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The RPK-74M (Modernizirovannij "Modernized") is an updated variant of the RPK-74 developed during the mid-'90s. In line with the AK-74M assault rifle variant, the RPK-74M lower handguard, gas tube cover, pistol grip, and new synthetic stock are made from a black, glass-filled polyamide. The stock is shaped like the RPK-74 fixed stock, but also ...
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. This table is sortable for every column.
Weapon Caliber In service Variants Photo Country Nagant M1895 7 shot revolver 7.62×38mmR (7.62 mm Nagant) 1895–present still used by some police and security forces Single action "Private's model", early and WW1 production, most converted to double action Interwar. Double action "Officer's model", produced pre-WW1, WW1, interwar and WW2
RPK [1] Light machine gun: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: 40-round capacity box magazine or 75-round drum magazine. RPK-74 [1] / RPK-74M [6] Light machine gun: 5.45×39mm M74 Soviet Union: 30 or 45-round magazine. PM M1910/30 [1] Medium machine gun: 7.62×54mmR Russian Empire Soviet Union: Belt fed with 250-round cloth belts.
RPK-201: An export model of the RPK-74M chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. RPK-203: An export model of the RPK-74M chambered in 7.62×39mm. RPK-16: The RPK-16 squad automatic weapon is a new light support weapon which is expected to take over the role of its predecessor, the RPK-74, in the Russian Armed Forces. [1]
Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: RPK [1] 7.62×39mm: Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: PKM [6] 7.62×54mmR: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: KPV: 14.5×114mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: DShK [1] 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: M2 Browning [1].50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Sniper rifles PSL [7] 7.62× ...
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle,Anti air cannon and any other variants.
The Yugoslavian version of the RPK, the Zastava M72, is a longer barreled member of the M70 family and is the weapon upon which the Tabuk is based. The barrel length of the Iraqi Tabuk rifle is 23.6 inches – slightly longer and thinner than a Yugoslavian M72 barrel, but much longer than a traditional AKM or the M70 (16.25 inches).