The VHS-2 assault rifle is slowly replacing its predecessor, the VHS-1 rifle. The intention of this paper is to show development path of the VHS-2, and in great deal to show the amount of progress that was made by developing that rifle. In the begining the paper gives an introduction to this field by defining a term assault rifle while at the same time it gives a short historical development. After that the development of the VHS platform assault rifles is given, since the 1990`s until present day. The two variants that saw service in the Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia are compared, and after that the VHS-2S rifle, made for civilian use, is presented, along with the VHS-F2 made for the French army. A short paragraph follows which gives a few suggestions considering a possible development of additional equipment for the VHS-2. In the end a short comparison is made between the VHS-2 and a few competitive platforms.