Patch1.0.0.142.19

Best AKS-74U ammo

5.45x39mm6 rounds33 m effective

The AKS-74U chambers 5.45x39mm. This is that caliber's full ladder for patch 1.0.0.142.19, with the top of each column called out — the ranking is the chart's numbers, nothing else.

AKS-74U stats All 5.45

Top of each column in the chart below

Picks

Highest penetration · Highest armour class beaten5.45x39mm BSDefeats the most armour before it stops.

Most flesh damage5.45x39mm HPFor unarmoured targets and limb shots.

Fastest5.45x39mm BPFlattest at the ranges this weapon fights at.

Ranked by penetration

Every 5.45x39mm round

6 rounds

Ammunition with penetration, damage, velocity, price and value score
Round	Tier	Pen	Class	Flesh	Armour dmg	Velocity	V-recoil	Value
5.45x39mm BS5.45x39mm	Tier A	52	5	40	26	830 m/s	−4.0	56.6
5.45x39mm BP5.45x39mm	Tier B	41	4	45	17	890 m/s	−1.0	42.4
5.45x39mm PP5.45x39mm	Tier C	41	3	44	13	890 m/s	−1.0	38.7
5.45x39mm PS5.45x39mm	Tier D	25	2	53	8	890 m/s	+1.0	25.5
5.45x39mm HP5.45x39mm	Tier D	15	1	73	5	884 m/s	0	22.2
5.45x39mm PRS Ammo5.45x39mm	Tier D	11	1	59	5	890 m/s	+2.0	14.6

Not yet recorded for this patch: Price

What the columns mean for this weapon

How to read it

Pen is the round's penetration figure; Class is the armour class the chart rates it to defeat. Against a plate one class higher than the round, expect most hits to be absorbed. The strongest 5.45 here is rated to class 5; see every round that beats class 5.

Flesh is damage to an unarmoured hitbox. High-pen rounds usually trade flesh damage away, which is why the two picks above are rarely the same round.

The weapon itself does not change these numbers — its fire rate, recoil and effective range decide how many of them land. Those are on the AKS-74U page; compare it with other assault rifles on the Assault Rifles index.