The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun") also commonly known as the PKM, is a belt-fed...
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PK machine-gun. Polish UKM-2000, is based on the Russian PK machine-gun. People's Republic of China Type 80, is based on the Russian PK machine-gun. People's...
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DP machine gun was supplemented in the 1950s by the more modern RPD machine gun and entirely replaced in Soviet service by the general purpose PK machine...
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Russian 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun. It is a further development and modification of the PK machine gun (PKM). It is said to be more accurate...
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A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as...
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RPL-20 (category Light machine guns)
weapon in Russian military use, supplementing the heavier-caliber PK machine guns currently used for suppressive fire while still providing a higher...
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Look up PK or pk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PK or pk may refer to: Probability of kill (Pk), in computer games, simulations, models, and operations...
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resemblance to the Bren light machine gun. The Type 73 is based on a 1960s-era Soviet design, most likely the PK machine gun (PKM), although the date of...
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its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun. Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer...
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- Small Arms Review". 26 September 2011. Chapter 16: Revelli Machine Gun The Machine Gun "HK 421 – Heckler & Koch stell neues Maschinengewehr im Kaliber...
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their standard light machine gun. After the introduction of the Kalashnikov-pattern support weapons, such as the RPK and PK machine guns in the 1960s, the...
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The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from...
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formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by...
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M2 Browning (redirect from .50-calibre machine gun)
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by...
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The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States...
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The HMG PK-16 is a Pakistani belt-fed air-cooled gas-operated heavy machine gun designed and produced by the Pakistan Ordnance Factories. It was first...
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Arsenal AD (section Light Machine Guns)
56×45mm NATO chambering Arsenal MG series - different versions of the PK machine gun, all with polymer lining and slightly higher muzzle velocity; Lavina...
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Origin Photo Notes PK machine gun General-purpose machine gun Unknown Various Soviet Union Commonly used FN MAG General-purpose machine gun Unknown Unknown...
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M249 machine gun.[citation needed] 6P49 6P57 6P60 List of Russian weaponry STK 50MG Rheinmetall RMG.50 HMG PK-16 Zastava M87 Type 77 heavy machine gun W85...
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Grigory Nikitin and Yuri Sokolov. Kalashnikov's machine gun became the new standard machine gun, and was named PK. Nikitin's and Sokolov's design was, however...
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Squad automatic weapon (redirect from Squad machine gun)
RPL-20: The belt-fed LMG designed to fill the gap between RPK and PK machine gun. The SA80 program was designed to create a family of light assault weapons...
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SG-43 Goryunov (redirect from SGM heavy machine-gun)
1960s by the PK machine gun due to the switch in Soviet tactical doctrine to the general-purpose machine gun concept, rendering the gun effectively obsolete...
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Kalashnikov. Ultimately, Kalashnikov's PK machine gun won the competition. The weapon was unusual among contemporary machine guns by its use of a lever-delayed...
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fitted with a fixed 23mm NS-23 cannon, 4 x 7,62mm PKT machine gun pods and optional cabin PK machine gun. 30 built for Polish Army in 1972-73. Similar without...
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a gas-operated rotating bolt-locking medium machine gun, it is a licensed produced copy of the Soviet PK, used by Romanian Land Forces. It can be carried...
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IWI Negev (redirect from Negev machine gun)
The IWI Negev (also known as the Negev NG-5) is a 5.56×45mm NATO light machine gun developed by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly Israel Military...
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The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen...
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AK-47 (redirect from A.K 47 machine gun)
AK-47s and their derivatives. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 AK-12 PK machine gun Draco 2.6 lb milled from 6 lb stock. This was about 2.2 lb heavier than...
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RPK (redirect from RPK machine gun)
the Zastava M72. PK machine gun PKP Pecheneg machine gun M249 light machine gun IWI Negev QJY-88 FN Minimi ČZW-762 Nikonov machine gun IP-2 Valmet M78...
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General-purpose machine gun Belgium PK machine gun General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War. RPD Light machine gun Soviet...
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