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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.
In addition, under US gun law, a receiver that is legally a machine gun cannot legally become semi-automatic. [4] There is no federal restriction on the purchase and import of machine gun parts kits (minus the barrel), however. [3] Parts kits are available for many firearms including the AR-15 and AKM variants. [5] [6] [7]
Because semi-auto RPD variants are manufactured using de-milled parts kits from full-auto RPD machine guns, in order to comply with ATF regulations the full-auto parts must be modified such that the resulting semi-auto rifle cannot be readily converted into a machine gun. Numerous machining operations are necessary to modify the de-milled full ...
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 RPK light machine gun chambered in 7.62×39mm cartridge, is essentially a Russian equivalent to a squad automatic weapon. It was adopted by the former Soviet Union, and was issued mainly to motorized units .
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 ...
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. [2]: A-87 [3] NSV Soviet Union [3] KPV [19] Soviet Union China: Chinese copies are also used by the KPA. [3]
The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...