Play to your strengths. The four player classes: Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon, each have their specialties, and working together is key to victory. Release Date: October 28, 2011.

Our Battlefield 3 Engineer Weapons section is full of all the official images and descriptions for each recon weapon. Under each image you will find a brief description of the weapon, plus weapon characteristics.
Battlefield 3 AKS-74u
Battlefield 3 AKS-74u
Derived from the AKS-74, the AKS-74u is a shortened Carbine with the power of a rifle cartridge but the size of a submachine gun. Often called by its nickname “Krinkov” the shortened barrel makes the weapon inaccurate at medium ranges but extremely effective in close quarters. Due to its incredibly short length the AKS-74U cannot mount a bipod.

Characteristics
Auto fire: Yes.
Single shot fire: Yes.
Burst fire: No.
Rate of Fire: 650.
Ammunition: 30 [5.45x39mm WP].
Range: Long.