Some slight additions:
AK74 - Base rifle with fixed full stock, wood or plastic furniture, no side options mount
AK74N - base rifle with a fixed full stock + side optics mount originally intended for a night vision scope (N stands for "Nochnoy" - night)
AK74M - base rifle+ side optics mount + folding full stock (not the skeleton one) - this is the current issue rifle in the Russian army
AKS74 - Base rifle + sidefolding skeleton stock - used by some paras, currently being phased out by AK74M
AK74U - Shorty version of the base rifle (U stands for "Ukorochennyj" - shortened) - used by armour crews, pilots and arty, as well as Russian cops
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