After the use of weapons on the SMO territory, it was decided to modify the machine gun, as announced by the president of the Kalashnikov Concern JSC, Alan Lushnikov. According to him, several meetings have already been held at which proposals were made to exclude the the two-shot cut-off mode and add the possibility of installing two-way control of fire modes and an adjustable cheekpiece.
The concern, as always, promptly responded to such comments: «In the shortest possible time, we selected technical solutions, made a prototype and demonstrated it to representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Approved technical solutions are now being introduced into the design documentation of the machine gun,» Lushnikov emphasized.
The president of the concern also noted that the AK-12 designed in 2022 is superior to previously released products: it has a caliber of 4.45 millimeters and has high accuracy of fire.