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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.
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)
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: General-purpose machine gun Hungary: 1960s–1990s Derived from the SGM ...
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 ...
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.
Machine guns 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 ...
Caliber. Type Photo Country of origin ... General-purpose machine gun Azerbaijan: Standard GPMG of the Army. [9] PK. PKM: 7.62×54mmR.
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 ...