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 | | However, it took Izhmash only one month to manufacture over a thousand various jigs and fixtures, several hundred stamping dies, a large number of new types of cutting tools, a huge variety of rolled and hot-forged steel parts and components. |
 | | In the 1970s, Izhmash took part in another military contest and developed the AK-74 assault rifle for a new cartridge in caliber 5.45x39 mm. |
 | | In the 1980s, Izhmash's arms designer Gennadiy Nikonov developed the "lead-ahead" assault rifle, AN-94, which featured a unique combination of operational principles enabling the weapon to fire in variable rates: 1,800 and 600 r.p.m. |
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