013-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318005149/http://news.az/articles/politics/40014 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belarus}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Burundi}}: Used by Burundian rebels.<ref name ='SAS 2007 6'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html |chapter-url=https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/files/resources/Small-Arms-Survey-2007-Chapter-06-EN.pdf |chapter=Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura |title=The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2007 |author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |page=204 |isbn=978-0-521-88039-8 |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827001033/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html |archive-date=2018-08-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Chad}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Cyprus}}: AK-74M used by the [[Cypriot National Guard]]<ref name="Review">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1301 |title=The 100-Series Kalashnikovs: A Primer |first=N.R. |last=Jenzen-Jones |magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=16 |issue=3 |date=September 2012 |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306235358/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1301 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cuba}}: Standard issue assault rifle.<ref name="vegas">[http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2016-11-17/los-jovenes-en-la-vanguardia-defensiva/ Los jóvenes en la vanguardia defensiva]</ref>
* {{EGY}}: AK-74M used by [[El-Sa'ka Forces]].<ref>McNab, Chris (2002). ''Modern Military Uniforms''. p. 145.</ref>
* {{flag|Estonia}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Georgia}}: In use alongside the [[M4 carbine]] in service in Georgia. Being phased out by AR-15 platform rifles.<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Greece}}: AK-74M <ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Guatemala}}: AKS-74U<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Identifier les sources d'approvisionnement: Les munitions de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf |first=Holger |last=Anders |date=June 2014 |publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]] and [[United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire]] |isbn=978-2-940-548-05-7 |page=15 |language=fr |access-date=2018-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093415/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf |archive-date=2018-10-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Kazakhstan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Latvia}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Lebanon}}: Used by [[Internal Security Forces|Police]].<ref name="mcmanners2003">{{cite book |last=McManners |first=Hugh |date=2003 |title=Ultimate Special Forces |location=New York City |publisher=DK Publishing, Inc |isbn=0-7894-9973-8}}</ref>
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="Beyond Blue Helmets">{{cite book |title=Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations |first=Eric G. |last=Berman |publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]/MPOME |date=March 2019 |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103636/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |page=43}}</ref>
* {{flag|Libya}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Lithuania}}: AKS-74 and AK-74M<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Madagascar}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Moldova}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Mongolia}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Myanmar}}: Some received from Russia, possibly supplied for trials<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The military rifle cartridges of Burma/Myanmar |first=Paul |last=Scarlata |magazine=[[Shotgun News]] |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Burma%2FMyanmar.-a0288876068 |date=May 2012 |access-date=2018-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075329/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Burma%2FMyanmar.-a0288876068 |archive-date=2018-11-28 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nigeria}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|North Korea}}:<ref name="Weapon">{{cite book |title=North Korea Country Handbook 1997, Appendix A: Equipment Recognition |chapter=AK-74 Assault Rifle |page=A-75 |author=US Department of Defense |chapter-url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nkor.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816185605/http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nkor.pdf |archive-date=2000-08-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> Manufactured locally as the Type-88.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=North Korean Small Arms (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=16 |issue=2 |date=June 2012 |url=https://smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1108 |access-date=2019-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212301/https://smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1108 |archive-date=2019-02-02 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sources suggest that it was made with technical assistance from China.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iannamico |first=Frank |title=DPRK's AKs: Inside the Shadowy World of North Korean AK Rifles |url=https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/rifles/north-korean-ak-rifles/|date=September 11, 2018 |website=Tactical Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819203028/https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/rifles/north-korean-ak-rifles/ |archive-date=19 August 2020 }}</ref> Initially used steel magazines before plastic versions were adopted.{{sfnp|Mitzer|Oliemans|2020|p=31}} Helical-based magazines used for the Type 88 first appeared publicly back in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armamentresearch.com/north-korean-helical-ak-magazines/ | title=North Korean Helical AK Magazines - Armament Research Services (ARES) | date=4 February 2014 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Pakistan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Romania}}: Manufactured locally as the [[PA md. 86]].<ref name="popenker">{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/assault/as02-e.htm |title=Kalashnikov AK-74, AKS-74 and AK-74M assault rifles (USSR/Russia) |website=Modern Firearms |access-date=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914205748/http://world.guns.ru/assault/as02-e.htm |archive-date=14 September 2010}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Russia}}: AK-74M is currently the main service rifle in the [[Russian Ground Forces|Russian Army]],<ref name="popenker"/> and being supplemented by the newer [[AK-12]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tass.com/defense/987424 |title=Advanced Kalashnikov assault rifles accepted for service in Russian troops |date=29 January 2018 |website=TASS |access-date=2018-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204041828/http://tass.com/defense/987424 |archive-date=2018-02-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Rwanda}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Somalia}}: AK-74 and AK-74M <ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} [[Syria]]: AK-74, AKS-74 and AK-74M<ref name="Calibre Obscura">{{Cite web|url=https://www.calibreobscura.com/idlibi-innovation-bullpup-kalashnikovs-of-syria/|title=Idlibi Innovation: Bullpup Kalashnikovs of the Syrian Conflict|date=1 April 2019|website=www.calibreobscura.com}}</ref>
* {{flag|Tajikistan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Turkmenistan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Ukraine}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Uzbekistan}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Yemen}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Zambia}}<ref name="jones2009" />

===Former users===
[[File:German soldiers bearing MPi-AKS-74N.jpg|right|thumb|German soldiers with MPi-AKS-74N rifles. Germany inherited East German-made AK-74 variants after [[German reunification]].]]
