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{{Infobox weapon
|name=AK-101
| image= File:АК-101.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption= AK-101
|origin=Russia  <!-- WP:INFOBOXFLAG -->
|type=[[Assault rifle]]
<!-- Type selection -->
|is_ranged=Yes
<!-- Service history -->
|service=1995–present
|used_by= See [[#Users|Users]]
|wars=*[[Papua conflict]]
*[[Insurgency in Aceh]]
*[[Syrian Civil War]]
*[[Operation Madago Raya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conflictfreelance.rs/guns-of-nusantara-the-ak-101-and-102-in-brimob-service/|title=Guns of Nusantara: The AK-101 and 102 in BRIMOB Service|website=conflictfreelance.rs|date=6 September 2020|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523074356/https://conflictfreelance.rs/guns-of-nusantara-the-ak-101-and-102-in-brimob-service/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<!-- Production history -->
|designer=[[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]
|design_date=1994<ref>{{cite book|author=Gordon L. Rottman|title=The AK-47: Kalashnikov-series assault rifles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W9jvCwAAQBAJ|year=2011|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-835-0|page=37}}</ref>
|manufacturer= [[Kalashnikov Concern]]
|unit_cost=
|production_date=1995–present
|number=270,500+{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
|variants=[[AK-102]]<br />RPK-201                                                                                                                                                                                                    <!-- General specifications -->
|weight={{convert|3.6|kg|lb|abbr=on}} without magazine {{convert|4|kg|lb|abbr=on}} fully loaded<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.izhmash.ru/eng/product/ak101.shtml |title=Официальный сайт группы предприятий "ИЖМАШ" |access-date=2012-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106230737/http://www.izhmash.ru/eng/product/ak101.shtml |archive-date=2012-01-06 }}</ref>
|length={{convert|943|mm|in|abbr=on}} with stock extended / {{convert|700|mm|in|abbr=on}} with stock folded<ref name="auto"/>
|part_length={{convert|415|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="auto"/>
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
|cartridge=[[5.56×45mm NATO]]
|caliber=5.56mm
|action=[[Gas-Operated]], rotating bolt with two lugs<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://world.guns.ru/assault/rus/ak-101-e.html|title = AK-101|date = 27 October 2010}}</ref>
|rate=600 rounds/min
|velocity={{convert|910|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}
|range={{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=on}}
|max_range=
|feed=30-round detachable [[box magazine]]<br />45-round detachable [[box magazine]] from the RPK-201<ref>{{cite web |title=RPK-201 |url=http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/land-forces/strelkovoe-oruzhie/machine-guns/rpk-201/ |website=Rosboronexport |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
|sights=Adjustable [[iron sight]]s, Equipped with optical plate for attaching various scopes
}}

The '''AK-101''' is a Kalashnikov [[assault rifle]] model developed in 1994 to use the [[5.56×45mm NATO]] cartridge. It belongs to the export [[AK-100 (rifle family)]]. The design of this rifle is similar to the [[AK-74|AK-74M]].

The AK-101 is constructed using composite materials, including plastics, which affect its weight and durability. Features of the AK-101 are also present in the [[AK-103]] and other rifles in the [[AK-100 (rifle family)|AK-100]] series.

==Design==
The AK-101 is a [[selective fire]] weapon that can be fired in either semi-automatic or fully automatic mode. The disassembly procedure for the AK-101 is identical to that of the [[AK-74]]. The AK-101 has an attachment rail installed on the side of the receiver for mounting scopes and other optical sights, which will accept most types of Russian and European AK optics. The rifle accepts most synthetic and metal AK-74-style magazines with 30-round capacity. The AK-101 has a {{convert|415|mm|in|abbr=on}} barrel<ref name="MFAK101">{{cite web | url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/assault-rifles/russia-assault-rifles/ak-101-eng/ | title=AK-101 | date=27 October 2010 }}</ref> with an AK-74 style [[muzzle brake]] attached to the barrel to control muzzle climb.

The AK-101 is chambered in 5.56mm NATO<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2020/01/15/kalashnikov-usa-just-announced-an-all-american-ak-100-series-rifle/ | title=Kalashnikov USA just announced an all-American AK-100 series rifle | date=15 January 2020 }}</ref> and features a black glass-filled [[polyamide]] side folding [[stock (firearm)|stock]], which folds to the left.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gunrf.ru/rg_avtomat_ak101_eng.html | title=Аssault rifles AK 100 series | date=22 February 2018 }}</ref> The side folding stock looks similar to a normal fixed stock, but folds and locks securely to the left side of the [[receiver (firearms)|receiver]]. It has a cutout to compensate for the side rail.

==Variants==

===Norinco AK-2000===
[[Norinco]] produced a copy of the AK-101 as the '''AK-2000''', with the stock of the [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56-2]].<ref name="Review">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1301|title=The 100-Series Kalashnikovs: A Primer|first= N.R.|last= Jenzen-Jones|magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=16|issue=3 |date=September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indomiliter.com/norinco-ak-2000p-balada-senapan-serbu-kalashnikov-produksi-cina/ | title=Norinco AK-2000P: Balada Senapan Serbu "Kalashnikov" Produksi Cina | date=18 January 2017 }}</ref> It has been in service with Indonesian police units.<ref name="Review"/>

===KR-101===
A clone of the AK-101 made by Kalashnikov-USA.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://soldiersystems.net/2022/01/28/kalashnikov-usa-introduced-new-rifles-and-calibers-at-shot-show-2022-including-a-5-56mm-kr-101/ | title=Kalashnikov-USA Introduced New Rifles and Calibers at SHOT Show 2022 Including a 5.56mm KR-101 - Soldier Systems Daily | date=28 January 2022 }}</ref>

==Users==
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[[File:AK-101 Users.png|thumb|303x303px|A map with AK-101 users in blue]]
*{{FJI}}<ref name="altair.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=18730 |title=Rosyjska broń dla Fidżi |publisher=altair.pl |language= pl |access-date=2016-02-21}}</ref>
*{{INA}}: Used by [[Mobile Brigade Corps]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.waronwestpapua.org/ak_2000p | title=Ak-2000P }}</ref> [[Detachment 88]] and [[Indonesian Marine Corps]]<ref name="banjarmasin.tribunews.com">{{cite web|url=http://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2016/03/02/pasukan-brimobda-kalsel-gunakan-senjata-baru-ak101-dan-ak102 |title=Pasukan Brimobda Kalsel Gunakan Senjata Baru AK101 dan AK102 |date=2 March 2016 |publisher=banjarmasin.tribunnews.com |language=id |access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref>
*{{flag|Kenya}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-10-08/rangers-kenya-are-outgunned-new-poaching-arms-race|title = Rangers in Kenya are outgunned in the new poaching arms race}}</ref>
*{{flag|Uruguay}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3144208/ministerio-interior-uruguay-adquiere-500-fusiles-asalto-ak-103-guardia-nacional | title=El Ministerio del Interior de Uruguay adquiere 500 fusiles de asalto AK-103 para su Guardia Nacional }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AK-101 assault rifle at Engineering Technologies 2012.jpg|AK-101 on display
File:AK-101 assault rifle 2012 noBG.png|AK-101 with foregrip
File:Ak-101.jpg|AK-101
File:AK-2000P.jpg|An AK-2000P of the Indonesian [[Mobile Brigade Corps]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://warfare.be/?catid=246&linkid=1814 In depth information about the Kalashnikov 100 series]

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