The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun"), [4] is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.

The PKP Pecheneg (P ulemyot K alashnikova P ekhotny "Pecheneg", Russian: Печенег) [8][9] is a Russian 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun. [4] . It is a further development and modification of the PK machine gun (PKM). [10] .

The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's Machine Gun"), is a 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and...

Dec 14, 2012 · Mechanically, the PK is basically an AK action flipped upside down, to allow for a belt feed on the top of the receiver instead of a box magazine on the bottom. Like the AK, the PK makes clever and effective use of design elements from several other guns.

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 PKT (ПК Танковый, "PK Tank") (1968) is a solenoid-fired coaxial version of PK to replace the SGMT Goryunov vehicle-mounted machine gun. Modifications include the removal of the stock, a longer and heavier barrel, a gas regulator and an electric solenoid trigger.

The Soviet/Russian 7.62 x 54R-mm, PK family of General-Purpose Machineguns is composed of open-bolt-fired, gas-operated, rotary-locked-bolt (Kalashnikov), belt-fed, fully automatic weapons.

Jan 10, 2022 · The PK machine gun was the Soviet Army’s first general-purpose machine gun, a concept widely adopted elsewhere but long resisted by the Soviets since they were reluctant to discard anything and had a vast collection of old medium machine guns to wear out before adopting the PK machine gun.

May 17, 2022 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Kalashnikov PKM (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Modernizirovany) General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) / Light Machine Gun (LMG) including pictures.

Jul 9, 2019 · We will look at the Soviet machine gun systems at the end of World War Two, the development of the Nikitin MG, the Kalashnikov competing design, and then the modernization of the PK into the PKM and PKP Pecheneg (with it’s interesting Lewis-style cooling system).