Editing AK-74 (section)

===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>