PK machine gun
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PKM general-purpose
machine gun with modern black polymer furniture and a 100-round ammunition
box
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Type
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Place of origin
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Service
history
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In service
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1961–present
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Used by
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See Users
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Wars
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South African
Border War
Yom Kippur War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Soviet war in Afghanistan Iran–Iraq War First Chechen War Yugoslav wars Second Congo War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Cambodian–Thai border dispute 2008 South Ossetia war 2011 Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Donbass Yemeni Civil War (2015) Various others |
Production
history
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Designer
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Number built
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Over 1,000,000
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Variants
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PK, PKT, PKM, PKP
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Specifications
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Weight
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PK: 9 kg (19.84 lb) (gun + integral bipod) +
7.7 kg (16.98 lb) (tripod).
PKM: 7.5 kg (16.53 lb) (gun + integral bipod) + 4.5 kg (9.92 lb) (tripod). PKTM (tank): 10.5 kg (23.15 lb) |
Length
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PK: 1,203 mm (47.4 in)
PKM: 1,192 mm (46.9 in) PKT: 1,098 mm (43.2 in) |
Barrel length
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PK(M): 605 mm (23.8 in) (without muzzle
device)
PKT: 772 mm (30.4 in) |
PK, PKM: 650 rounds/min
PKT: 700 - 800 rounds/min Practical: 250 rounds/min |
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PK, PKM: 825 m/s (2,707 ft/s)
PKT: 855 m/s (2,805 ft/s) |
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Effective firing range
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PK(M): 1,000 m (1,094 yd) (100–1,500 m sight
adjustments)
PKT: 1,500 m (1,640 yd) (100–1,500 m sight adjustments) |
Maximum firing range
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PK(M): 3,800 m (4,156 yd)
PKT: 4,000 m (4,374 yd) |
Feed system
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non-disintegrating metal belts in
100 and 200/250 round ammunition boxes
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Sights
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Tangent iron sights (default);
Optical, Night-vision, Thermal and Radar sights |
The
PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot
Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's Machinegun"), is a 7.62
mm general-purpose machine gun designed in
the Soviet
Union and currently in production in Russia. The
original PK machine gun was introduced in 1961 and then the improved PKM in
1969 to replace the SGM and RP-46 machine guns in Soviet service. It remains in use as a
front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces. The
PK has been exported extensively and produced in several other countries under
license.
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SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PK_machine_gun
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