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The tripod mount, designed by L. V. Stepanov for the PKM machine gun entered service in 1969. The Stepanov tripod mount is almost entirely made from stamped steel and weighs 4.5 kg (9.92 lb). It is lighter and has 20 fewer components than the preceding Samozhenkov tripod; its production is 40% less labour-intensive; and its design does not ...
Type 80 machine gun: General-purpose machine gun China: 1983–present Chinese variant of PKM machine gun. Alejandro sniper rifle: Bolt-action sniper rifle Cuba: 2002–present UK vz. 59: General-purpose machine gun Czechoslovakia: 1959–present Madsen machine gun: Light machine gun Denmark: 1902–1940s Export variants. KGK machine gun
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 ...
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 7.62×53mmR cartridge remains in military use to this day, although it is now only used by the 7.62 TKIV 85 sniper rifle. [citation needed] PKM machine guns and other Russian weapons in use by the Finnish Defence Forces use the 7.62×54mmR exclusively. The Finnish Defence Forces issued instructions that when ever possible, personnel issued ...
The machine gun was certified for design finalisation in 1980 and entered the PLA service in the mid-1980s, specifically in 1983. [5] The Type 80 was intended as a successor to the Chinese independently developed Type 67 , doing well in tests conducted in the Chengdu Military Region before it was dropped and instead, opted to keep the Type 67 ...
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 ...
Type 86 - 7.62 mm bullpup assault rifle (not in service) Type 87 - 5.8 mm assault rifle, using similar design to the Type 81 (not in service) Type 81 - 7.62 mm assault rifle (in service with reserves and militia) Type 63 - 7.62 mm assault rifle; Type 56- 7.62 mm assault rifle, Chinese derivative of the AK-47 (phased out)