AEK-971 - An assault rifle developed in 1978 at the Degtyarev plant in Kovrov under the direction of Stanislav Ivanovich Koksharov based on the system of Konstantinov, who participated in the 1974 competition.
AEK-973 is its later modification.
There are 2 versions in the archive - with a holographic sight Eotech and standard.