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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 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 ...
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 ...
The mines cannot be laid manually and must be laid only using minelaying systems, such as remote mining machine UMZ, portable mining kit - PKM (mortar), and those present on multiple rocket launchers, helicopters (VSM-1 mine system) or airplanes. [1] [10] The remote minelaying systems can only use cluster munition containing PFM-1 mines.
As of December 2013 the 7.62×54mmR is mainly used in designated marksman and sniper rifles like the Dragunov sniper rifle, SV-98 and machine guns like the PKM. It is also one of the few (along with the .22 Hornet, .30-30 Winchester, and .303 British) bottlenecked, rimmed centerfire rifle cartridges still in common use today. Most of the ...
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 ...
The Type 80 (Chinese: 80式通用机枪) is a general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) manufactured by Norinco in China, based on the Soviet PKM.The machine gun was certified for design finalisation in 1980 and entered the PLA service in the mid-1980s, specifically in 1983. [5]
PKM: Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×54mmR [7] M240B: United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [4] MG3: Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Includes the Beretta MG 42/59 variant. [1] DShK: Soviet Union Heavy machine gun: 12.7×108mm [8] M2 Browning: United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO ...