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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.
The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
RPD Soviet Union North Korea: Produced locally as the Type 62. [3] Type 64 [21] Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the RPK machine gun, produced under license. [5] RPK-74 Soviet Union [2]: A-82 Type 73 North Korea: Indigenous design based on the ZB vz. 26 and the Kalashnikov PK machine gun design. Replaced by the Type 82 in service. [3]
It was created to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD machine gun. The RPK continues to be used by the military of the post-Soviet states and certain African and Asian nations. The RPK is also manufactured in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
It is a further development and modification of the PK machine gun (PKM). [10] It is said to be more accurate than all its predecessors due to a heavier, removable, partially forced-air-cooled barrel with radial cooling ribs and a handle which eliminates the haze effect from hot gases and keeps the barrel cooler, making the weapon more reliable ...
Meanwhile, a modernized development of the PK, the PKM, had been introduced. The PKM was lighter than its predecessor, at 7.5 kg, making it even easier to issue the weapon to squad machine gunners as necessary. [7] In the US, there was a significant gap between the weight and firepower of the 2.89 kg M16 and either the 10.5 kg M60 or 12.5 kg M240.
RPD: 7.62×39mm: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Soviet Union: 1943 RPK: Molot plant: 7.62×39mm M43: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Soviet Union: 1961 RPK74: Molot plant: 5.45×39mm M74: Detachable box magazine Soviet Union: 1961 RPK16: Kalashnikov Concern: 5.45x39mm M74: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Russia: 2016 RPL-20 ...
According to a United States Army Materiel Command analysis, the Type 67 uses the DP trigger mechanism, the quick-change barrel of the SG-43, a gas regulator similar to the RPD, the ZB vz. 30 bolt mechanism, and a modified Maxim-type feed mechanism. [6] The furniture was made in wood with the integral non-detachable bipod attached to a gas tube ...