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The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
The RPK-74M (Modernizirovannij "Modernized") is an updated variant of the RPK-74 developed during the mid-'90s. In line with the AK-74M assault rifle variant, the RPK-74M lower handguard, gas tube cover, pistol grip, and new synthetic stock are made from a black, glass-filled polyamide. The stock is shaped like the RPK-74 fixed stock, but also ...
RPD Soviet Union North Korea: Produced locally as the Type 62. [3] Type 64 [19] North Korean copy of the RPK machine gun, produced under license. [4] RPK-74 Soviet Union [2]: A-82 Type 73 North Korea: Indigenous design based on the ZB vz. 26 and the Kalashnikov PK machine gun design. Replaced by the Type 82 in service. [3] Gun-2 Minigun
Official Soviet doctrine from the 1960s onward dictated that squad-level suppressive fire would be provided by the RPK, while PK machine guns would be issued at the company level to provide heavier fire. While the RPK was a simpler, lighter, easier to use weapon than the RPD it replaced, it did not always perform as well as had been hoped.
RPD: 7.62×39mm: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Soviet Union: 1943 RPK: Molot plant: 7.62×39mm M43: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Soviet Union: 1961 RPK74: Molot plant: 5.45×39mm M74: Detachable box magazine Soviet Union: 1961 RPK16: Kalashnikov Concern: 5.45x39mm M74: Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Russia: 2016 RPL-20 ...
RPK-203: An export model of the RPK-74M chambered in 7.62×39mm. RPK-16: The RPK-16 squad automatic weapon is a new light support weapon which is expected to take over the role of its predecessor, the RPK-74, in the Russian Armed Forces. [1] RPL-20: The belt-fed LMG designed to fill the gap between RPK and PK machine gun.
Type 56M – RPK style LMG version of the Type 56. [25] Utilizes a standard Type 56 stamped receiver and front trunnion, likely due to their rigidity, and its bi-pod is more RPD like then RPK, being tubular. It seems to have two configurations with only minor cosmetic changes, one with standard AK-47/M open sights with "ears" and the bi-pod ...
RPD / Light Machine Gun 7.62×39mm: 1945–present still used by special forces and militia forces Soviet Union: RPK / Kalashnikov Light Machine Gun 7.62×39mm: 1959–present still used by police and militia forces AKM (assault rifle) S-108(-M), P-55 prototypes RPKS (folding stock) RPK(S)N night scope rail RPK(S)L flash suppressor & night ...