| Overview | BC | BC2 | Play4Free |
| Battlefield 3 | BF4 | 2042 | |
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— Battlelog description
The AEK-971 is a weapon featured in Battlefield 3. It has a high rate of fire with open sights and moderate recoil. The reload animation of the AEK-971 is nearly identical to the AN-94, with the player hitting the magazine release with the new magazine.
Singleplayer[]
It is seen widely during the campaign used by the Iranian and People's Liberation and Resistance forces, and is the starting weapon for Dima in Kaffarov after he opens the weapons cache. It is last seen in The Great Destroyer being used by PLR cell operatives.
Co-Op[]
It can rarely be found in the mission Hit and Run. It is most commonly found with a Tactical Light, but can also be found with a Kobra or PKA-S.
Multiplayer[]
It is the fourth Assault Rifle unlocked at 60,000 Assault points. It has three firing modes; semi-automatic, burst and fully automatic. The weapon's very high rate of fire makes it most effective at close range, and has the lowest vertical recoil of all launch Assault weapons. However, the high and unpredictable horizontal recoil combined with the high first shot recoil can make fully automatic fire difficult at medium to long range. The high rate of fire also causes the weapon to recoil and come off target rather quickly. This high rate of fire also makes it easy to empty the magazine quickly even on individual targets.
The AEK-971 also supports the Underslung Rail attachment which can be used to attach the GP-30 grenade launcher. However, the rail cannot fit the M26 MASS shotgun to the rifle. This is because of its larger size than the M320.
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Trivia[]
- The AEK-971 received in the Battlefield 3 mission Kaffarov oddly has both the laser and tactical flashlight equipped at the same time. When toggled, both turn on and off at the same time.
- When the AEK-971 has the GP-30 equipped, the hand that holds the underbarrel grenade launcher will not be shown touching the grenade launcher until you switch to the GP-30 and back.
- The AEK-971 shares its reload animation with the AN-94, wherein the old magazine is flicked away with a fresh one.
- Despite being modeled on the production version, the pick up icon shows the prototype version seen in previous games.