* {{flagicon| Democratic Republic of Afghanistan}} / {{flagicon|Islamic State of Afghanistan}} / {{flagicon|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}} [[Afghanistan]]
* {{flag|Ba'athist Iraq}}
* {{flag|Ba'athist Syria}}: AK-74M,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://42.tut.by/476960 |title=AK-74M, Т-72Б и "Солнцепек": какое российское оружие замечено в Сирии |trans-title=AK-74M, T-72B and "Solntsepek": what Russian weapons are seen in Syria |language=ru |date=December 19, 2015 |website=[[Tut.By]] |access-date=2017-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504091610/http://42.tut.by/476960 |archive-date=2017-05-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> AKS-74U,<ref name='SAS 2015'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-04-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921142124/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-04-EN.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 |url-status=live |chapter=Trade Update: After the ‘Arab Spring’ |title=Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2015 |author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2015}} |page=107 |access-date=2018-08-29 }}</ref> AKS-74 and AK-74. Most AK-74s given to the [[Syrian Armed Forces]] by Russian forces deployed in Syria.
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}: AK-74, AKS-74, AKS-74U used by the [[Bulgarian Armed Forces]], produced locally. Phased out in the military favor of the older [[AK-47]] and [[AKM]] rifles, presumably because of the wider availability of [[7.62×39mm|7.62x39mm]] in Bulgaria. Some were inherited by the [[Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)|Ministry of Interior]] but were "banned from police use" in the 90s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=pari.bg |date=1994-01-31 |title=Забраненият убиец |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/print/arhiv_pari/1994/02/01/1375230_zabraneniiat_ubiec/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.dnevnik.bg |language=bg}}</ref>
* {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}: AK-74, AKS-74 and AK-74M<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Croatia}}:<ref>{{cite report |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/pdf/countries/100/croatia.min.en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025181428/https://salw-guide.bicc.de/pdf/countries/100/croatia.min.en.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-25 |url-status=live |title=SALW Guide: Croatia, Country report |publisher=[[Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies]]}}</ref> MPi-AKS-74N used by [[Croatian Armed Forces]], obtained from [[Germany]].
* {{flag|East Germany}}: Manufactured locally as the MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, and MPi-AKS-74NK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weaponland.ru/load/avtomat_shturmovaja_vintovka_serii_mpi_k_mpi_ak/10-1-0-31 |title=Автомат (штурмовая винтовка) серии MPi-K / MPi-AK |trans-title=Automatic (assault rifle) MPi-K / MPi-AK series |language=ru |website=Weaponland.ru |access-date=2017-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501171257/http://weaponland.ru/load/avtomat_shturmovaja_vintovka_serii_mpi_k_mpi_ak/10-1-0-31 |archive-date=2017-05-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> 171,925 AK-74s in 1991.<ref name ='SAS 2001'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2001.html |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2001/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2001-Chapter-02-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526235758/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2001/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2001-Chapter-02-EN.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=live |chapter=Half a Billion and Still Counting: Global Firearms Stockpiles |title=Small Arms Survey 2011: Profiling the Problem |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2015 |author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2001}} |page=75 |access-date=2018-08-29 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Germany}}: In storage.
