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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.
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
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)
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 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 ...
6P69 Pecheneg-SP machine gun. Pecheneg-N: GRAU index is "6P41N", similar to the Pecheneg but features a mounting rail for night vision sights. Pecheneg-SP: GRAU index is "6P69", is an improved variant of the PKP Pecheneg. It has two main versions; a standard version and a special forces version. Titanium is now used for its construction.
Colleoni machine gun — 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: Ammunition belt Italy: 1908 Colt Machine Gun: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1965 Colt Automatic Rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Detachable box magazine United States: 1982 Darne machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 7.50×54mm French 8.00×51mmR French ...
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 ...