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The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun") [4] also commonly known as the PKM, is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.
Soviet AK-47 and its folding stock variant ... 7.62 KK PKM PICA ... Bought in 1986 for 290 MFIM (approx 48.8 MEUR) [81] with a reported unit price of 2,000 EUR per ...
modernized AK-47 7.62×39mm: 1959–present replaced by AK-74 still in use by police and militia forces S-04-M, A-55 prototypes; AKMS folding stock; AKM(S)N night scope rail; AKM(S)L flash suppressor & night scope rail; RPK (machine gun) Soviet Union: AK-74: 5.45×39mm: 1974–present replaced by AK-74M can still be found in large numbers
Widespread usage within the RCA. Examples used by SF-911 are equipped with PKM or Type 80 GPMGs. [citation needed] Ford Raptor United States: Standard pickup trucks of the RCA. Acquired from the civilian market. Toyota Hilux Japan
Early steel AK-47 magazines are 9.75 in (248 mm) long, and the later ribbed steel AKM and newer plastic 7.62×39mm magazines are about 1 in (25 mm) shorter. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The transition from steel to mainly plastic magazines yielded a significant weight reduction and allow a soldier to carry more rounds for the same weight.
Bulgarian modernised version of the PKM machine gun. Type 80: 7.62×54mm: General-purpose machine gun China: Chinese modernised version of the PKM machine gun. Zastava M87: 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Yugoslavia Serbia: Serbian version of the NSV machine gun. DShK: 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union [8] [12] Sniper rifle & DMR ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
Type 58 – North Korean copy of the AK-47, used by second-line troops and militia. [3] [10] DP-28 – Soviet supplied machine guns and Chinese Type 53 copies replaced in frontline service by the Type 62. [3] Type 73 – Replaced in frontline service by the Type 82. [3] RPG-2 [2]: A-32 – Replaced in frontline service by the RPG-7. [3]