The Vepr (Ukrainian: Вепр, wild boar) designed in 1993-1994, and was announced in 2003 as the first indigenous Ukrainian assault rifle, designed by the State Space Agency of Ukraine. It is one of several bullpup conversions of the conventional Russian AK-family design, along with the Polish Kbk wz. 2005 Jantar, the Chinese Norinco Type 86S, the Russian OTs-14 Groza, the Finnish Valmet M82 and the South African Vektor CR-21.