OTs-14 Groza

It was developed in the 1990s at the TsKIB SOO (Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms) in Tula, Russia.

[2] The weapon's chief designers were Valery Telesh, responsible for the GP-25 and GP-30 under-barrel grenade launchers,[6] and Yuri Lebedev.

[1] The team set out to design an integrated and modular system that would incorporate all the best features of a close-combat long gun into a single weapon based on the AKS-74U.

[8] It was first presented to the public at the MILIPOL Moscow trade show in April 1994 and adopted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) shortly thereafter.

The success of the OTs-14-4A in the hands of MVD personnel brought it to the attention of the Ministry of Defence (MO), who also had a requirement for such a weapon.

[6] That idea was dropped and the assault rifle was originally chambered in 9×39mm to meet the MVD's requirement for a close combat weapon for deployment in Chechnya, for situations when the user needs to take on hostiles silently.

The grip is displaced forward, making the assault rifle compact, suitable for concealed carrying and evenly balanced so that it can be fired like a handgun with one hand.

The bullpup configuration has been called hard to carry due to its weight,[2] and the position of the Kalashikov action close to the user's face can make it difficult to operate.

[6] A selector switch on the left side of the grip, near the trigger guard, allows the user to select between rifle or grenade barrels.