Every part of the russian gear for the "future soldier", Ratnik, is picked. Except the main thing. The gun itself.
That was until the state test, which was suposed to show the #1 among the contenders. Two opponents were the new AK-12 of the "Kalashnikov" concern and the A-545 made by Degtyarev factory. And both passed the test. Both rifles meet the demands of the russian Ministry of Defence.

It seems, that Russia will be adopting both guns, but arming different departments, as the guns have different characterstics, despite the similarities.

A-545 has better automatic fire accuracy, because of innovative balanced automatics. On the other hand, the AK-12 is easier to manipulate and easier to maintain, because of quite simpler build.

Reminding, that the use of "Ratnik" will start at march of 2015 and until that time, the guns will be picked