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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.
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 [4] Soviet Union China: Standard issue. The Chinese Type 54 machine gun is also used by the KPA ...
Weapon Caliber In service Variants Photo Country PK machine gun Kalashnikov Machine Gun 7.62×54mmR: 1961–present PKM (modernized) PK(M)S (configuration with mount) PK(M)B (APC configuration) PKT(M) (tank variant) Pecheneg (rifle-caliber SAW) Soviet Union: Pecheneg machine gun Kalashnikov Machine Gun 7.62×54mmR: 2001–present PKM (modernized)
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 ...
Standard heavy machine gun, based on the DshK/Type 54P. [16] [17] MG3: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: Standard general-purpose machine gun. [18] Under license built by POF. RPD: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Squad automatic weapon. [19] PKM: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: Limited usage by Special Service Group. [20]
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 ...
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 ...
57 mm automatic anti-air autocannon. The Vietnamese heavily upgraded the AZP S-60 by equipping it with a fire-control system with radar, optoelectronic reconnaissance equipment, an electromechanical gun control complex, and a digital firing element identification system connected to a computer. Has an LCD screen.