The Best 5.45 AK in Escape from Tarkov | Budget and Meta!



Today’s video is all about the 5.45 AKs, which have received a decent buff recently which goes some way to make the AK platform more useable in Escape from Tarkov.

We’ll be going through every rifle in this calibre (except for the 74U varieties) to see which has the lowest recoil, and then modding out the best weapons in this category to get an AK with both good recoil stats, as well as nice ergonomics.

We also cover some budget builds for both the AK74 series and the RPK using level 2 traders, and also some builds using level 3 traders too.

Finally, I show you the loadout that I have been using to get a very cheap “meta” setup which has been performing really nicely, and I’m not usually a 5.45 AK guy in EFT!

00:00:00 Start
00:00:21 Choosing a weapon: Base Recoil
00:01:31 RPK Overview
00:02:12 Modding decisions for lowest recoil
00:04:27 Minimum recoil for each weapon
00:05:20 Modding the AK-74N
00:11:17 Magazines, ergo & the 45 rounder
00:13:30 Firing range demo
00:14:14 Gameplay

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Ammo/Penetration Chart credit to NoFoodAfterMidnight
https://escapefromtarkov.gamepedia.com/Ballistics#Table

Feel free to check out the rest of the channel and my weapons videos below:

Tarkov Budget Guns for PvP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rm_y2w8DRY

How Recoil ACTUALLY Works in EFT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDZjAF7LSPI

Tarkov’s Best Budget Weapon: The VEPR Hunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80r3hngeGuU&t=290s

Tarkov Budget Kits: Cheap Early Loadouts and Efficient Midgame Gear Sets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjV7aVzImDE&t=458s

Low Recoil MP5 Builds – the MP5SD is insane!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUJ1mqpK7M

AK vs M4 Comparison: Which to run?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YusoPt42cn8

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23 thoughts on “The Best 5.45 AK in Escape from Tarkov | Budget and Meta!”

  1. Thanks for the build, im new to the game, been running the akm with bt ammo and top loaded with igolnik, but i get killed every raid. One thing i realy struggle with getting used to is the hold breath mechanic, got any tips on that, do you use it with the ARs or only for sniping. Do you press hold breath every time you start shooting or just use it if you are lining up a shot, thanks.

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  2. I've been having a tough time in Tarkov and I've been taking a break from the game since it was hard. (Not to mention that I'm still rather new to the game)
    Watching your videos helps me get an idea of what I should consider using and also just makes me happy.
    Good job gigabeef and keep up the good work!

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  3. Well thats all great, there sonly one problem with AK's. After you pass start of the wipe and going towards mid, the ammo is just garbage. And the amount you spend for the meta AK you can buy MDR or SA with waaaay more powerful ammo that will kill players faster.

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  4. Since the AKs still shoot considerably slower than any of the real meta weapons no recoil or attachment change will ever make them truly popular late game gear. With the low damage on igolnik/BS you'd need a much higher rate of fire to really make them viable top tier guns.

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  5. Might sound stupid, as a new player I've died so many times to people in bushed knowing they were there but not sure exactly which bush. The grenade to get them to move is so simple yet so smart, I feel so dumb lol

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  6. If your going for budget on a meta gun, you are better off getting the ark-74 @18-20k

    You can literally build it to have 58 vert recoil, 61 ergo with a 60rnd mag for like 80-100k, including the gun with max trader level for a level 22 player

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