AK-12

"Fully automatic. Increased damage with an improved design for less recoil."

- Description.

The AK-12 is an assault rifle that appears in Call of Duty: Ghosts. It appears to handle similarly to the Remington R5, with a larger magazine and clearer iron sights, but with a small recoil tradeoff.

Overview
The AK-12 is similar not only in appearance but also in performance to the AK-47, and, like the AK-47 has been in the past, the AK-12 is a high damage, low rate of fire weapon with slightly higher than average recoil but extreme range capabilities. The AK-12 is the highest damage assault rifle, apart from the MSBS, but comes at the expense of the second lowest fire rate, the lowest being the R5.

In multiplayer the AK-12 is a very popular and widely used assault rifle due to it's manageable recoil. Often times it is paired with a silencer and a foregrip. The excellent iron sights make the use of optics obsolete and paired with a silencer or flash suppressor allows for precise aiming. When paired with the foregrip, the recoil is very low indeed, this makes the AK-12 an excellent weapon at most ranges.

Another very powerful build can be achieved by pairing the AK-12 with the red dot sight and extended mags. As previously stated the iron sights are outstanding, however, the muzzle flash can make it a challenge to keep track of a moving target. The use of a silencer reduces your 3-hit kill range by about 10 meters, so if you wish to maintain that range you'll have to opt for the flash suppressor or some kind of optic. The added zoom of a red dot sight makes this pairing all the more appealing.

When paired with the deadeye perk, the AK-12 will dispose of hostiles in the blink of an eye needing only 2 shots (if at least one does bonus damage), up to an approximate distance of 35 meters. Beyond that, you will never need more than 3 shots. The use of deadeye is not recomended for beginning players however, since you will only start noticing it's effects after 3 consecutive kills.

Other recomended perks are: stalker, quickdraw, ready up, scavenger, sleight of hand and ping

Sights

 * Red Dot Sight
 * ACOG Scope
 * Holographic Sight
 * VMR Sight
 * Thermal Hybrid Scope
 * Tracker Sight

Barrel

 * Flash Suppressor
 * Silencer
 * Muzzle Brake

Under Barrel

 * Foregrip
 * Shotgun
 * Grenade Launcher

Mod

 * Extended Mags
 * Armor-Piercing
 * Semi-Automatic
 * Burst Fire
 * Rapid Fire (in Extinction only)

Trivia

 * 7.62X39mm is written on the side of the gun.