World's Rarest Production Rifle: The AN-94, Part 2 with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson

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Jonathan returns to the range in part 2 of our AN-94 episode to compare it to the AK-74. 0:00 Intro 1:25 AK-74 (...Not 47) 1:44 5.45 × 39mm Cartridge 3:55 Why Hyperburst? 7:13 Project Abakan 10:00 AN-94 vs. AK-74 10:25 Firing Footage 15:20 Back to Studio Jonathan for Analysis 20:20 Life after Development 23:40 Legacy 25:17 Outro References: Jonathan Ferguson. ‘Russian AN-94 Self-Loading Rifle’, Hoplite Blog (Armament Research Services), 2017): https://armamentresearch.com/russian-an-94-self-loading-rifle/ https://armamentresearch.com/russian-an-94-self-loading-rifle-part-2/ Valery Shilin. ‘The Secret Story of The AN-94 “Abakan” Assault Rifle’ (Chipotle, 2002). https://smallarmsreview.com/the-secret-story-of-the-an-94-abakan-assault-rifle/ And in Russian; Maxim Popenker. ‘История автомата в СССР и России’ (Атлант, 2021). Dr Ruslan Chumak. ‘Методом проб и ошибок. Автомат Никонова АН-94 «Абакан»’, Kalashnikov magazine, 2018. https://www.kalashnikov.ru/metodom-prob-i-oshibok-avtomat-nikonova-an-94-abakan/ (Dr Chumak has other articles in the same publication "Что ждет Абакан" (Issue 4, 2001) & - "Методом проб и ошибок" (Issue 6, 2007). Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour Help us bring history to life by supporting us here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/donations/ Sign up to our museum membership scheme here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/membership/ ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries ⚔ Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalarmouriesmuseum We are the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Discover what goes on behind the scenes and watch our collection come to life. See combat demonstrations, experience jousting and meet our experts. Have a question about arms and armour? Feel free to leave us a comment and we'll do our best to answer it.