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}: First used during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] in 1979.<ref name="marchington2004">{{cite book |last=Marchington |first=James |date=2004 |title=The Encyclopedia of Handheld Weapons |location=Miami|publisher=Lewis International |isbn=1-930983-14-X}}</ref>

===States with limited recognition===
* {{flag|Abkhazia}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Bemil |url=http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/gallery/view.html?b_bbs_id=10044&num=113073 |script-title=ko:신생 압하지야공화국 군의 퍼레이드 |trans-title=Parade of the forces of the new Abkhaz Republic |language=ko |website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |date=2008-10-17 |access-date=2017-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806022353/http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/gallery/view.html?b_bbs_id=10044&num=113073 |archive-date=2017-08-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{DNR}}<ref name="ARES">{{cite web |url=https://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine |first1=Jonathan |last1=Ferguson |first2=N.R. |last2=Jenzen-Jones |name-list-style=amp |date=November 2014 |website=[[Armament Research Services]] (ARES) |access-date=26 October 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404035759/https://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf|archive-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>
* {{flag|Luhansk People's Republic}}<ref name="ARES"/>
* {{flag|South Ossetia}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-south-ossetia-army-incorportation/28379998.html|title=Caucasus Report: Putin Green Lights South Ossetian Units In Russian Army|first=Liz|last=Fuller|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125050238/http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-south-ossetia-army-incorportation/28379998.html |archive-date=25 January 2023 |via=www.rferl.org}}</ref>
* {{flag|Transnistria}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/transnistria-shows-off-military.html|title=The Victory Day Parade That Everyone Forgot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709195309/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/transnistria-shows-off-military.html |archive-date=9 July 2022 }}</ref>

===Non-state users===
* [[File:Aum_symbol.svg|22px]] [[Aum Shinrikyo]]: Some manufactured by the cult.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.jiji.com/sp/d4?p=ojk428-jlp05755197&d=d4_mili| title = 押収銃器 | publisher = [[Jiji Press]]| accessdate = 2024-03-04}}</ref> Only one was completed before police raided their covert manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moj.go.jp/psia/aumarchive/keyword/ | title=キーワードで知る }}</ref>
* {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}}: Used by Islamic State terrorists (also seen in many Islamic State Propaganda videos)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-19 |title=From Russia with Love, Syria's AK-74Ms |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2015/02/19/from-russia-with-love-syrias-ak-74ms/|access-date=2021-02-28 |website=[[Bellingcat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216080053/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2015/02/19/from-russia-with-love-syrias-ak-74ms/ |archive-date=16 December 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=IS leader appears in video for first time in 5 years |url=https://apnews.com/article/ea84ec09dcd74b0e9de73a164d6d2cc0 |access-date=2021-02-28 |website=AP News}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg}} [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]]<ref name="PKK">{{cite tweet |author=War Noir |user=war_noir |number=1746958509491564628|title=#Turkey / N. #Iraq 🇹🇷🇮🇶: #PKK released video of their attack on TAF position which resulted in death of several soldiers of Commando Brigade. The group used several AK-74 rifles with a rare AGM Rattler TS50-640 thermal scope. MPT-55 rifles and a PKM machine gun captured. |language=en |date= 15 January 2024|access-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JaGN3|archive-date=4 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Tamil Tiger flag.png}} [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]: Used during the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] between 1983 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/102984735/Dossier-on-LTTE-Weapons |title=Dossier on LTTE Weapons {{!}} Military Technology {{!}} Projectile Weapons |website=Scribd |access-date=2018-09-17|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123065501/https://www.scribd.com/document/102984735/Dossier-on-LTTE-Weapons|archive-date= November 23, 2022}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag red yellow 5x3.svg|size=23px}} [[Lord's Resistance Army]]<ref name='SAS 2006 11'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2006.htm |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2006/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2006-Chapter-11-EN.pdf |chapter=Fuelling Fear: The Lord's Resistance Army and Small Arms |title=Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2006 |author=[[Small Arms Survey]] |page=283 |isbn=978-0-19-929848-8 |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005010/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2006.html |archive-date=2018-08-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[File:Provisional Irish Republican Army Badge.svg|20px]] [[Provisional IRA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AK-74 Kalakov infographic |url=https://www.graphicnews.com/en/pages/00899/ak-74-kalakov|access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Graphic News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105004153/https://www.graphicnews.com/en/pages/00899/ak-74-kalakov |archive-date=5 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>