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The PKM was designed to replace the SGM and RP-46 machine guns that were previously in Soviet service. The weapon remains in use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces and has also been exported extensively and produced in several other countries under license.
The Type 73 is based on a 1960s-era Soviet design, most likely the PK machine gun (PKM), although the date of its first production in North Korea is currently unknown. The weapon was reportedly seen in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 2002, when a United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission team told media outlets that North Korean soldiers had set up numerous Type 73s in positions ...
6P69 Pecheneg-SP machine gun. Pecheneg-N: GRAU index is "6P41N", similar to the Pecheneg but features a mounting rail for night vision sights. Pecheneg-SP: GRAU index is "6P69", is an improved variant of the PKP Pecheneg. It has two main versions; a standard version and a special forces version. Titanium is now used for its construction.
Type 80 machine gun: General-purpose machine gun China: 1983–present Chinese variant of PKM machine gun. Alejandro sniper rifle: Bolt-action sniper rifle Cuba: 2002–present UK vz. 59: General-purpose machine gun Czechoslovakia: 1959–present Madsen machine gun: Light machine gun Denmark: 1902–1940s Export variants. KGK machine gun
QJY-88 - 5.8 mm light machine gun, replacing Type 67 general-purpose machine gun; Type 80 - 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun (derivative of the Soviet PKM) Type 67 - 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, replacing the Type 53 (SG43) and Type 57 (SGM) 7.62 mm general-purpose machine guns
Gun-2 Minigun North Korea: Indigenous electric-powered Gatling-type gun, chambered to fire 7.62×54mmR. [3] Type 82 Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the PKM machine gun. Replaced the Type 73 as the KPA standard general-purpose machine gun. [3] Heavy Weapons DShKM [5] Soviet Union China: Standard issue.
The Zastava M84 is a general-purpose machine gun manufactured by Zastava Arms. [2] [3] It is a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed and fully automatic shoulder-fired weapon.The M84 is a licensed copy of the Soviet Union's PKM, with a few differences such as a differently shaped stock, and a slightly longer and heavier barrel which has slightly different measurements at the gas port and forward ...
General-purpose machine gun: Standard general-purpose machine gun. Domestically produced version of PKM machine gun. [1] Zastava M77 Yugoslavia: Light machine gun: Standard light machine gun. FN Minimi Belgium: Light machine gun: Used by the special forces units (72nd Brigade for Special Operations and 63rd Parachute Brigade). [10] Zastava M87 ...